stitch.rip.stitch

today it seemed that i could stitch only about three rows, before i would realize i had made a monumental mistake, pass the knitting to my mom and say "help!"  she would inevitably find a stupid mistake (too many yarn overs seemed to be the order of the day) and i would rip it all back to a place where the knitting was clean.

the frustrating thing?  was i knitting some complicated cable pattern or fair isle?  no.  it was a straight forward dishcloth on number 7 needles.

in the end, after one more mistake on pattern repeat no. three, i ripped out the whole thing and plan to maybe start again tomorrow.  in my defence, it was noisy and busy in the living room with all the family around...the official score for the day?

knitting pattern: 3,000/this knitter: 0   

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11.27.07 update:  turns out all i needed was a little peace and quiet... the dishcloth is done and it is my hubby amante's new favorite!  yay for another finished project to add to the list!

a.second.beginning

when i was sixteen, i knit a sweater for a class.  i needed a handcrafted item to turn in, my mom was a seamstress and a knitter, so it seemed an easy choice.  it took forever to make a simple knitted sweater for a teddy bear:

i learned something doing that project:  i strongly disliked knitting.  i disliked the feeling of yarn in my hands, i hated trying to manipulate the fibers, but most of all, it was tedious. i became what stephanie pearl-mcphee calls an "i have no patience for this" ex-knitter.forward ten years: i am now no longer a highschool student with no patience. i am a wife and a mother, and i am a little bored.  one afternoon my ten year old daughter brought home needles and yarn from grammie's house. "i wonder how much i remember?" i asked myself as i picked up the needles to knit a row or two. that was the beginning of the end for me.  i love the act of knitting.  i love the act of turning the yarn around the needles, i love the feeling of the fibers, i love reading patterns and trying challenging new skills.

i. love. to. knit.

in the last month, i have finished several major projects:

a cable scarf

a feather and fan scarf

a shawl for 

my daughter bella's doll

mittens and a shawl

for that same doll

so, here i am.  a knitter.  i am totally hooked.  it is turning into an obsession.  

God help us all.