I’m not a huge fan of ripping out perfectly good knitting. TH (the husband) is even less of a fan than I, if that’s possible. So, when I knit myself what was supposed to be a headband/ribbon type thing, he said I should keep it. And I did… for about 10 months. The thing is, it wasn’t perfectly good knitting. It was too wide and not as long as I’d have liked. Sometimes you have an idea and it seems like a good idea, but in truth, it is not that great of an idea and then the execution is poor and it turns out to be an all around bad idea. At that point, you should cut your losses and admit that at least in this case, the designer was right to say this lace pattern belongs in a cowl.

And so it was that this…

became this…

In other news, I do not care for Louisa Harding Merletto yarn. It splits VERY easily and does not stand up for ripping very well at all. If I use it again, I’ll be making fingerless mitts…and people, I’ll be following the pattern.

*The knitting term frogging, which means to rip out knitting comes from the sounds frogs make, ribbit – rippit…or at least that’s the word on the street….you know, streets where knitters hang out anyway.