knits, notes, etc.

The Butterfly dress/cardigan from Rowan 37. This pattern and the Birch shawl were probably the projects which hooked me onto Rowan Knitting and Crocheting magazines and, of course, Rowan's Kidsilk Haze yarns.

I'd started this edging probably not long after I started my current job, which is now over a year, almost two years, ago. I can distinctly remember sitting on MUNI knitting away at the beautiful lace... entirely engrossed. I was even complimented on it: As we stopped at a station, an older gentleman who was on his way out, stopped in front of me to tell me that the lace was lovely.

(This is so not a good picture. But, I can't seem to get a more detailed shot...) I think the lace edging was pretty simple--After a few repititions, I was able to remember the pattern. I knitted it up quickly (twice the length) and grafted the seam together so that I could then pick up stitches around the top and knit the body in the round with a purl seam between front and back. I don't really like to seam or graft lace together... So, I try to modify lace projects so that seaming is not required.

The problem though is that I cannot seem to get past picking up the stitches and the first purl row. When I get to the end of one side of the first pattern row, I have 2 less stitches than I should. I have counted and recounted...

Is the pattern wrong? I find this hard to believe, since so many people have finished it. And, there doesn't seem to be an errata.

Well, I wanted to get back into knitting lace projects--which are my absolute favorite. But, I think I will just put this back on the shelf for now.

I just finished a project. Now, I'm working on some original designs...