It's the little things

So I have a success in the knitting realm. A small one, but I will take it. I actually finished this hat once and then realized it was just too small, so with about 6 rows to go I took it all out and started over again. It was only then that I realized I had used a size 4 for the ribbing and 3's for the body. So that was why the ribbing was sloppy, even for me. So I am glad with the decision to start over. I love this yarn, it is so soft. Merino is an amazing fiber!

Trouble committing

I am one of those that has to have a few (or more) projects going at once. I get bored, I get frustrated, I cast it aside with frustration or loathing and move on, usually coming back to it sooner than later. But sometimes it is later, much later. I am a slow finisher. I was rockin' this scarf and then I started making mistakes, like every row. This is after knitting at least 24 inches in this pattern. Who knows... so then I moved on to Nellie - see below - that wasn't working so well, and I still haven't figured it out, just for the record. All of this is going on while I'm trying to finalize a pattern for my daughters quilt, find one last perfect fabric, and then do the dreaded math. So I moved on, pulling this yarn from my stash. A small skein of amazingly soft bamboo, and then a hand painted merino. Neither of which I bought enough of for anything but, well, a hat. Not just one hat at a time, but two, because... well, I don't know why. Trouble committing, I guess.

C'mon Nellie!

Well, my great hopes for speeding through this road trip project were totally unrealistic. Not too surprising, however also not for the reasons one would suppose. This is a pattern that makes me crazy. I kept saying, if only they had given me a drawing of what this flattened out sheep is supposed to look like, it wouldn't be a problem at all. It is a weird pattern after all, not intuitive, how about some visual aids here? Well, I didn't get much further than this before things were looking funky, I mean super funky. So much ripping happened and now I'm stymied! I am going to attempt this again tonight, to get past that one line in the pattern which happens to be crucial to the shaping. I may go crazy trying it yet again, so this post is an attempt sort of clear the air before I pick it up again!