I gave up sewing partly because I am just not good at following sewing patterns. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sewn a seam, thinking I’ve done it correctly, only to refer to the pattern for the next step and discover that I’ve done it completely WRONG! I swear, 90% of my sewing time was usually spent carefully picking out stitches with a seam-ripper.

It turns out that I’m not much better at following knitting patterns! I’m ready to stuff that Feather and Fan cardigan into the bottom of my knitting basket and cast on a pair of socks or a dishrag, but I’m so close to the end of the hard part that I can taste it. If I just hang in there for another knitting session or two I can get past the mind-boggling F&F section and into the mind-numbing stockinette section. But first I’ll have to tink back a few rows.

Not even a cat picture. A renewed commitment to the Feather and Fan Cardigan is driving me to shut down my computer more frequently and for longer in order to free up knitting time. There have been repeated incidents of frogging and tinking, so the going is slow. Hopefully I will make some progress by tomorrow for a WIP Wednesday post. Cheers!

If you examine the following photo closely and compare it to the previous photo of the Feather and Fan Cardigan which was posted last time, you’ll see that the knitter is actually behind where she was before. This might because she is quite possibly an idiot who may or may not be good at following directions.