So, I asked for the object of my distain back so that I could recreate it into something that I felt she wouldn't throw into the back of her closet and secretly send off to the garbage shoot when it became a lost memory for the both of us.
The sweater pattern I used was never intended to be used with this particular weight of yarn, but because of that, it evolved into a unique sweater that can never be duplicated.
The yarn her grandmother used was unidentifiable. I am sure it wasn't wool, but that is all I was sure about. I didn't have enough of the orange yarn to make this sweater, so used a crochet cotton for the rest, adding the blue/grey yarn from another yarn of her grandmother's that I have no conception of what it was either.
I think it's only fair to add that the knitting goddess thumbed her nose at me on this project. After I had it completed, I found that I had knitted one of the sleeves upside down.
Since it was an "after thought" sleeve, I was able to undo it at the source, turn it over and reattach it with a kitchner stitch.
I'm sure I will do this pattern again, but only with the yarn recommended and in one color. Lesson learned is that knitting teaches patience and humility EVERY day. :-)
