So last night i finished the 2nd side of my Balthazar Vest - the blue contraption two posts down - and was able to "try it on".

Okay so I didnt trust twinkle when they said that the designes were supposed to be a little bit tight fitting, so i added some stitches and tried to modify the pattern to accomodate a larger than stick figure gal.

I really should know by now not to do that, every time I do it ends up being wAAAAAy too big.

OMG if you could have seen it last night, I looked like a kid who'd gotten into mums bras and proceedes to strut around with it dangling loosley on the outside of thier clothing... suffice to say it wasnt good!

It was a bit of a pain in the butt to frog too, because the fiber is so loosley spun it has a tendancy to get stuck on the stiches around it as you pull it out. But because of the large gage whats taken me about two weeks of night time knitting only took me about an hr and a half to revert back into depressing little balls.

** now there's a sentence that would strike fear into the heart of any man!**

needless to say I will NOT give up, i'm going to look crap in this monstrosity eventually but dangnamit it WILL FIT!

So i'm going to follow the pattern properly now.... *hangs head in shame for not doing so in the first place*