Sad little sweater fronts

I knew this pink cardigan was going to be a belly shirt when I finished knitting the back. But I moved on to the fronts, figuring that wasn't so bad.

Then, once I nearly completed the armhole decreases (ie, was more than halfway through both fronts, knitting them at once)... I realized this wasn't just going to be a belly shirt. The cute little detailing was going to hit perfectly right across my bustline. Because what everyone wants is a nice obvious line running straight across their widest part.

So, I ripped out the dagnabbit fronts all the way back to the beginning of the armhole shaping (a solid weekend's work), and am adding an additional 5 centimeters to see if that lengthens the front enough to rest mostly beneath the bust. This means I also need to rip out HALF of the back, and reknit with those 5 centimeters back there, too.

Gnash.

To make this all the more exciting, I probably don't have enough yarn to do this. So do I call on the Ravelry goddesses to see if someone has the dye lot? Call the yarn shop where I purchased the yarn? Probably I'll do all of the above, since I'm thinking I may need two more balls of yarn. This project was already eating up the yarn. But let this be a lesson to all full-bosomed ladies. Just because the knitting will fit around you, doesn't mean it actually has enough room for the girls!

At least I'm zooming along on the book front? The Good Earth exceeded expectations, Ella Minnow Pea was just as cute as promised, I am still loving all the comic books, and I have a paperback copy of Three Bags Full- a sheep mystery- to lend out to fellow knitters as soon as I finish it!