My BIGGEST Knitting Fail 😭
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Spend no more time on this project!!! Cast it off as is and donate/Vinted/Ebay it. Let someone else alter it/harvest the wool. The yarn is itchy, so donate the rest of the cone too, as you'll never wear anything made of it, end of, lesson learned. We all have an epic fail once in a while, don't beat yourself up about it. I got so cross with a fail that I took the scissors to it and it went in the compost bin as I didn't want to inflict it on anyone else. It's a shame but move on to something you DO want to knit, life's too short. It was lovely to see you letting go of some of the yarn in your last destash video. If it doesn't "give you joy", destash, sell, donate. You DO NOT have to knit every last scrap. Any leftovers donate to a nursery/school, the little ones love chopping up wool or weaving with it. Be kind to yourself, Claude. ❤
Try to do a give-away contest. The dress will go to a loving new home, you can still get the yarn off your stash, and also get a boost to your chanel. A win-win-win ❤
I came here to suggest this too! Maybe a small donation for a raffle ticket and do a draw. Then it's out of your way and not stressing you out and someone who loves it can wear it. 😊 It's so frustrating when projects don't turn out as expected.
I think the color is stunning! Someone out there would love it just as it is. I say send it forth to find it’s forever home.
Hear, hear! Give the whole thing away and then you made someone happy, and you never have to see the yarn again.
Agreed! It’s a lovely colour and a lovely dress ❤
Offer it to one of your cofi supporters!!!!!! The whole dress!
yes!! why make more work yourself. When the prefect person for that dress.
Seconding this! I am sure it would work well for someone of a different size!
Totally - someone will like it as-is I’m sure! ☺️ And then you get to cross all that yarn off the stash list with zero unpicking…
This is a fantastic idea!
Cut the row just above the increase for the skirt, finish the ranunculus for someone else, add a band to the skirt. You can gift it as a set, keep the skirt only, or donate them both separately. There's just too much work in that skirt for it to all get frogged.
I hate when this happens to me. I vote for a gift. Some will love it.
I think sometimes we can stare at something for so long that you completely get fed up with it. Maybe pack it away and leave it alone for a while until you have fresh eyes.
I agree put it away and don't think about it for a while. One day look at it again with a fresh perspective.
I also agree. You will see it different with fresh eyes, and you will be able to think about it in a better state of mind, and be less judgemental to it.
If you hate it, I think you should try selling it as it is (just cast off, of course 😂). I'm sure someone will love it, and you spent so much time and effort making it, you shouldn't give it out for free! I think it was also very valuable lesson for us all - don't make stuff that we know don't suit us just because we think that somehow this time they will work (said as I'm finishing knitting tank top, last time I had bare shoulders outside was around 2008). I still stand that I think this colour looks gorgeous on you, but it could also be camera settings, you know best. And about casting on, maybe some 30s summer wear?
I agree, finish it, measure it and put the whole dress up on Etsy. And charge enough - here in upper Swabia they say "Was nix koschd' des is' au' nix!" - freely translated, if it costs nothing then the worth must be zero.
I think finishing as a sweater and giving it to someone is such a generous idea.
I love the beautiful yokes all over the knitting community, but the vast majority are just too low for those of us with “ample awning over the front porch” (Yarn Harlot). Same with boat necks. Sigh.
Ample awning over the front porch??? 😂 I have to use that from now on
A lower cut or a boat neck is flattering for us bewbilishious ladies. A higher neck creates a huge expanse.
@@starlinguk😅😅
From a spinning perspective… the cone yarns are made for weaving not knitting and are made with lower quality wools ie itchy. Two ply is not a particularly good yarn for knitting. All from experience. That said…. Once I washed the finished sweater and removed the harsh spinning oils the wool became softer. So, finish where you are. Wash and block. Donate to charity. I bet a larger than you girl will absolutely love it. If only you had a ‘hand knitted’ tag to sew in so they knew how to care for it.
A wash makes cone wools SO much softer and more comfortable. Totally agree, on a bigger person this would probably fit nicer.
Get rid of the whole thing! Don’t even try to alter it. See if someone in your online community wants it and they can alter it if they’d like.
Sell it!
Sell it? If you’re comfortable of course, but you’ve put so much time into making the dress that it would be a shame to just give it away. You know it’s worth, and even if it’s not your style, i’m sure someone else will!
