Sweater Triage

OK, this time there HAS been a terrible accident:


Aftur was almost done. I just had to seam the underarms. No problem. It was late Wednesday night, I was tired, and I kitchenered on the wrong side. ICK. Don't ever do that. I admitted defeat, decided I WASN'T going to be able to wear it yesterday morning, and went to bed. Last night, I was still tired by the time I was working on it (it's been a long few weeks at work). To make things worse, the yarn had broken mid-kitchener and there was no way to tell which yarn was which. So... somehow I managed to start ripping out the knitting along with the kitchener seam.

For anyone who hasn't made a lopapeysa (in case there is someone like that reading this)... you knit the body up. Then the sleeves up. Then you join them all together in the round and knit the yoke. Well. I appear to be unwinding the sleeve from the top down. But from the point where it was joined with the body or something. It's all very confusing. It just keeps ripping and ripping and if you notice there is a whole lot of opening there... I only had 11 stitches on top and 11 stitches on bottom for the kitchener seam. And it doesn't rip like ripping out normal knitting... it almost goes back and forth (which is why I thought it was the seam still when I was blissfully unaware tearing apart my project).

Any ideas on how to make this thing go back together properly?

If I were more of a masochist (after this awful lopapeysa experience, I think I will wait until fall), I might make this new Ístex free pattern, it's really pretty.

Beth asked "What is Kambgarn?" It is an Icelandic combed wool yarn, it is quite soft. I haven't seen it Stateside.

Oh, and to continue the purple birthday extravaganza, look at the cool present I got from my sister-in-law in the mail. She apparently consulted with her very smart brother as to what sort of Lush products I like.