Handmade Jumper returned as ill fitting

arcon5

jacques_chirac wrote: »

Had you bothered to read both my posts, you would see I had already said this.

hah, so you have
:beer:

Cottage_Economy

Depends whether handmade means hand knitted.

More often than not handmade with respect to knitted clothes means done on a knitting machine, which does the stitches differently to a pair of needles.

You can't undo a machine made item from the bottom, add a couple of inches, and then redo it. You have to unravel the whole thing and start again if that's even possible.

I remember trying to do this with a lovely 'handknitted' Rowan berry coloured jumper a relative gave me which had massive holes in the elbows beyond darning. I wanted to re-use the wool, but gave up after a couple of hours because I could not unravel it. It was almost like the machine had weaved the wool tightly. You couldn't just grasp the loose thread, pull and have it unravel back. The thread had to be physically pulled through each loop.

Battleaxe44

I have to admit, I never thought it being machine knitted, as I only hand knit and it would have to be taken apart and rekitted, both front and back, but if done on needles, it is pain to unravel it, but it can be done.

Sookie65

Okay, to be clear. She measured me. It's hand knitted. I got deodorant on it (apparently as I didn't actually see it myself) as I pulled it over my head and inserted my arms. Yes, stupidly, I should have waited for the deodorant to dry properly. Why are some of you so hung up on my bathing rituals ? Surely the point is, is that it did not fit me properly ? I tried it on, with every intention of keeping it, I wasn't thinking "Oh, I'll try it on, get deodorant on it and then send it back, just for a lark!"
Thank you again.

ILW

What do you mean by too short?
Did you specify a particular length?

Battleaxe44

Sookie, have you discussed with the knitter the possibility of her lengthening it for you?

Does the finished article measure the same as the measurements taken originally, seeing she measured you? Did you agree on the measurements when they were done? I always ask are you sure this lenth is right, becaue I like my jumpers to be a bit longer than the patterns.

I always make the children's jumpers a bit longet to allow for growth. My one year old grand-daughter has the cuffs folded back on her new jumper as she will have grown a bit more by the end of the winter Down Under.

Please let us lnow the outcome and disregard the comments about your bathing habits...

Would you consider using this knitter again?