Freaky Friday Failures!

 I can't think of the last time I joined something like this contest and didn't keep my commitment!

The blanket was finished this morning;  

but even after soaking it to block it out, 

I could see a big 

problem

the corners were too pointy and didn't come to a right angle!

No amount of pinning would correct this error.

 I played around with a sample 

(you know, inventing the wheel all over again)

and could see the error of my ways--see the 90* angle at the bottom of the sample?

It was what I was aiming for 

but instead got the pointy corner at the top of the sample!

 There was nothing for it but a complete rip out!

All 1,645 rows.

All 5 ounces.

At least I can make another one in the future....

but not in time to enter the contest.

See me all dejected....

 And to top it off, the hat was a complete fail--it didn't fit 

and the guys all said yuck to the colors/stripes/zig zags.

I ripped it all out and will knit it up smaller one and send it northwest to my d-i-l.

And I wore this sweater yesterday and after a few hours it was hanging about 4-5" lower 

than when I began.  I am going to rip it all out 

and make another sweater in a different style.

I'm not loving the raglan round neck that just grows.  

I want seams in both the raglan joins and the shoulders--especially.  

So I hope you have had a better week of knitting than I have.

                                   It's time to pull out the artist's canvas and paint!                                    

Mid-Week FO

 

 Sometimes it is a short drive from excited departure to agonized arrival to the finish line!

 The inside has a different appearance;  I would have preferred it to look like the other side in a  different striped appearance is all.  Who am I to argue with an esteemed designer and author?!

I have worked double-knit about 10 years ago, in worsted weight yarn, then, too, 

and it has the same affect on me now;  unimpressed.  

Perhaps done in fingering weight, it wouldn't feel so bulky yet 'open' due to the size 8 needles. 

The cast on was the easiest part of the project! 

 I'm pleased with that, at least.

As for the yarn, it is a beautiful wool/alpaca blend; 

 enough wool to keep its shape and enough alpaca to make it soft and warm. 

 It, too, is the author's line of Highland wool and Alpaca by Jen-Arnall Culliford Knitwear.

This hat will be given to my youngest son, who will know none of the drama of the project, 

only of his mama's love that will keep him warm on his early morning job-site visits!

Be a Big Girl!

 First thing yesterday morning, I ripped out the offending rows

and started out again.  And then once more!

What was it all of a sudden, that I couldn't transition to the next color?!

 The inside of the hat looks like this-more of stacked triangles than

the prominent zig zag of the other side.

They both look nice but I didn't want the one to end with the

pattern of the other all of a sudden!

I will take this knitting with me to the waiting room today;

Bill has a routine colonoscopy and I am his designated driver!

We have been eating these fresh from our tree!  

It's a Honey Bell orange.

Might I say it is all that you would want in an orange!

 And speaking of citrus, 

this is what I worked on yesterday at quilting group;

I cut these tumbling blocks from a charm pack 

and added some solids in fat quarters to make it lap size.

 When I came home, I got to work making the baby blanket again.

I've added extra stitches to the far right here;

it will be an edge that doesn't roll the way stockinette does.  

So when I am done knitting this, there will be no seaming 

and no additional time for edging it!

Well, it works perfectly on my paper anyway!

(You know,  when you make a mistake, it is better not to whine and

instead look where you can make improvements on the original

which you wouldn't think to do, if you did it perfectly the first time!)

 Just before I ate my dinner last night, I put in another row on the QOV .

This panto has a 20" wide swathe of stitching!

Here's a hint at the panto I'm using!

I hope to finish the hat today, and continue working on the other two projects!

What has your attention today?