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Filed under my life by sherriknits at 3:37 pm on Oct 21 2007
I managed to get the first square knit without any more problems. It’s funny what happens when you decide you will do it. I still wonder what it would be like, though, to just start knitting a pattern and not do the obligatory frogging 3 times before it just works.
I had a horrible night’s sleep last night, so I did the rare thing and stayed home from church in a quiet house. I got through the hearts in no time.
If you plan to knit this, please understand the pattern is not difficult if you pay attention to what you are doing. The problem was more with me.
Ready to start the outer edge:
This was taken without a flash so the yarn is really dark.
The last 4 rounds, you switch from size 5 to size 6 needles and the edges seem really ripply. This is after I kind of steamed them because I don’t want to block until I get the rest of the block done.
And here is a close-up of the hearts.
I do want to say that in questioning myself as a knitter last night…it wasn’t about comparing myself to other knitters. It was more wrestling with letting my frustration to cause me to give up. It felt good to push on through and I find it interesting sometimes to watch how I think out the process.
So now, I am not sure if I’ll start another square that uses the same color or just wait until I get the reds and finish this square first.
It’s pouring down rain today and the family is enjoying being warm and cozy indoors. I hope you’re having a pleasant day!
1 Lizon 21 Oct 2007 at 8:21 pm
Looks good to me! I can’t wait to see the full color palette.
Ripping and re-knitting doesn’t make you any less of a knitter, by the way. It probably makes you more of one.
2 Carolon 22 Oct 2007 at 6:27 am
I think what you have done is looking great…can’t wait to see the end result.
3 Hasbuon 23 Oct 2007 at 2:53 am
That looks lovely! I can’t wait to see the finished afghan.
4 Dipsy D.on 30 Oct 2007 at 2:04 am
I think this looks ever so good already! And as for questioning yourself and your knitter’s skills - even the best knitters go through these experiences, you know? Actually, I think the better and more skilled a knitter is, the more often it happens that they’re not concentrating 100% on their work - and this just doesn’t work, neither for us “normal” knitters nor for the heavily experienced ones. I too often find myself knitting away and as I always do it while the TV is on, there’s often something on it that catches my attention - and woosh, a mistake has been done and frogging has to happen. It just is like that - I think this belongs to knitting just like… what? Snow belongs to winter or so
Fact is that you shouldn’t let yourself get frustrated with that. Once you have to frog - or rip everything altogether - you may find yourself thinking “I can’t handle that, this is too complicated etc.” What makes the difference is that you’re fighting through, that you’re not giving up and try it and try it again. And it WILL work - one day, sooner or later - and believe me, then you’ll have this absolutely satisfied feeling that you stuck through it and didn’t give up!!!