Advantage of Not Being Prejuidiced

Ribby Collar Detail
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I buy yarn first and foremost due to color and texture. I lean towards tweeds and heathers. Fiber content is less important to me, and that open mindedness has given me some lovely results.

Quite frankly, this is one of my very favorite finished projects. So much so that I tore it apart and reknit it after I accidently shrunk it in the wash. The yarn is from Red Heart. Yep, the butt of all jokes amongst knitters. Sadly, this particular line of yarn has been discontinued (and the Red Heart Easy Tweed is not the same... which is a total shame). This 100% acrylic Red Heart Tweed yarn is so soft, it is machine washable (not in hot water... or it will shrink!) and dryable and that green is one of the loveliest colors I've ever seen.

The pattern is also one of my favorite. The Ribby Cardi by chicknits is the utmost in "practical". It's stylish, easy, yet interesting to knit and classic. Perfect (and why I have a third one on the needles!).

Ribby doesn't like hot water
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This is what happened to it after I accidently washed it in hot water. I originally planned on just replacing the zipper, as I still could wear it (for as much fun we make of Matt's small size, I'm still almost 3" shorter). However, Matt wore this a lot, looked nice on him, and there were a few other issues with it.

So it was taken apart and ripped to the armholes on all the pieces. I then reknit the upper section, adding maybe two inches to the body and an inch to the sleeves so it now looks like this:

Ribby is Stylin'
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Okay, this is a little like those before/after make up things. Where the first photo is so bad and the second so much better you think it's the make up. When in fact, I just think I've gotten a little better with the whole photo thing.

Either way, I'm thrilled that it's been fixed, as is Matt. I still need to run it thru the washer (on cold!!!) to help even out the stitches. However, he looks so fab in it... let's look some more (and yes, I do think my husband is pretty darn sexy).

Matt is stylin' in Ribby
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I will say that I don't really like having to reknit things I've already made. Too many other things to cast on! I can't wait to get back to the projects that I've had to ignore while I worked on this (and that includes yet an other Ribby!!!!).