I usually stop knitting when I get frustrated, and by frustrated I mean that I have either tink-ed (that's knit backward) it multiple times already or have gotten bored. I like that about knitting. That you can make something, decide that it's not quite right, tear it apart and make it again or make it into something else.
I was sharing my knitting woes with a woman at work and she suggested that I liked the process of finding the yarn and pattern, more than I liked the production of the garment. I considered that, but I think that really, it's that I want it to be just right, and since you can tear it apart, why wouldn't you?Yesterday, I finished a sweater I have been working on for my mom. Technically, it's a caplet, cabled caplet to be exact, that I have been working on for the last 2 years. And actually, before it was supposed to be a cabled caplet, it was a cardigan that I knit for myself, wore once and decided it was too hot to wear.
I was very excited to be finished at last, to have it done. I had been worried about the cables, but they had turned out nicely. I couldn't wait to give it to my mom. And then I tried it on. It's sized for a 6 year old. Either the model is a six year old, or the pattern is wrong. Despite the fact that I made the sweater once before and it was too small (I was using smaller needles) and the numerous warnings on Ravelry, I went ahead and knit a miniature sweater, again. And now I have to decide if I should tink, or if Teagan just inherited a new cabled caplet...
And, just to prove I have been a productive knitter lately, our lovely models are wearing two hats and a scarf I recently finished.
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