Lady Grey’s Tea Party

What a freakin’ try-hard.

Because everyone’s pictures of FOs and yarn have inspired me so much I’m trying hard (!) to catch up so, two new projects on the needles!

Anna’s Fingerless-Gloves-Based-On-Endpaper-Mitts-Pattern-But-Different gloves.

Trying to work in a snowflake pattern instead of the diamonds from the original. I was really worried about the floats being too tights so I consciously tried to relax as I worked…predictable result? My tension changed and it’s all loose and kind of uneven and yuck up the top. Also alternating colour slip stitch up either side of the purled ’seam’ stitch? Bad idea, just looks messy. At least I feel like I’m learning from my previous mistakes in that I’m not charging on blind and hopeful even though I have misgivings about how it’s going to turn out. Like most of my other projects.

next up: Laminaria Shawl

If I ever go to hell (doubtful, as I’m freakin’ awesome….. oh… hey, isn’t pride some sort of sin?), it will be some sort of knitting and frogging and knitting and frogging purgatory. The mitts above have already been started twice, and are about to be started again. Red Gretel has begun her third incarnation, and the Laminaria Shawl, well let’s just say it used to be pink, and I’ve been knitting and re-knitting it for over a week. It’s like, two steps forward and then crippled by a blow to the kneecaps. I’d love to show some sort of finished projects, but that involves finishing the damn things, at least getting past the first few rounds.

As well as all of this frustration, I have all this uni work due that keeps getting bumped aside by all this non-essential knitting biz-niz. I am truly my own worst enemy.

They say keep your friends close and your enemies closer… so I’m buying my co-operation with presents.

It’s working.