One of the reasons I picked this pattern is that is was marked Easy+. I should have known the secret was in the + ! I can't tell you how many times I frogged the first eight rows. Enough that I finally said *to heck* with it and decided to just keep going. So what if I made a mistake. The first try at a pattern is always mine, and I didn't care if I could see the mistakes! I also remembered a story about Navajo weavers -- they always make an error in the weaving so that the evil spirits have a way out of the rug. I must have really built up some bad karma -- there are lots of ways for evil spirits to get out of this stole! When the stole is finished and blocked, I'll show it to you again.
Here's a project I'm finishing up. The other two pieces are done. Can you guess what this is? You'll have to come back in the New Year to find out. I can tell you all about it on January 19!
That's beautiful, Snap! I so envy those who can knit. I learned to do the garter stitch when I was in 5th grade (does anyone remember 1945?) in order to make my daddy a muffler (it was a class project). It was about 6" wide, and about 15 feet long when I ran out of yarn and discovered that I had not the foggiest idea how to get it off the needles (school was over before we learned how to do that.) I kept the darn thing in a sack until long after my daddy was dead (1965), and finally unraveled it, wound the yarn into a ball and gave it to the Goodwill. I can still do the garter stitch and made myself a couple of lap robes back in the early 70's (with plenty of dropped-stitch holes for the evil spirits to escape), but had to take the still-on-the-needles work to my husband's aunt, who worked it off for me.
ReplyDeleteI am now sticking to simple, very simple, crochet.
The stole really is beautiful! I'm the same way with unfinished things. I always have the best intentions and then I find things undone months later!
ReplyDeleteLove the lacy stole, it's going to look beautiful.
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