Will post updated photo of my shawl tomorrow. It flies off the needles - I'm half way through the 5th pattern repeat of 7. Hope to finish this weekend so I can wear it next week.
Of course, it would go much faster if I stopped screwing up. Getting frighteningly good at dipping down to the previous pattern row and correcting stitches - usually a pass-over that didn't (and subsequently got purled) or a missing YO. Nice that lace is so forgiving. This is a good talent for me to have - I haven't had to rip back past the current row and I've corrected something in about every other pattern row. No, I'm not usually this bad, but it was a bit noisy and chaotic around here today and my rhythm kept getting knocked about. Trying to teach myself to really see the knitting so that when I start to throw a particular stitch I know it's correct in relation to the stitches in the previous rows. Have found that depending just on counting is not enough for me (obviously). By the end of this afternoon I was able to catch a mistake as soon as I got to it, rather than at the end of the row when my count came up wrong. Now, guess it's time to stop making the mistakes in the first place, hey?
Just starting to see how one could get fast and relaxed with lace. Good thing since I like it.
I agree with you about Flower Basket - it is such a fun pattern, but I keep ending up with one extra one one less at the end of a row - ugh! Can't wait to see yours.
Posted by: Jackie | November 20, 2004 at 04:25 AM