Knitting has been constant, but there's no progress to show. I was away over the long weekend visiting Jen and family. Joseph and I are pals, and it was hard to leave him. He snuggled with me after his nap, which made it even harder to leave. I'm home now, and sick-ish (Jen, I don't think it was Joseph, I think I started getting it on Saturday before I got there). I slept all afternoon, so I'm just starting knitting now. Which brings me to my topic.
I am not a lace knitter. I have two and a half repeats done on the Print o' the Waves stole. It takes so much concentration that for every row I knit, I have to rip two. I'm not the kind of knitter who just wants to knit rows and rows of stockinette--though you wouldn't believe it looking at the sweater I'm working on--but I'm finding that too much concentration and I get frustrated. I like a project that I can take anywhere. I like to stuff it in my bag and carry it around, even if I don't work on it; it's like a safety blanket. I can't do that with lace like this. I would rather have a pattern I have to look at and follow, but not one that I can so easily mess up. A 16 stitch repeat shouldn't be that hard, but I can't seem to get it. Give me cables any day.
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well, either it will take a bunch of time and frustration, or you'll just realize it's not for you and won't do it anymore.
hope you're feeling better!
I've done some lace patterns that weren't all that easy and I managed to make them with no (okay, few) mistakes, but I've been carrying around the lacy prairie shawl from Cheryl Oberle and I can't do three rows without ripping back one. It's an easy pattern!
But it's pretty and I WILL knit it. Eventually. But yeah, I usually bring something a little more mindless for my "snatched moment knitting".
Hope you feel better!
I might tackle another repeat this weekend. There are 12 rows and only 80 stitches. You'd think I could do this no problem. It's even purled across the back.
I hear you on the button holes, too. There has to be a better way.
ah! i wish i could see what it looks like so far. i had forgotten you were starting your first lace. i have done NO knitting for 2+ weeks. so sad. one more week and then i think i'll have time. hang in there with the lace! :)
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