Even putting it down for a little bit like some other comments are suggesting might help: to come back with a different mindset
Honey, lots of people like it! Sell it :)
Honestly, I'd put it in a box and give it at least a week, preferably a month. Go back and look at it then. If you still hate it, then you have two choices, if you want to keep the yarn, frog it and reuse it. If you're just done with it and don't care overly about the yarn, cast it off and sell it. You may not like it, but there are lots of people who will love it, it is a very hot right now. Objectively it is a lovely dress and the skill and work put into it is obvious. I hope you can appreciate the work that went into it, even if the end product didn't aligning with your initial vision.
I hope you love your next project more.
I vote for gifting, selling or donating it. If the yarn is itchy, there is no point in frogging it and making something else, because you won’t want to wear the itchy yarn. But maybe someone else will e less sensitive to it. Also, someone else might like the look of the dress.
I completely agree with the comments to not even try to alter it. Maybe at least put it away until you've had a break from it - that's a lot of time and knitting to be so completely hating it. And at that point if you still hate it, I agree, you should sell it or do a contest. Because there is surely someone out there who will adore it just as is.
😭 i'm so sad to hear this... I think the shape is not the problem if you style it with some tricks ... But the itching... Definitely something that makes it impossible to wear comfortably ...
I think you could try to sell it or give it away... But I don't suggest you to frog it and reuse the yarn
The color looks really good on you though
I’m now in a similar place of having to redo almost half of what i thought was a finished project because I don’t like how it fits after blocking. So as frustrating as it is for you, it’s comforting to know that other people are in the same boat.
Leave it as is and pass it on to a lover of royal blue and cottage core. Its okay to let it go!
That's a gut punch. I've done this. Much smaller effort though.
Put it in a time out. Do something that will make you feel accomplished.
I’ve got to agree, I don’t like it on you. I love the colour but I don’t think it flatters you. Well done for completing it, I’ve just had the same outcome with a waistcoat I’ve knitted, simply does not suit! Hey ho! Onwards and upwards!! Love your posts, you’re really talented and inspired me to pick up my needles again about 18 months ago, so thankyou and I look forward to your next post ❤😊
So sorry about all the effort, but I think you're right. The neckline and the round yoke are not doing you justice. You don't even like the yarn or the colour!! In fact it seems to give you a bit of stress and anxiety!?
I think for your peace of mind this needs to go ASAP. Donate as it is, give away, sell (or set fire to it!) Don't let it burden you any more and don't sink any more hours into it.
Itchy yarn? Oh no! That's the cherry on the top of a misery sundae.
Before chopping and finishing as a sweater, perhaps someone would like it at that longer length. I hope it finds a good home and your next project is a delight.
What a putty. Surely someone would love to receive it as a gift. ❤
it's horrible when that happens. hide it in a cupboard and reassess later, that way, you may decide you like the colour and will reuse it or if you still hate it then pass it on.
Time to lose the idea that you MUST use all of your stash. Keep the yarns that you like, and send on the yarn that feels like a burden to you. I have just awaken from a seven year depression (seems to coincide with the election of a certain US president). Scrap it, kick it out the door, rip it up, bin it, let it go and make yourself happy with new yarn or new fabric or an entirely new artform. Life is too short.
Donate to a thrift shop and get it out of your life. And take with you the lessons that it has taught you. Experience is never in vain. ❤
I'm so sad it didn't come out a dream after how fun it looked on the needles! Honestly, if I were you, I would be tempted to just give it to a thrift store after checking it off as a finished project, lol. I've done it before!
I recently frogged an entire massive poncho that did not turn out right. I'm happy with the new poncho reworking. I let my increases get away with me first time around 😂
I'm so sorry! That's so frustrating!! Give it to someone as a dress so you don't have to change anything. I know a lot of people who'd love it. Then you can count the stash as out as well!
Awe oh no 😂. So sorry. That is a gorgeous color, but I think you’re right, you are more of a warm toned person, and that is a very cool blue, at least on screen.
Imagine the joy it will bring someone else, though! In fact, I wouldn’t mind buying it off you if it fit!
I am really sorry that you don't like this project (as much) after putting so much time and effort into it. 😭 I think it's beautiful, and as someone with a bigger body, I would be over the moon to have such a swooshy dress.
I finally saw a real ranunculus the other day at the farmers market! I bought a mini bouquet of them. I always wondered if it was like a Harry Potter flower or something. 😂
What a pity… put it in the naughty corner and forget about it for a good long while, maybe you’ll be inspired in a few weeks/months
Although not perfect, I think its a pretty dress on you. You can add ties to the back to sinch your wait. Also trying it on with out anything underneath except a thin sheath will help you see better how it hangs on you. Add a lovely scarf to hide most of the yoke. Drape it tied on the side of your neck to break up the yoke line. Wear black boots with a bit of a heel. You will rock this dress!
