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Cardigan Disquietude

May 21, 2009
by CTJen

Harumi has been on a time out for a couple of weeks. I made all the way to page four of the pattern and came to the following instruction:

and I could not work out what to do next. I mean, WTF?! I was stumped but good. Furthermore, I had no idea how I was supposed to incorporate the new stitches into the lace pattern (or the garter column). So, I shoved Harumi to the bottom of my knitting basket and caught the spinning bug. I finished my spinning project in progress and ordered more fiber.

I knitted a dishcloth. Then I knitted another one. Finally, I was ready, so I hauled out the instructions and found this on page 3:

It really does help if you read the instructions, you know.

This is how far I’d gotten without working the lace pattern into the increase stitches.

So I put in a life line.

And frogged the shit out of it.

I tell you, if I did not enjoy knitting… Well, let’s just say that it’s a good think I like knitting.


5 Comments
  1. May 22, 2009 4:53 am

    And you learned something new! Always makes the bumps in the road a little more bearable. :-)

  2. May 22, 2009 7:12 am

    Frogging the shit out of anything is just no fun. Thank god for lifelines! Onward, right?

  3. May 22, 2009 3:00 pm

    It looked lovely… can’t wait to see it when you are done!

  4. May 22, 2009 5:24 pm

    Sounds like something I’d do. I’ve always had a problem reading *all* the instructions. Drives my Mom (who’s also a teacher) freakin’ nuts. lol

  5. May 24, 2009 2:01 pm

    I think “frogged the shit out of it” is my new go-to expression. Hope you are well. I just got my head out of my butt and back into the blogosphere.

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