I'm knitting a cowl.
110 stitches in a honeycomb pattern
in the round.
It should look like this,
but I'm using the wrong sort of wool
because I don't have a very extensive stash
(one ball actually).
I also don't have stitch markers
so the pattern already looks a bit skew
and it's giving me a stiff neck.
But very cold weather is forecast
and I need to be ready.
Right......... get your pen and write your name, your national insurance number etc and get the tax form done and dusted. It's scary, I know, but you can do it....... and re the cowl, you don't need stitch markers, you just need safety pins but I bet you already know that. . . .
ReplyDeleteThe picture looks gorgeous! Even if it comes halfway towards that, yours will be great. Also, warm. I have just enrolled in a three-part beginners' programme to learn to crochet, which I am assured is faster and more fun than knitting, at which I do not exactly excel.
ReplyDeleteVery sensible.
ReplyDeleteThe tax people will understand
that a cowl takes priority
in so desperate a situation
and that doubts about one's reality
inevitably cause a delay.
You are very advanced next to me! Every now and then I laboriously translate my beginning knitter cast-on/cast-off directions from right-hander to left-hander and bang out a scarf. That's all I know how to do, but I actually got a compliment on one the other day!
ReplyDeleteI've earmarked this for just such a moment .... though it looks like "hard knitting" so could , in turn , become something to avoid .
ReplyDeleteI made a cowl, in the round, last year and had to keep undoing it because the foundation row kept twisting. I defeated it in the end though!
ReplyDeleteYes mine has twisted and I have given it up in a fit of pique.
DeleteWhat a shame! But I do know the feeling.
DeleteMy daughter has learned to crochet over the holiday. She has since made both herself and her sister very fetching head bands, and even made a crocheted flower for her sister's. She puts me to shame.
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