Never start a new piece of knitting while sitting in a waiting room in a hospital. I thought the knitting would relieve the stress, and I guess it helped a little, but I ended up ripping all my work. Actually it's worse than that. I started the right front of Butterfly, but ended up knitting the left side again. I was so flustered after being injected with dye and having photons shot through my head that I didn't realize my mistake until late Friday night after I had knit somewhere between 6 & 8 in. (I didn't have the heart to measure.) But enough whining. I give you the right front. . .
It was a very busy weekend, so between having to rip all that work out and then having very little knitting time, I didn't finish this piece until about 15 minutes ago. Next comes the sleeves! Yeah! I'm looking forward to starting them. I'm toying with the idea of doing two at the same time. I'm planning to cast on before the day is out, so I guess I better stop toying and start deciding.
I'm having fun with Butterfly, but I'm starting to get eager to work on a new Black Sheep Bags design again. I have the Heidi Tote design almost finished. I just have to write up some changes and knit a couple of test bags. I may have a new pattern ready to go before the end of September!
Julie, I'm glad it went okay. At least knitting probably relieved some stress even if it ended up not producing anything. The one side is gorgeous. It's great how the colorway has so many different colors. If you need a test knitter, let me know!:)
Posted by: Lauren | Wednesday, September 08, 2004 at 05:25 PM
Beautiful! I'm a big fan of knitting both sleeves (and both fronts of a sweater) at the same time. A tip that I just learned is to safety pin the sleeves together so you don't stop knitting until you've knit a row on both.
Posted by: Janice | Wednesday, September 08, 2004 at 07:09 PM
I have same experience as you. Knitting in the waiting room of hostpital during my mother's 3 hrs operation. After that I ripped out everything I did. Knitting sure can release some pressure or nervous. Hope everything is OK on your side now.
Best wishes ! Eva
Posted by: Eva Shiu | Wednesday, September 08, 2004 at 09:04 PM