One Woman's Harrowing Experience
"It was dreadful," says knitter, Toni Sutton, when asked about her recent foray into the WIP Wilderness. "It had been a long and brutal battle already. There were bodies everywhere. "The sweater was there in the distance--lurking. I could see the results of my last failed effort--that woolly Victorian collar: "It was ghastly. I mean, a sweater collar that can actually pick up satellite television? Can you imagine the horror?" When asked, Ms. Sutton admits to some pretty unorthodox methods. "Several knitters had tried the traditional methods--smaller needles, changing the neckline--but the results still weren't good. Keeping the pattern remotely intact just wasn't enough to control this WIP. It was time for some alterations. I took the cable down to a lopsided 5-stitch pattern, then switched one of the stitches to a purl on the third row from the end. Very unusual, but nothing else would work." Still, even with all ...