I think I have mentioned that I'm mad
for cowls. I finally cast caution to the wind (along with some
projects that are awaiting completion) and cast-on the Honey Cowl.
Tosh DK weight, in the colourway “Cove” which is really pretty. I
carefully cast on 220 stitches, made sure it was not twisted, and
began knitting. I completed the four rows of stockinette. I began the
pretty purl-slip (wyif, thank you very much) pattern. I completed
eight rounds of the pattern (plus the four rows of stockinette) and
realised that I had mobiused the damn thing.
Rip it. Rip it. Rip it.
Let the frogging begin.
Okay. The frogging is done. I even
managed to undo the carefully twisted knitted cast-on I had done. I
managed to do this without knotting it, without having to cut it, and
with out swearing (too much). Well, I reckon if I enjoyed working on
it the first time, I'll enjoy it just as much the second.
Besides, I think I messed up the second
row of purl-slip (wyif, thank you very much) and purled two stitches
in a row, thus making a major (well, small major, but not really
minor) balls-up. But it's all frogged now, and I don't have to worry
about it.
I would do well to remember that I do
have other projects waiting for completion, and casting-on something
new is really quite naughty of me. But alas! I cannot find my copy of
the Milanese Loop pattern, and I don't have a printer, and though I
printed it at a friend's house, I forgot it, so of course I can't
work on that. And I still have to start Adrienne's shawl, but I can't
decide on a pattern, so six skeins of bulky alpaca, in light pink,
are sitting in a bag, staring at me reproachfully.
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