If You Can't Knit....Tink

I think I discharged a lot of frustration

by ripping out an entire lap-sized scrap sock blanket--

No,  not my beloved diagonal squares one

but rather the Northeasterly Blanket that had the magic knot

that didn't knot well at all!

I have been unhappy with it for a long time and so since I am just sitting,

it felt good to rip it all out! lol

Now I have a basket of double-stranded yarn balls of differing lengths

that will become....hats most likely for infants and kids!

Playing with yarn felt good, even if it was going backwards for now.

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!                                    

Try , Try , Again!

                                                                           

 I had a long talk with the cotton sweater with high hopes

 but niggling doubts kept me from enjoying it.  

The needles the pattern called for are too small for the yarn (worsted weight)

 and the fabric is too dense and stiff.

 Strike two is the bane of all 'knit in the round' ribbings-it slants and that drives me crazy.

So I ripped it all out.

And caked the yarn back up for another attempt!

 I thought I would try a top down sweater; 

 the yarn works up better in a bigger needle

 but I didn't really want a t-shirt again.   

So I stopped here and ripped it back, too.

What I would like is another cotton tank like this one.

So I pulled out my old (1998 purchase) Sweater Wizard software 

and loaded the measurements and gauge into the slots 

and now I have what I want

and I know it will work!

Now I have a K3P1 ribbed  tank on the needles and it is custom designed just for me!

No guess work or doubts to haunt me now on the pretty sunflower yarn!