a sad decision

I am very close to being done with Buttercup and then decided to frog it to just under the bust. I haven't done the frogging just yet. I'm trying to work up the courage, but I really believe that I'd rather put more time into something and have a result that I'll love and want to wear a lot than skimp and cut corners and have something hanging in my closet and not getting worn.

I originally bought 10 balls of Rowan cotton glace in colourway "buttercup" on sale for $1.50 each. i was concerned that I'd run out of yarn since the pattern Buttercup has A-line shaping. So, I decreased, did some waist shaping, just sort of made it up as a i went along. Then, I found a fellow raveler who had some of the exact dyelot of my discontinued yarn and provided me with 5 more balls (thank you entricot! love ya!).

So, now that I have plenty of the right yarn, i want the A-line shaping back. I just tried to halfway finished project on, and there is just too much negative ease. i want more slouch, more movement. So i think i'll do all the finishing on the neck and sleaves and then rip back the body and reknit as the pattern is written.

Of course, If I just lost 20 pounds it would fit perfectly, but there you have it. Here is the right now:

Yes, not fabulous pictures, but it's 1am, and it's in my bathroom and I'm saaad about pulling this back. Stupid cotton yarn.