I found a half-knitted sweater while I was cataloguing my stash. I decided to pick it back up and finish it off – but I’ll be honest, I’m having doubts.
I can see why I packed it in to begin with: I’m not enjoying the yarn at all. It’s splitty, and not soft on my hands. It’ll probably soften when washed but that doesn’t help me now!
On the other hand, the evidence for the prosecution (ie the voice saying ‘finish this project’) is fairly compelling. First of all, when I un-did the side seam, the yarn was unusable afterwards. Not to say that frogging would cause the same problems… but it might. It split into strands which got caught up in each other, and felt generally frayed and impractical even for seaming by the time it was done.
Secondly, I actually might have enough yarn to finish. I’ve done some sums based on the rows I’ve knitted and it looks like the 91g I have remaining might just do it. So it wouldn’t cost any money, just time.
Speaking of time, the long side rows are 10 minutes a go – and I’ve done eight of them already. There are another 17 to go, then most of it is bound off and just the sleeve remains, which decreases rapidly at the shoulder. So let’s say (*total guess alert*) three hours on the side panel, then another three on the sleeve . What’s six hours in the scheme of things?
I’ve gone to the trouble of taking out the seam to lay it flat and take measurements, and then started the actual knitting – so quitting now doesn’t seem right.
I *have* heard of the sunk cost fallacy, now that you mention it…
The bottom line is that the jury may be out, but they’re knitting while they think about it.
I’ve added this post to the Unraveled Wednesday linkup, with thanks to Kat for hosting.
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