First of all, I have a lousy cold, AGAIN. Then...
In the test knit, I dropped a stitch somewhere - with 325 stitches on the needle - and couldn't find the problem. So I had to tink back, but as I tinked, the yarn started breaking down, and 'fusing' (like mohair does) REALLY bad. Which explained why I couldn't find the dropped stitch! It became really difficult to figure out what I was unknitting -- a single stitch, an ssk or, ...? It took unraveling FOUR rows to get back to where I could be sure I had all the right stitches, and the right amount, on the needles.
Needless to say, I threw the unraveled yarn away, and started the re-knit with a new ball. What a fiasco! So I'm now back where I started unraveling 3 days ago, and have four rows to go before I can start the edging.
So ... in an effort to clear my head, I picked up the side-to-side vest I've been working on, only to discover a fairly serious error in IT. Aaarrggghhhh! I made some modifications at the very beginning of the project, but forgot to write them down (can you say, "duh....?") so when I got around from the left side to the right side, I didn't remember the modifications I'd made, and so I just sort of made up some more on the spot, and, well, now I have a mess to clean up. . .
I think I'll take a garter stitch dishcloth with me to the Guild meeting this morning - I think I can maybe not screw that up!
Meanwhile, I looked out my front door yesterday, and this is what I saw... son Jason and his friend Nicola 'chilling out' on the roof of his floathome across from me. At least that brought a smile to my face!
And daughter Mischa, hairstylist extra-ordinaire, started work in a new shop yesterday, so I went to see the place and ended up being her first client. I've got my summer haircut now, and her new shop got my Momma seal of approval. ;-)
5 comments:
You make me feel better :) Yesterday I started a new vest, and I have had to tink back the first row twice. Some days the mojo just isn't there.
-kate
Gotta hate those kind of knitting days............. sometimes it's just best to pick it up again another day. :-)
Uli
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modifications I am attempting them too working on mystery shawl 8 just finished clue 3 used over 2 skeins, only have 2 skeins and 2 clues left, never going to make it, will be doing it a bit different then written because that yarn is no longer available and i'll be golldarned if I am going to rip it out!!!
ah ha....it was your cold that you were trying to give me!!!!
See you tomorrow at Serious Coffee.
Happy lst Birthday Jackson.
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Sometimes it just doenst pay to pick up the needles does it? Just to make you feel loved, it's blogland tag time & you've been tagged! The rules are on my knitting blog.
Have fun!
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