This pile of yarn might become my next sweater. I purchased it almost a year ago then knit to make myself a Dollar and a Half Cardigan. I'd read so much on Ravelry about how the reverse stockinette sections puff out (I think the term Michelin Man was actually used) making this a sweater that requires frequent blocking. But instead of employing one of the fixes I'd read about, smaller needles for the RS panels or switching the RS out for plain old stockinette, I went ahead.
When I was pretty sure of my gauge I knit one sleeve and confirmed my gauge was on. Next I knit the back, that large expanse of reverse stockinette thankfully interspersed with an interesting lace pattern.
Then instead of knitting both fronts at once (I hate having to maintain two separate balls of yarn) which would have been a really good idea considering the fronts are different, I knit the cabled front. Then I knit almost all of the second front, freaked out about not being sure my decreases were matching the first front, and moved onto the second sleeve. I knit half of that and quit. I actually used some of the remaining yarn to cast on for a February Lady Sweater. I knit the entire yoke and started on the lace repeats before coming to my senses.
Was I really planning on ripping apart all of those sweater pieces before giving them a chance to be a sweater? I was torn and stuffed the whole mass into a very small paper shopping bag and forgot about it (except for the occasional times it would pop out of my overstuffed knitting cupboard, spill out and be stuffed back in and away). And that makes for one tangled, mangled mess of yarn. A mess I'm scared of.
But I really love the look of the completed sweaters I've seen on Ravelry, and of course the original. And the idea that I could have a completed sweater in a relatively short period of time (fingers crossed, knock on wood) is incredibly appealing. But the idea of seaming this up makes me want to toss it all back in the bag.
