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Helen cowl
started July 2017 - frogged December 2018 |
There's a good reason the cowl was not finished last summer - my stitch count kept getting messed up. Last week, I decided to finish this project. I knit the dark blue section and the stitch count is still not correct. No one on Ravelry reported a problem with the pattern, so I must be doing something wrong. It was too frustrating to finish, so I frogged the project.
I found another pattern and began to knit. Oh yeah, see the problem at the bottom of the photo? Yep, I twisted the stitches. Soooo, another frogged project. Clearly this lace weight yarn does not want to become a cowl. It's going into a forced time-out.
Oh, no....naughty knitting! Time out is where it belongs.
ReplyDeleteWe must be twins!!! Sorry about that - time out is the best place for that yarn for now.
ReplyDeleteSometimes you just gotta be the boss of your yarn and put it in time out!
ReplyDeleteTime out - that is so funny! Sometimes this is the best solution. I have a couple of quilt projects in Time Out right now too.
ReplyDeleteOh my! How frustrating that is. I once cast on a sweater that was knit from the bottom up. 312 tiny, tiny stitches. And I twisted it not once, but twice! And I didn’t notice it until I had knit about 3 inches! Rip!!! Out it came. Sometimes it’s the only answer. That yarn needs to wait a while to see what it really wants to become. Blessings, Betsy
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure lace-weight is cursed in general - I have a heck of a time with it.
ReplyDeleteLace weight takes bravery! I knitted a cowl recently where I held the pesky lace weight with a DK yarn, that is how I tamed it ;)
ReplyDeleteThat is frustrating! A forced time-out seems like the appropriate response.
ReplyDeleteI would have given up too, maybe it is a UFO for next year or you need a different pattern! :)
ReplyDeleteNancy, I did the same twist last week with yarn. Sometimes it just has to marinate longer before It knows what it should be
ReplyDeleteIt has to be contagious! Too frustrating!
ReplyDeleteI definitely have had yarn that did not want to become the projects I was bound and determined they should become. Guess who always wins that battle? I'm glad you've put it into time out. Maybe some time alone will help it see the error of its ways!
ReplyDeleteTime out is just the place for naughty yarn! Hope it shapes up soon.
ReplyDeleteEek! Sometimes projects need to go to time out. Or maybe the trash can after 3 or 4 honest attempts to use the supplies!
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