I feel you. I have finished full cardigans, just for it to be too heavy and fit too weird. It's part of being an artist. Not every piece is a masterpiece
Do a raffle or giveaway or something for it maybe? I think it's adorable as is.
What a shame you feel it's a fail. Please think of it as a learning experience x
I felt similarly about my attempt at a ranunculus. I hated it on me afterwards, hated the yarn, etc. I gave the whole thing away, leftover yarn and all to a very happy recipient. I felt really good about passing it along. Good luck!
The blue looks very nice with your eyes & skin tone 😊
I never understood the crazy love for the ranunculus. It never looks good on me. I mean, it doesn't look good on the model either, and she's a waif.
I think it's because it's relatively easy to knit? And comes in lots of sizes! I've given it a go now. I might try a second soft, cosy jumper version but not for a while yet!
I had a similar thing happen. (I have talked about it within the comment sections of a few of your shorts actually 😅) I knit a dress for my daughter and the skirt looked very bad, even though it was what the pattern had, if might have been because I made the dress a lot shorter and it made the skirt look a lot wider. I tried to knit the skirt part again but without any increases and decided to add ribbing at the waist and it looked even worse so I completely unraveled and found a crochet dress pattern (making sure my kid approved)
Give the whole dress to someone else!
Maybe you were a bit over focused on the stash busting element....?
I think I was. I also didn't think to TRY IT ON HALFWAY THROUGH 🤦🏻♀️
I do think the colour is too strong for you. The dress is wearing you, rather than enhancing you. If you liked it, it would work with stronger makeup. But there's no point doing that to wear an itchy dress!
That's just it. It's BOLD and if I'm going to make a statement.... Well I want it to be a good statement 😅
@@RetroClaude absolutely!
*hugs*
Oh God! I feel for you! How much time and effort it's taken for you to knit this. I think if you pull back to a jumper length and try it on I think it'll look nice as a jumper. Id give the rest of the yarn away or make millions of socks! Lol😂
I love watching your videos btw and I love your yarn destash videos.
Hope you're okay and are enjoying your weekend xxxx ❤
How about cutting off the skirt, finishing the sweater to give away and rather than unravel the skirt, felt it and make slippers, a beret.. out of the fabric (possibly also as gifts/for charity).
Could you sell it as is? As a dress? I'm so sorry it didn't work out and the project was a fail 😢
Dude. Just give it away. The yarn is cursed. Let the whole thing go. Someone else can frog it and use it however they want.
I think the edge is just to loose and that's why it drags everything down. But i think you should give it away as it is.
Oh no! After all that work, I can't believe it... it's way too big. :-( Sorry. I recommend giving it away to a much larger person who would enjoy the style.
Hi Claude. I totally relate to this!! That's really too bad, but I agree with you. I'm very sorry that you put so much time & effort into this Ranuculus dress & you don’t like it at all. Itchy yarn is just awful!! It's always sad when our knitting/crochet doesn't turn out at all how we hoped, or we just can't stand the project anymore. I wanted to make a Ranuculus for so long. I've had the pattern for years. I finally got some Malabrigo Caprino dk weight yarn on sale about a year ago, to make one, but I still never started a Ranuculus. I think I just waited too long to start it, & my enthusiasm has completely faded. The yarn is beautiful though, so it'll just have to wait for a completely different project. I hope a new cast on will make you feel much better. Maybe just put the Ranuculus dress away for a while, & come back to it at a much later time. I love your channel!! I'm a fellow spoonie, sending you a spare spoon I save for emergencies. I hope you're feeling alright. - Lisa nyc
I made a cardigan last year, and nearly completely finished it, and I absolutely hated it when I tried it on. It was so much work (also, the pattern was horribly riddled with mistakes), very unflattering, and I was so frustrated with it that I packed it away for a few months.
Then I had a need for that specific yarn for a different project. So I ripped it out and made it into a new project that I absolutely loved.
I think your sweater would be lovely without the skirt. If you could make it cropped or perhaps a slight A-line I think it would be quite nice. 💕 Maybe just put it away for a while and come back to it?
That blue looks really pretty on you!
I've had Ranunculus parked for a lonnnggg while cause the sample photos are beautiful but I haven't touched it yet cause I was afraid I'd feel what you're feeling about it. I was thinking mohair and merino held together though.
Sell or do a fun giveaway contest.
It's never a failure. You learned and practiced technics making it. You learned what you don't like. The colour looks wonderful with your skin. You just hate the feeling of the yarn and how the dress fits you. That's not a failure, it's a learning curve.
