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as am i. i was cruising along on the baby blanket, had joined the second skein and was six rounds in when suddenly, the knot i had used to join the skeins undid and boom! stitches started flying apart. i've never had this knot untie, ever; so weird. in any event, try as i might, i could not get all the stitches back where they needed to be and in a fit of pique, i unravelled the whole thing. i hadn't been happy with it in the first place, it just wasn't singing to me, so that combination of lost stitches and no love turned the project deadly.

i cast on again, with a different pseudo-pattern in mind, and i was much happier. i tried to knit at least six rows a night, though that was becoming more difficut as some work things began to intrude on my personal time in a major fashion. but it was zipping along and i was halfway through the second of three skeins when boom! baby was born early.

silly, beautiful baby.

i still haven't finished, but i need to find the time to do so -- i don't want that baby to be three years old before she gets her blanket. i also really need to find the time to make a present for my sister. i could use a small break in the time-space continuum, i think.

18 november 2015 disintegration

this was the first skein of socks that rock i ever bought.

i loved the retro 70's appliance colors and i was excited to make a nice squishy pair of socks. and, amazingly, i did knit them up quickly and wore them right away. and right away noticed a hole. i assumed i must have run up against something sharp, so i darned and moved on. and moved on to more holes -- every time i washed them i'd find a new hole, and every time i wore them. and the holes were not in high stress places.

they've been stored with any number of other wollens, which have not had the hole issue, so i am pretty sure it is not moth driven. i think it was just a strange weak skein of yarn that didn't want to stay together. sad, really. and i've yet to make another pair of socks out of socks that rock because i fear another disintegration. i've made shawls, though none i've kept, so maybe they are disintegrating too, but i doubt it. i'd have heard about it.

in any event, these are now unwearable and undarnable -- too many large holes. i don't want to throw them away so maybe i'll cut them into little happy patches i can make into cards or something...

15 november 2015 better

it is not perfect, but it will do.

i almost just decided to ignore it, cut the loop in half and weave in the ends. but then i decide to give it a whirl, and once i found a spot with good lighting, it wasn't too difficult to work it back into place.

a good soak and a good block and it will be just fine. and just in tme for the cold weather to arrive!

06 november 2015 the rotten cat

no sooner had it come off the needles, the cat went bonkers and attacked it, creating a giant snag.

i should have learned my lesson after the blue lace shawl incident, but i have been really careful about not knitting near her, and keeping all dangling strings out of temptation's way. it was sitting next to me on the couch as i put away my darning needle when, BOOM!, out of nowhere she flies into the room, pounces on the couch, gives the shawl a few good kicks with the bunny-feet and creates the snag when trying to make her escape.

i've shoved it in a bag for the moment, since i just can't deal with it right now.

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