Terrifying Tales of Projects Gone Wrong

KP Staff share their craft fails͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ [Knit Picks Logo]( [Our Craft Fails -- No matter our experience levels, we all have the occasional project that just does not work out! Here are a few tales of crafts-gone-wrong from Knit Picks Staff Members.] ["I got so excited to make my Cinema Raglan that I did not do the correct cast on and couldn't get the sweater over my head lol." -- Isabel. >>]( [Image: A multicolored purple and pink striped sweater with different gradients of the two colors. Text: Learn the Provisional Cast On. >>]( ["I spent 4 months painstakingly making a pom-pom rug with yarn scraps. It was so wonderfully squishy and so cute! But my husband put it in the washing machine and it pretty much disintegrated!" - Hillary. Add Care Labels. >>]( ["The Emberly Cardigan is designed to be in Wonderfluff, I went rogue and chose to use another bulky: Biggo. And while they swatched up similarly, the key difference I didn't take into account was the actual weight of the swatch. With Wonderfluff being air-injected and Biggo being tightly spun meant gravity was going to have a greater effect on the project then I had initially anticipated. Plus never making a knit garment before I misunderstood some key parts of the pattern. >>]( [Image: A dark maroon colored open-faced cardigan. Text: A.K.A sleeve length and where to measure. I might have made them a touch too long as well." -- Alexis. Learn about yarn substitution. >>]( [Image: A green multicolored white, gray, and black colored sweater with white foxes with adorable black glasses. Text: "I knit the For Fox Sake sweater twice. The pattern is written for DK weight, however for no good reason (other than it's what I had) I knit it in worsted weight. The end result is exactly what you would think, and I ended up redoing it in DK weight." >>]( ["Follow the pattern, gauge swatch, and don't be like me." -- Regan. Read about gauge. >>]( ["I had this amazing many-colored sweater in aran weight, hand-washed it, then spun it in the washer to spin the excess water out before laying it flat to dry, aas I'd done before without a problem. But I guess this time there was more water and I ended up spinning it too long, because it felted! It wasn't so bad as to be unwearable, but it did shrink in size just enough to be uncomfortable. My saddest FO." -- Lee. Learn how to block a sweater. >>]( [Image: A multicolored cyan and teal gradient. Text: I kinda/sorta finished my first sweater with Gradient Pullover. It's a total Frankenstein and the neckline is a hot mess. My big takeaway from the experience is that it's worth taking the time to make LEGIBLE notes in my patterns to track my progress, especially if I'm going to work on a project once every 6 months." -- Kate. >>]( [Add sticky note reminders. >>]( [Shop Yarn >>]( [Shop Patterns >>]( [Shop Needles >>]( [Shop Accessories >>]( [Free Shipping* on orders over: US $65 | Canada $75 | Australia $100 | Great Britain £60]( [Button Text]( [Custom]( [Custom]( [Custom]( [Custom]( Customer Service: 1-800-574-1323 | Source Code: KBE230321 [Questions? Email us!]( You have opted in to receive emails at {EMAIL}. If you do not wish to receive our emails, you may [Unsubscribe]( at any time. *Free shipping excludes downloads and items shipped directly from the manufacturer. All prices shown in email marketing and promotional materials from Knit Picks are listed in USD. Knit Picks® and KnitPicks.com are registered trademarks of Crafts Americana Group, LLC. ©2002-2023 KnitPicks.com. All rights reserved. 13118 NE 4th Street | Vancouver, WA 98684