What Was I Thinking?
Since I had this gift certificate to use at the yarn store, I decided to knit myself a shawl. I bought myself some beautiful yarn. Well they call it yarn but it may be left over fiber optic material or angel hair. The netting is holding the yarn together otherwise it will just slip into a clump.
Oooooo. Fun. This is the pattern I chose:
OH MY GOODNESS!!! What the hell was I thinking? I have done 8 rows maybe and only 3 of those are in pattern. I had to do the first pattern row 3 times. THEN there is this stitch where I have to knit one, yarn over, knit one, yarn over, knit one all in one stitch. Then on the back side all 5 of these stitches have to be purled together. Holy crap. I need to switch to wooden needles. The silk is just slipping to easily except when I am trying to get my needle into all 5 of these stitches. I named this "I'm Going to France" because my plan is to carry this and to casually pull it out of my big red bag when I am a bit chilly. NO WAY is this going to happen. Once when J was a tot she fell asleep at a restaurant. It was a bit cold so I covered her with a napkin. She was tiny and it covered her well. I accidentally took it home with her. I may be packing this with me. A napkin. It will not cover me, but maybe if I get to enough restaurants that use cloth napkins I can sew them together and make a stole. Maybe I will just carry a bath towel or socks.
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Try different needles. Then try other different needles. You will feel so happy and sassy when you are in France, in that restaurant and able to whip out that shawl.
You can do it Dusty Moon, you can do it!!