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stitchy_stitchy) wrote2010-02-09 04:49 pm
stitchy_stitchy) wrote2010-02-09 04:49 pm
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Confirming that the Yarn Harlot is, indeed, wise.
"Read the pattern first." "Listen to that little inner voice that's saying 'Yer doin' it wrong.'"
She's told us both these things, in so many words, so many times, hasn't she? But I've proven that old saying about denial - as I was knitting my hexagon, I was struck with the nagging feeling that I was putting the corners of the shape in the center of the needle, when obviously they needed to be at, well, the corners. But no, I knitted on. And on. I even looked right at the instructions when I checked to make sure I was making the right kind of increase.
Time to frog the hexagon - if for no other reason than because I think I want to use a different kind of increase that does not make me want to tear my hair out every time. It might also be time to investigate a different kind of start that also will not make me want to tear my hair out.
She's told us both these things, in so many words, so many times, hasn't she? But I've proven that old saying about denial - as I was knitting my hexagon, I was struck with the nagging feeling that I was putting the corners of the shape in the center of the needle, when obviously they needed to be at, well, the corners. But no, I knitted on. And on. I even looked right at the instructions when I checked to make sure I was making the right kind of increase.
Time to frog the hexagon - if for no other reason than because I think I want to use a different kind of increase that does not make me want to tear my hair out every time. It might also be time to investigate a different kind of start that also will not make me want to tear my hair out.