Ooops....

There is a delay in finishing my Rowan Exchange gift for this year:

I bought cobweb instead of 2ply and can barely see or feel the yarn.

Then I broke a needle - one of the new Knit Pro Cubics which I was loving knitting with. That disaster was possibly my fault as I threw a book in my bag forgetting that my knitting was at the bottom.

I switched to Addi Lace needles but those stitches were slippy!

The next problem arose when I dropped a stitch and it ran down 10 rows, I picked it up and carried on quite happily until ...

Thursday, when major disaster struck - perhaps trying to knit on this project whilst at knitting group wasn't a good idea. A whole heap (15) stitches came off the needles. I tried to do an emergency repair by dropping them down 8 rows to the start of the pattern sequence.

I picked them up and knitted them.

They looked slightly wonky but I hoped they would straighten in blocking.

They didn't...

On Friday, I spent the journey to Chesterfield unraveling 28 rows to get back to a boundary that I recognised, then realised I'd lost my Addi needle en-route.

They don't sell knitting needles at Steam Train rallies

so the stitches lived for 48 hours on a band of dental floss.

We're now home, the stitches are picked up and I've completed 2 rows.

That's enough excitement for this weekend - I'm off to bed!

ps I'm loving the yarn, the pattern is enjoyable and I think ( if I ever finish it) that this is possibly one of the best things I've knitted for years!

Posted by Yvonne at October 2, 2011 10:34 PM