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Jeanie
Chatty Knitter
New Zealand
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 Posted - 08/17/2003 : 05:01:41 AM
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Well some one has to kick this off.
I knitted a sweater for my first husband before we were even engaged.
It was a lovely wedgewood blue in 8ply crepe pure wool & it was cabled all over with the cables splitting down to individual stitches and then converging again.
I was 17 then & I knitted & pulled it undone & knitted again. The finished article looked good and he liked it.
So what went wrong you ask, where is the curse?
My darling future Mother-in-law washed it for the first time & managed to shrink the body & the sleeves grew longer!!!!!!!!!
Holy macaroni was I peeved.
You will be pleased to know that she & I got on well & I loved her dearly. Sadly she is no longer with us.
I have never forgotten that jersey (Oops sweater, my Kiwi is showing)
it was a LABOUR of love at that time!!!!
JLH
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thevalkyry
Sustaining Member
USA
736 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2003 : 06:32:58 AM
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The very first sweater I ever made was for my boyfriend - at the time. Which just goes to show you that the curse is alive and well. At least husbands seem to be immune!! :)
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amber
Seriously Hooked
USA
758 Posts |
Posted - 08/18/2003 : 4:53:06 PM
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I will not knit a sweater for my long term boyfriend (7.5 years so far  ) But I did make him a scarf.. I've never heard of a scarf curse.
Amber
A friend will help you move..
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marnita
Chatty Knitter
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2003 : 07:24:33 AM
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I knit a sweater for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day after we had been dating for only 3 months. I am happy to say that he and I are still very happily together.
I am happy to be the person who has bucked the curse. I even told him about it when I gave him the sweater. He just laughed.
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knittiegirl
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
389 Posts |
Posted - 08/19/2003 : 10:20:39 AM
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I have the most amazing boyfriend - been together 3 years now. I love the heck out of him and there is NO WAY he's getting a sweater! I've been up front with him about this. He understands. He thinks I'm crazy, but he understands.  
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snipescc
New Pal
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Posted - 09/16/2003 : 08:38:26 AM
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Yikes! I've never heard of a sweater curse. Does it apply to guys you're just friends with? My first sweater I knit was supposed to be for me, but i made it too small so i gave it to my best friend. Perhaps the curse will be avoided because i don't think he will ever wear it. (He simply dosn't get cold and walked around in the snow in shorts.)
If you defeat a thousand opponants, you still have a thousand opponants. If you change a thousand minds, you have a thousand allies.
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ckstanford
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Posted - 09/29/2003 : 6:37:00 PM
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This is a very insidious curse, it works on husbands as well! Ask me how I know. 
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Jeanie
Chatty Knitter
New Zealand
142 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2003 : 06:11:58 AM
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I'm asking I'm asking??????????
What happened?????
Please tell CK Standford.
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vicky by the bay
Permanent Resident
USA
4768 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2003 : 06:47:05 AM
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I really hope the curse skips me. I am making a pullover for my SO for Christmas..he might as well be my husband...he's here more than he's there.....The sweater is turning out gorgeous. I hope he'll like it and wear it!
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myshelle10
Permanent Resident
USA
2749 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2003 : 11:01:30 AM
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We were married about 6 months before I offered to make him a sweater :) We've almost been married 2 years now, and I'm still working on it. :)
At least I know he's patient! LOL
myshelle
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Jacqueline
Gabber Extraordinaire
Australia
509 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2003 : 11:27:51 PM
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I am testing the curse as we speak. My boyfriend and am are about to buy a house together and I actually have a pair of socks on needles (1 sock down 1 to go).....Has anyone heard of the Curse of the Love Sock!!!
And I also have a Rowan Demin sweater for him on needles - not much done and b/c Denim shirks....much much more to go! But still I like to push the boundaries...there's nothing quite like "Living Dangerously!" 
Jacqueline
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Jeanie
Chatty Knitter
New Zealand
142 Posts |
Posted - 11/06/2003 : 05:42:49 AM
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Have only just got back to revisit this site & just wanted to say to you Jacqueline - Good Luck with your house purchase & may you & your BF bring each other much happiness. Yes I agree it is good to live dangerously sometimes but not for too long. I am sure your BF must be neat guy if you are knitting socks & a sweater.
Just love your favourite saying re the Nut that stood it's ground!
