Spurred on by the kind, encouraging comments left on my last post (thank you!), I decided I might as well do another update, even if there aren’t any pretty pictures.
I just got my statistics exam results tonight, and I got an 8 (on a scale from 1 to 10, of which you need a 5.5 to pass). I am absolutely thrilled, and have decided that a little treat in form of yarny goodness and new clothes will be just the right thing (let’s face it, good exam results are as good an excuse as it being Tuesday, or raining outside, or what-have-you).
Aside from gifting myself, I also get to buy a plane ticket home for Christmas. I had decided I wouldn’t book a ticket until I knew whether or not I would have to do the re-sit. It’s not until the 11th of January, but it’s nice to know that I can go home whenever I please without having to worry about a re-sit. I’m really excited to go home for Christmas, I miss my family and my friends and I get to see them all during the couple of weeks I’ll be back home. I’m celebrating New Year’s Eve with my best friends as well, and I expect it will be legen-… wait for it… dary. ;)
The [explicit] nay for the day came just now when I realised the Mary Jane sweater I’ve been working on is… too big. The yarn was frogged from an almost complete Victoria Yoke pullover (that was too small), washed and dried to cast on for a new project, and this Mary Jane only needs two sleeves and a ribbed neckline… and it’s too big. It’s baggy. I knit a size small, against my better judgment (I’ve always been an extra-small), but it’s actually alright around the bust – it’s around my waist that it’s baggy. I look … lumpy.
If I wasn’t so euphoric about my statistics exam, I might cry a little out of frustration.
Since it looks like I’ll probably frog another sweater made out of this yarn, I think it’s wise to turn it into something else the third time around. I’m thinking a little lap blanket, or a capelet, or something similar. Just something to keep me warm. It’s no use being upset about it being too big – I knew that was a risk when I chose to knit a size small instead of extra-small. And really… in the scope of things, it’s not that big of a deal.
(Remind me I said that when I actually decide to frog the thing. This euphoria will wear off soon enough.)
Congratulations!! 8/10 is definitely statistically significant!
And I’m so sorry about your frogging. But you’re wise to frog. Third time lucky!
And 8/10 is MARVELLOUS!!!
Haha, thank you!! :D I’m really excited about it myself. And nice reference, too. ;)
I’m really hoping third time will be the charm. Otherwise I’ll live with the fact that the yarn is cursed (or that I make poor decisions, either one).