![Confession Time with Katie:
Playing Mario Kart has made me a worse driver. As I drove to lunch with a friend, I wished for a flashing star so I could be invincible and drive through everything.
Also, we're eating bagels for lunch because throwing rules out windows is my new favorite hobby.
Speaking of hobbies, I started a Constellate Hat in the colorway, African Violets by LolaBean Yarn. The first Constellate took me nineteen months so surely i can beat that!
LOL. @marz1pan thought I was knitting a sock for someone with HUGE calves!
In writing news, I plan to send a short story before mid-December so join my Inner Circle Email List if you need a dopamine hit right about now.
I hope you have the Monday you need, Crew! I love you!!!!
[ID: Veggie rosemary bagel and tuna salad sesame seed bagel with a purple hat in progress.]
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I was happily knitting along on my Lochness hitchhiker. I had the pattern memorized. I had plenty of yarn. “What could go wrong?” This is like that point in a horror film when someone says, “I’ll be write back.” and you know they’re not coming back.
On the last row of point 38, I switched to the second ball of yarn and knit 4-6 rows and then I went back to weave in the ends. A fine idea. I was pleased with how they disappeared.
Then I picked up the needles to continue knitting point 39. Sons of anarchy! Ten stitches had slipped off the needles! That’s scarey. I picked them up. Whew! crisis averted. I’m a rockstar. wait. where is my row counter? I had a row counter. It tells me what row I’m on. Where the devil is the row counter?!? I begin to dig in the blankets because I’m sitting in bed watching tv and knitting. I find the row counter and it is at that point that I realize that finding it will not tell me what row I’m on. Sweet Fancy Moses, that sucks.
Had I just finished row 4 or row 6? I tried to read the knitting. ummmm.yea. I don’t know. This is my first garter stitch knit since I learned to knit years ago. I could google it, but where the points are throws me off knowing which row I should even be counting from. I start the bind offs for the point and analyze. That looks too soon. I unknit and add the extra two rows and start the point again. After finishing that row, I fold it over and measure the valley between points 38 and 39 against the valley between points 37 and 38. They seem to match. and I’m back in the game!
I was able to finish Tuesday evening and I really like how the points of the shadows turned out in the pictures….just like a Lochness monster! Now, it just needs a bath, some serious blocking and Nessie will be off to her forever home.
Ps. To see what other folks are working on, go check out Tami’s Amis.
Tags: hitchhiker, Martina Behm, WIP Wednesday
The shawl is gorgeous and worth whatever trouble it put you through:) I’m sure it will be well loved.
I’m pretty happy with it, but those last couple of points sure made me happy to be done. :)
Wow! That’s very impressive!
gracias!
“I’m a rock star. Wait…” LOL! If only I didn’t know exactly how all this felt :)
Glad to know I’m not the only one. :)
How lovely it is. I love the colors in the yarn.
Thank you. The owner-to-be painted the yarn so I know she’ll love the colors.
So this is beautiful! How long did it take?
How much yarn did you use? It looks like the perfect weight.
Hope you didn’t have to unknit too much :)
Thank you. About 10 days.
100g of fingering weight yarn.
not too bad. Unknitting garter stitch (all knit stitches) is a lot easier than lace!
It looks perfect. I am sure it was worth the troubles I know knitting is always a bit that way for me. A little bit of knowledge, a little bit of guess work and a lot of luck.
I like to think we’re all more skilled than we give ourselves credit for.
Beautiful!