I just finsihed crotchetting a cardigan. My first big project. It took me about 7 months. I hate it.
I just saw a Leena Norms video 📹. She was wearing a dress 👗 that resembles the blue dress 👗 you worked so hard on. Only her dress👗 is a multicolored cotton dress with a v back. Maybe you could talk to her. She has a shop in London. Just a suggestion 🥺. It couldn't hurt, good luck 🤞.
Sometimes, you just have to know when to walk away! TBH I'm not loving the colour or the shape on you, it's a bit 'too much'. Praps your lovely assistant (aka Mum) would take it away and frog it for you, so you don't have to look at it for a while. Then swap it on ravelry.
I know it seems like a waste of money but just get it out of your life! Its cost you way to much time and effort, which is a limited resource, already. You don't like the colour, the fibre, the style... say 'bye 'bye and move on. Please. It's not worth further energy required.
Is there a subscriber who would like to buy it and pay postage?
Sell it.
Get something back for your time spent on it.
It's pretty.
Somebody will love it.
I' so sad to hear this.. Between this dress, the daisy blouse and the lacy blouse/jumper you made in december, I think you deserve a break in the stashbusting to knit a 40s jumper with new yarn❤ Knitting should be fun, especially when we dont have that much energy
I actually know your knitting fails from my own personal experience. I have two dresses for one reason or another I have yet to complete. I do have your body definition minus the scoliosis. I regard you as my body template. Hence when I see you wearing something I like it gives me an idea 💡 of what to wear or what to make for my next project. Though you hate the dress 👗 you had made, maybe you could sell it to someone who might like it or you could chuck it for now. Making it into something else later. You worked so hard on it. Had I made your dress it probably would taken me at least two weeks to two months for its completion. That's providing I plugged in sans distractions. Whatever you do good luck 🥺🤞.
I'm glad you got to that conclusion. I didn't want to say, but even with a belt, I didn't see this dress looking good on you. And TBH, I think it's the pattern. I don't understand why it's so popular. When I looked at it, I immediately saw that it would only be flattering on a certain body-type, but not on most of us...
I've thrown out my own projects before. The color is lovely. The skirt is definitely pulling on the top part from my view.. If you don't like it, put it away before you do something rash. After a month or so, come back, look at it again. Then you may decide you like it with the changes you've suggested or you may want to pass it on to another.
I am with those who say to give it away to a subscriber. I like the suggestion of a drawing/raffle with a small donation per ticket. It’s so pretty, and there will be someone who loves not only the color but also the size and shape. Just measure it clearly and remind yourself everyone that YOU find the yarn scratchy. I think you’ll get a little bit of money (if you do tickets) as well as more subscribers and the satisfaction of having someone else love it and appreciate your work!
Oh, Claude
I offer my condolences on the massive frustration.
I would suggest that, yes, especially if you hate the color, give it away, or, perhaps swap or sell it. Perhaps it could be some sort of prize in another venue?
If the yarn is itchy and you don't like the colour, are you even going to wear whatever you end up making out of it? I definitely feel like gifting it away as-is is the better choice, I know it's much harder to let go of crafting materials when you're not super well off (been there) but as established, you have several years worth of yarn in your stash. Just imagine seeing this cursed cone every time you reach into the stash to cast on something new... All the annoyance, guilt, shame of a failed project, staring at you every damn time. It's not worth it!
Oh goodness! I really do feel for you. Such a disappointment after so much hard work. Perhaps you could offer it as an unfinished UFO to the knitting community - would someone else like to finish it?
Well, not a complete failure! You learned to choose a better pattern/style. You learned to get a softer, better yarn more appropriate for clothing that will touch the skin. I think making it into a top for someone else is a great idea. People like gifts, esp unexpected gifts. And you also learned to buy colors you like or love. And all that practice work isn't a failure. It will lead to future successes. 👍
I'm so sorry you feel badly about the dress. You might raffle it, or donate it to a good cause that fund raises by silent auction. Or alter it with your sewing skills? Just trying to put a positive spin on your disappointment. I wish you Peace and Blessings Claude🧶
Raffle it off for a charity, and be done with it. That's something I've come to over time. If I'm not feeling the magic of a project, I've gotten militant about not investing anything more of myself into it, by adjusting or chopping, etc. Someone will love it as is.
I get it.
What I don't get is an experienced yarner working with an itchy yarn!
Yarners, use the face/cheek test (without cosmetics - or inner wrist): if your skin does not say "Yay!" you must not pay!
