Knitting Done and Undone

Knitting and socializing, it seems do not always go hand in hand, even at Knitting Circle.  Of course it had been weeks since I had been to Thursday knitting and I was desperate and determined that nothing would stand in my way this week.

I arrived, cardigan in hand, with the six inches I had knitted on my Wednesday train commute ready to go:

I was actually pretty happy with how the knitting was progressing.  Apart from minor upsets, and a short two-row rip at the beginning of the evening, I thought I was making great progress knitting and chattering away.  I did not get quite as far in 3 hours of knitting as I had the previous day on the boring train ride, but an additional 4 inches of rice-stitch were nothing to be sneezed at, until I actually looked at my knitting that is. That is when I learned that my  illusions of knitting success, were actually just that -- illusions. 

So eager was I to be back at Knitting Circle that I was like the puppy who is so happy to see her masters return home that she jumps up and down, wagging her tail and barking, rolling around on the floor, never realizing that she is rolling around in her own pee.

I had started the evening ready to begin the decreases before the waist.  And I proceeded to do them at the required intervals, never messing up my pattern while doing so.  So what went wrong?  I decreased on both ends of the row, that's what.  This is a cardigan.  I am only knitting half a front so the decreases want only to be at the side seam, not at the center front.  No matter how much weight I ever loose in my wildest, thinnest dreams, and I am pretty stable weight wise right now, I will never be able to wear a sweater that is only 10 inches from side to side.

And so, I am back where I started.  But I am still far ahead because I got to spend time with fellow knitters and my knitting spirit is revived and ready to move forward. 

Can I finish the left front before next week?

Comments

[Sheila]

I'm sorry! At least you found out now that the width was 10 inches. There are some projects that I can't knit in knitting groups. I can't knit lace with other knitters. I really need to concentrate with those patterns.

[Gina]

I still think you caught something from me last night -- some bad knitting mojo. We'll have to bring incense and do a "clearing" next week!

[Susan]

Augh, that's too bad. You're right, the good time is better than proper knitting. I've yet to find a project I can knit at a knitting group without messing it up. I spend most of my time there tinking. Keep at it, rice stitch is time consuming, but worth it.
umm, do dogs really do that?