I did have some problems initially with my project (the wristwarmers featured in today's picture), so I set that one aside & sewed the little duck that I had knit up earlier. I still need to attach the wings & sew on the beads for the eyes to finish it up. I frogged the wristwarmers & studied the pattern last night, then this morning was able to knit them up without trouble. The problems I had yesterday stemmed from two things: one, the pattern says to cast on 49 and it should only be 48; and two, I had the stitches divided on 4 dpns instead of 3, which made it more difficult to see if (or rather when) I had miscounted the lace pattern. I restarted them this morning at 5:00 am, and had them finished before noon--and that included a two-hour break for housework & breakfast. Figure about 4-1/2 hours actual knitting time. It was a fun project--I'm ready to start a second pair :-)One other thing I noticed about the pattern is the chart for the lace does not match the written instructions. I had to study the accompanying photo rather closely to figure out which was correct. It's the written. However, the chart would also make an attractive pattern so I might make my second pair using that.
Been thinking about the yarn I am spinning for my next shawl (see earlier post "Another Quiet Day"). I don't think I'm going to have enough to make a nice, long shawl. This leaves me three options: another short shawl (meh), use this yarn for something else & spin a different yarn for the shawl (hmmm), or use multiple colors (could be interesting). Of course, I'll finish spinning up the current roving & see how much I actually have before deciding.
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