Oh, I'm sorry. I've done the same thing in the past. If you don't even like the yarn, give the whole thing away. Someone else will love it.
If you think you might like the yarn, frog it and put it away for a year.
I would try to sell it and if it doesn't work, donate it. You put so much time on it to just frog it. Is it possible to chop it and do one ranonculus then put on elastic to make a skirt (or a bag) with the rest? I don't know, I personally love the color but I do understand how you feel. Don't throw it away though... you worked so hard on it!!
Put it away in a project box and forget about it for a while - you might find yourself coming round to it, or you might find something you want to use the yarn for, and otherwise you can give it to a friend who I bet will love it 😊 My projects always seem like the worst thing ever when I've only just finished them
SELLL IT!! Its amazing, just coz yoou dont like it - put it up for auctioon. Ppl will buy it coz it came from you
Yes..I think a V neck would suit you better and cardigans . I have a similar issue with tops, especially blouses 👚
Or cast it off and put it away until winter and try it with tights and stuff then xxxx
Why don't you sell it? After all the time and effort you put in, it would be a shame to get nothing out of it. That way you get some well-earned compensation for your work, somebody gets a lovely knit dress, and you don't have to work out something else to do with all that yarn. I vote against frogging the whole skirt in any case. You spent so long on it! Unless you have a grand idea to reuse the yarn, don't create more work for yourself.
I mark such failures as learning the craft, I’d definitely donate. But I think I’d frog and donate the yarn, if it is itchy. Someone will want it for an outer garment.
Oh I SO understand. I applaud those who could finish it and give it away but usually if I've gotten to this point (where I hate it and don't want to look at it), I just throw it out. I try not to get to that point, but some projects just don't deserve any additional effort.
It's disappointing to spend so much time on a project only to realize that you don't like it. My suggestion is to finish it and gift or sell or donate it, especially since you don't like the yarn or the color. Don't waste time on yarn you don't particularly like to work with. The lacework is lovely and someone else will appreciate your hard work.
The colour is great on you, especially with the muted orange you're wearing underneath. If you don't like the yarn, though, finish it off and either sell it, give it away, or donate it.
Yes I would give it to someone else since there's nothing on it you like! I'm sure someone would love that. Maybe do a giveaway on Kofi? Or sell it!
It’s terrible. Truth. Rip out, reuse, or donate the yarn. You learned a lot, nothing you learn is ever wasted. Think of the cute kiddo sweaters that can be made by someone else
Hopefully you can find someone who wants it as a gift. It is a nice colour.
I frogged my Ranunculus, redid the maths for the raglan and the sleeves so that it fits my shape, and like the new version a lot.
Sometimes, you just have to put a project in time out and go no contact with it for the sake of your own sanity! Cast on something new, and don't make a decision on the reniculous just yet! Give yourself some time to recover from this toxic relationship. 🤣
Or you could give away the ranunculus as a dress? (And be happy that you are finished with the project and yarn.) Why let all your work go to waste?
Let it go, you don't like the feel of the yarn, you have other projects to finish, let the yarn go to a knitter who can repurpose it. Subtract it from the destash and move onward!
If you don't even like the colour why would you keep any of it at all? Ripping back to make it a sweater just leaves you with yarn that you would never make into anything else. I vote donate the entire thing.
I've been thinking more and more about a woollen petticoat, for an extra layer of warmth over cotton but under my outer layer. Perhaps you could do something like that with the wool? Or, if you really hate the blue, a)dye it to a more preferred colour, or b) donate it for someone else to love.
Just size it and give it away to a follower. No need to invest any more time or energy, physical or mental, in this project. It was an experience, you’ve been there and done that now, it’s time to let it go. Release with love.
There is a German thing we say in such situations: Vielleicht hilft da ein bisschen Lametta? 😮
I‘m really sorry to hear this, it sucks that you have put so much effort into something and it does not turn out as you like it.
Just cast off and give it to someone else. If it's itchy for you, then you can't wear it, someone else might love it. Spend no more time on it, don't even chop it back to a sweater.
Did you try a belt? Many of us suggested a belt. I think it would look better in two pieces. If it is itchy and you don't like it, give it away🎁 🦆❤
Finish it as a sweater and donate the rest of the yarn. If you hate the color and the feel of it, there is no point in trying to save it for something else. I, personally am giving you permission to move on from this traumatic experience ❤. Cleanse your palette with something that sparks joy!
Possibly sell it? I think it looks lovely but maybe as you say it is not your style. I think the colour and shape might suit someone else better, however I don't think it necessarily looks bad on you!