Sunday, April 22, 2007

Wait. This is supposed to be relaxing, right?

Sheesh. Was proudly knitting the last row of the first repeat of my Ocean Moods scarf and counting, just to make sure, and I'll be a dirty name (as my mother used to say) if I didn't have 10 extra stitches.

Saw where and how I'd messed up, but too tired and fuzzy to fix it, and dropped stitches all over the place when I tried to rip back to the row beneath, so wound up ripping the whole thing out. Again.

This is NOT that difficult a pattern. In fact, it's downright easy. I've made yards of lace edging using these same needles and similar size yarn/thread. I should be able to do this. It shouldn't be this difficult.

Right now I feel very frustrated and very stupid, and not relaxed at all.

2 comments:

Monika said...

Hi T-mom!
Your model is very cute and the shawl, just lovely! Simple is often best! What kind are your Shepherds? It looks like they have a long coat, I like that! ;o)

T-Mom said...

Thanks for the kind words about the shawl. :) Yup, the Ts (Taenzer and Timber) are both long-coats. Taenzer is from the breeder of my late, beloved Stella, and Timber from a rescue group. Funnily enough, I don't really care for long-coated GSDs, so I figure there's some kind of cosmic lesson involved in my now having TWO of them. *lol* And of course, I adore both of them. I loved the story of Biko throwing her tennis ball into the pool to test the waters. They're so smart and so funny!