Rip rip rip...
I've been really displeased about how my mom's poncho is turning out. In spite of my great idea for doing warm-up knitting and the fact that it is all stockinette stitch, it just didn't look good . I can't tell you exactly what I didn't like though. I think part of it is that the yarn I'm using (Crystal Palace Deco-Ribbon) wrinkles, bunches, and twists really easily. The result is that some stitches look like they are knit with a finer yarn than others.Another part of my dissatisfaction is related to the fact that the purl side of the fabric just looked awful. I'm one of those silly people that likes the wrong-side of my garments -knitted, sewn, crocheted, whatever- to look just as good as the outside. I'm even more particular about it when it's something I made for someone else. I'm not a perfectionist or anything. Far from it. I just really take pride in that little extra bit of craftswomanship.
Long story short: I've been so unhappy with this project that I unraveled the whole thing, about 3 balls of yarn worth. I'm going to start again with smaller needles and see if that makes a difference in my happiness.
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