Well ... My Mom is a fabulous knitter ... and for the last few years ... I have strongley hinted ..that I would really like a hand knit sweater( all my other siblings have gotten them) . Well my one sibling announced she would knit me a sweater. That year for Christmas I opened the box and it really looked fabulous... till I lifted it out of the box... Its only 8 inches long and the front is about 30 inches wide. It's not long enough to cover ...well what really should be covered.
I have an appreciation for the effort , but it still is baffling to me why she stopped way short on the lenght, as she commented on how much extra yarn she had leftover. I get she did not guage her stitching and the issue with the width...
Everyone just fell silent as I lifted it out of the box. To break the very pronounced silence , everyone just commented on her beautiful selection of yarn.