Sorry I missed you all on Monday. My son Sam had his 6th birthday party with friends and family the day before. Which apparently sucked all the creative juices from me leaving me with nothing for blogging. But, fun was had by all and that's the point right? As you can see by the photos below I didn't listen to my rational self which said "Work on your husband's sweater vest" (a vest that he is so patiently waiting for I might add), but instead I listened to my knitter self which said "Finish the owl sweater - it'll be so quick." So, I worked on my owl sweater and ran out of yarn with only the collar left to go. Ack! I then tried it on thinking of what to do next when I realized it was also too big. Do I cry now? No (well, maybe a little). I just frog down to the waist, as the lower torso fits just fine, and switch to a smaller needle size and start again. Did I say start again? Deep sigh inserted here.
What went wrong you may ask? Well a very basic thing went wrong. Something that is so simple to do, but I always hate doing it. Something you do right at the beginning of a project. Have you guessed it yet? Doing a swatch to get my gauge right. I mean I did do a small swatch on straight needles, even though the pattern clearly states knitting a swatch in the round with circular needles. What did I find? Yup, I was a a whole stitch off and that can add up to extra inches very quickly.
Will I now go back to Dan's vest you may ask? Well, to be honest with you all probably not. I mean I got to see this owl thing through don't I?
What project are you putting off this week?
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