Lady Grey’s Tea Party

I thought I had it figured out, I thought I was the one in control, but no, no I was not.

I’ve been working on the Laminaria shawl for over two weeks. That’s two weeks of at least an hour a day on the train knitting, re-knitting, changing yarn and starting again, and still I haven’t even gotten through the transition chart.

It was after midnight on Friday night, I was knitting while waiting for the train home after work. I had, the day before, ripped back to my last life-line (placed halfway through the transition chart) because I didn’t like the way I’d fudged a row earlier due to random extra stitches. But at this point it was all under control, I finally understood what was keeping me from completing that section, I was making progress people! The shawl was moving forward and it was exhilarating! I was two rows away from the blossom chart and new territory when it happened. There I was, charging along on a purl row, ready for the new challenges ahead, when I came across this…….

(the horror, the horror! what a bitch)

Yes, it is a lace shawl where holes are de rigueur, but no, that hole is not supposed to be there.

Feeling more than a little put out by this, Laminaria has been banished from my presence until I can muster up the fortitude to face her again. Shameless little hussy.

(wow, there are a lot of ‘I’s up in there!)