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November 27, 2006
2 steps forward. 3 steps back
I spent a goodly proportion of this weekend frogging (entirely) and reknitting the Shetland Tea Shawl. It took no time at all to frog it, but has taken some time to reknit.
Why did I put myself through this?
Well, far from being the slapdash happy-go-lucky knitter I sometimes portray myself as, I actually do have a streak which encourages me to think again if something isn't quite right.
And my shawl wasn't quite right.
I couldn't see the pattern at all, and even when I stretched it out (as it would look after blocking), it still wasn't quite right. So out it came. Much to the amusement of Greebo, who looked on, puzzled, and then decided it was a big game to run away with unravellings..... Much hilarity ensued, and both me and His Catness got a lot of exercise.
Now. I have to tell you that I like frogging large things. The simple act of the mindless destruction of something which you have slaved over for hours, is a very cleansing and humbling experience. I really like pulling out large tracts of knitting and carefully winding it back into a ball (cat interventions notwithstanding). Because I had knitted up to the third pattern section (and was well into it), actually reknitting on a larger needle was pretty speedy, and already I am back up to the second pattern section. A few hours tonight over a couple more episodes of Deadwood, and I should almost be back to where I decided that my shawl just wasn't quite right.
Hopefully this time it will be.
I aready feel much happier with the results.
Posted by glittrgirl at November 27, 2006 09:41 AM
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