a true report of the x-back success

It’s one thing, certainly, to show off a completed sweater and revel in the successful way it came out. It’s quite another to wear it for a full day and deal with whatever surprises come up.

The x-back held up quite well, I must say. I was a little self-conscious, mostly for the same reasons I’m always self-conscious when wearing a selfmade item. (I feel as if I’m showing off or something.) But also because a tug at the bottom or a twist in the wrong direction would have revealed a bit more of my bra than I’d like. The whole thing started to feel a little loose by the end of the night, but whenever I saw myself in a mirror, it looked fine.

It does give me pause, however, for making a second one. Is it really necessary? I like this one a lot, don’t get me wrong, but do I like it enough to own another? Will I wear it, or will it be just a little too ridiculous to have knit myself two identical tank tops in different colors?

Is there someone I should (or could) make this other one for instead? Or is there a way I could tweak the pattern to make it somehow different. If not x-back, maybe halter top. It’s worth playing around with, I suppose. But that will make me completely rethink the whole process. I’ve started this one, and could go merrily along on it, but now I think I should stop and think some more.