The weather has been fabulously wet and the cloud & fog shows as entertaining as can be, and nothing is better than cups of coffee and a little knitting, or in this case, sweater surgery, as was needed this morning. Can you see the section I have added on? About 4 inches worth!
Remember this post from mid November? Well apparently Miss Thirteen has totally outgrown her Autumn Sweater, and it needed lengthening, which I was very keen to do, for it was rather outgrown before she even recieved it. Backstory is that both my nieces were measured for their Autumn sweaters last July, then I had them all knit by mid August , just awaiting the equinox so we could have our Autumn Photo Spree. Well, a couple of weeks before the equinox, the devastating fire which consumed half of the county happened, and everybody was so displaced for weeks (my nieces’ home narrowly escaping destruction) … and so this year they didn’t actually receive their Autumn Sweaters until Mid November. Three months after they were measured, and not difficult to guess that as Miss Thirteen is growing like a weed, some lengthening would be in order.
So, I’ve enjoyed doing a little sweater surgery today and made a tutorial to add to Tips From The Table. I hope you enjoy it and that it can be of use to you or any bottom-up sweaters you know which are in need of a little sweater surgery.
Lengthening Bottom-Up Tutorial HERE
Jenjoyce Design 
Oh my! Taking scissors to that beautiful jumper would’ve brought me out in a cold sweat! Looks great all the same. X
Thank you Kelly! It was nothing, really, I was surprised. It was either snip it and lengthen, and a promise of wearing it , or it never getting worn. You can see in the sweaters’ Autumn debut, that it was already on the verge of outgrown. 🙂 xx
What a smart idea!
😉