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maleajoy@hotmail.com
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Posted - 01/14/2004 : 08:23:30 AM
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The boy is not getting a love sweater, even though it's been three and a half years. However, for his birthday last year (the first year I was knitting) I did make him a simple ribbed hat from "Hip to Knit" and he wears it every day. The funny thing is, now I see all the little things that are wrong with it-- weird, stray little loops, decrease issues...little mistakes I would never (knock on wood) make now. At least not without fixing them, since I actually know how to fix them now. Anyway, it's also a little looser now, so I think it needs some elastic at the brim-- anyone have suggestions on that? If not, maybe he'll get a cashmerino hat and scarf this year, if he plays his cards right.
hehe, even if the knitted hat last year had driven him away, it impressed the heck out of his mom. |
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knittykat
Seriously Hooked
USA
710 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2004 : 08:36:31 AM
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I dated my now-husband for almost 6 years before we got married. I made him a scarf (my very first project ever) but no sweater.
The first year we were married I made him a sweater. An UGLY sweater. Teal and navy blue (it was pretty in the skein, I swear!) in an old-fashioned v-neck pattern. I didn't check the gauge (bad Kathy) and it came out big enough to fit Godzilla.  Plus it was UGLY. So I frogged it and had the opportunity to use the yarn to make granny squares for the dog bed or something....no. I reknitted the UGLY SWEATER 
I wrapped it up and gave it to him and I could tell he didn't like it but he was just tickled that I made him a sweater. He wore it to work even, just to show me how much he loved it...once. It's sitting on the shelf in the closet now, has been for over a year.
Maybe I'll sneak in there and frog it and make granny squares out of that sucker after all. I've got a brand new roll-neck sweater on the needles as we speak. I even measured and made a swatch this time!!!! I also took advice that I saw on KR and took him to the yarn store and had him pick out the yarn himself, so I know he's gonna like it!
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myshelle10
Permanent Resident
USA
2749 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2004 : 11:15:10 AM
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I'm still working on my first sweater-- a sweater for my husband :) I took him and had him pick out the yarn, and help pick out a pattern... If (when) I ever finish this thing if *he* doesn't wear it, *I* will :) LOL
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vicky by the bay
Permanent Resident
USA
4768 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2004 : 12:38:46 PM
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I've never been very superstitious...but ever since I started to knit this damned sweater for Mike...we've been getting farther and farther apart...on our last legs...I wonder if I say...this is my sweater, this is my sweater...100 times if the curse will be lifted??? Never again I say to a relationship or a boyfriend sweater!!! (Remind me that I said that...okay)
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draymer
Permanent Resident
USA
1426 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2004 : 2:27:54 PM
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Oh gosh, Vicky, I am so sorry the curse got you. I'm sure you can lift it by force of your will!
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thevalkyry
Sustaining Member
USA
736 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2004 : 2:41:48 PM
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Vicky: You could always have a symbolic frogging party. As if to rip out all of your problems and make your relationship straight as a strand of yarn again :) Then just use the yarn for a different project - like maybe a set of hat, socks, gloves, and scarf -- since those seem to be immune. As a wise woman once said "Spontaneity is all very well, but dont; underestimate the power of a well-planned seduction." :)
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DietchGirl
Sustaining Member
USA
516 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2004 : 2:51:46 PM
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Vicky, I hope everything works out for you and Mike.
I made my BF a sweater for Christmas, it's all knit but needs to be sewn together. He keeps asking me when he's getting his sweater. Wonder why I'm still procrastinating about this (we've been together 4 years)?
Felicia
"This is mohair." "Mohair", he said and placed the furry ball on his head. "Mohair for me?" - from a very funny moment with my boyfriend in a LYS.
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fmarrs
Permanent Resident
USA
9668 Posts |
Posted - 01/14/2004 : 4:43:53 PM
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Always remember the statistics when evaluating that curse. If you compare the total number of boyfriends, dating partners, etc. you have had against the number you have kept, it is obvious why most gift recipients are no longer around. Sometimes I wonder if seeing a gift that involves so much time and effort doesn't translate into "committment" and we all know how scary that word is to some people.
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Wen
Permanent Resident
Australia
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Posted - 01/14/2004 : 5:24:48 PM
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My fiance wants me to knit him a jumper, he is picking the pattern and the yarn. He likes to know how it feels. He told me yesterday never to buy over the net because I have to like the feel of the yarn.
Given that he is choosing everything, he better wear it when it is finished...of course I won't be starting it for a long time because I have a few things to do first...my tank top, my son's jumper, a mobius scarf...
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