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Tagsreluctantly crouched at the starting line
er, knitting line? Anyway, I haven’t been knitting this week. Why? Beacuse the failure with the Tivoli affected me more deeply than I’d like to admit. And because if I go back to the baby cardigan, I’m going to have to, you know, measure it and figure out how much space I want between the buttons.
Basically, I’m going to have to think, and put in some effort. I’d rather just knit. I should get a project started that will require no thought, that I can pick up when I feel like and can see some real progress as I work on it. But it’ll take work, real effort, to decide what that will be! It’s a no-win situation over here.
I’m sure I’ll get back in the swing soon enough. We aren’t going anywhere this weekend, which is a welcome change, and that means I’ll probably have some time to sit with my stash and think.
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A few years ago I was making my first cabled sweater, and it was coming out beautifully. When I finished the front (I’d already done the back), I realized I’d never switched to the larger needles about an inch in, and the whole front was significantly smaller than the back. I was so frustrated I stopped knitting for A YEAR AND A HALF. Don’t let that happen to you! I hate that I wasted all that good knitting time. My best advice it to rip it out right away and make yourself get going on it again. It’s really not so bad once you do that — it’s thinking about having to do it that kills you.
My mom repeats this mantra when things like this happen to her: “I am a patient knitter. I am a patient knitter.” I find that helps sometimes.
Good luck!
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I’m not that bad off–I’m a knitter who notoriously takes everything I knit out at least once during its progress, whether because I decide I want to change the pattern, I’m not satisfied with the evenness of my stitches or for some other reason. So it doesn’t really faze me. But it’s been hot, I’ve been busy, and I will need to purchase new needles to hit the right gauge for the Tivoli, hence my reluctance!
I’m so sorry to hear about your cabled sweater fiasco! Cables are such a bitch, you definitely don’t want to have to take ’em out and do them over.
I had to comment. First, I understand about being in that “no thinking all knitting” mindset. Last year, I went through a phase for several months where I could only bring myself to knit garter stitch scarves. I wanted to knit, but only if I didn’t have to think about it AT ALL. Now I’m in more of a “let’s get out the calculator and modify this pattern” phase. It’s the circle of life, baby. LOL!
Second, how can I not comment on a post with a title from a song by Cake?
Also, I loved Rachel’s cautionary tale. And I am all over her mom’s mantra.
It definitely is a cycle; usually I can’t help myself doing extra math and making my patterns additionally complicated. Right now, though, it’s all about simplicity.