Ever been on jury duty? I've been selected for a federal criminal trial. I can't speak about the case but I can say - it's mostly interesting when we're in the court room. But we spend a lot of time not in the court room - that's idle time and I bring knitting.
I finished a pair of socks.
That's not the sad part.
Some very good progress was made on the yoke of a sweater. This is the 2nd time I've attempted this sweater and it was going great this time. 2nd time, as in, the 1st time I had to rip it out and put the whole thing in time out. "Going Great" until I pulled it out yesterday morning to work on (during my pre-coffee hour). Seems I made a mistake in the cable. A big fat glaring mistake, and no, I did not take a picture of the mistake because I thought I could ignore it.
I couldn't ignore it. I knitted a few more rows (silly me) until I couldn't ignore it any more.
Maybe I could fix it! This took some real courage. I dropped 12 stitched and intentionally unraveled them back about a million rows.
I got another set of knitting needles and a good part of my Saturday was spent reknitting those 12 stitches - in a cable pattern. I had to rip it back a couple of times and fiddle with it a lot.
And ... TA-DAH!
I did it.
Ninja knitting! How cool is that - I fixed a big problem!
That's not the sad part.
This morning I pulled out the directions to read what comes next ...
I have to rip it out ... all of it ... all ... of ... it ...
The directions very clearly state - "increase every 4th row".
I increased every 2nd row.
It won't work the way I did it.
That is the sad part.
Today - I'm switching to sewing.
2 comments:
I'd have simply given up…
By the livin' Gawd that made you,
You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din! (Kipling)
That's not just sad, it's downright heartbreaking! (I'm very impressed with your ninja fix though! I don't think I would have been that brave!)
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