Heather G. ([info]socksforphlox) wrote,
@ 2005-09-03 18:23:00
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Current mood: embarrassed
Current music:Green Day - Extraordinary Girl

On Top of the World!
Or not.

I've been a deliquent blogger, that's for sure. I've been focussing on things other than my knitting, as well as not having any pictures to post. And what good is a blog entry without some photo with which I can distract you knitters away from my sloooooow progress?

I've been watching the River Knitalong with great interest, and was very happy to see two finished Rivers! Except... they didn't look quite like mine does. But hey, mine's not blocked. But still...

Anyway, I passed the official 50% mark last weekend, with much fanfare. Today I finished the first ball of kidsilk, in the middle of the ninth repeat, which means that I will definitely NOT run out of yarn. This is a good thing! I was musing aloud to Mike how my River didn't quite look like the others I've seen, but only on the second half of the pattern repeat. Which I had chalked up to the strange fact (that I had often mused about) that Sharon Miller hadn't reversed the yo/K2tog combos when the waves flow the opposite direction. I am prattling on about this to Mike, when I suddenly wonder: what if she did?

I know what you're thinking (well, some of you, anyway). But... she did!?

I've knit OVER HALF of a MOHAIR scarf INCORRECTLY! I just got in my groove with those YO/K2togs that I just failed to see where the pattern switches to K2tog/YO. What the heck do I do know? It still looks OK, it's just that the second half of each repeat is kinda... murky? The River hits some rapids. These are my choices, as I see them:

1. Hide it away for a year or two... or more... until I can bear to think about this again.
2. Continue on in the same murky pattern that I have been using so far and finish the silly thing.
3. Start a new, improved River with the second ball and buy a new ball to finish, while swearing that I never saw the first one.
4. Start a new, improved River with the second ball and painstakingly unravel what I need from the first ball.

Help! This has burst my lace-knitting balloon. I was feeling completely invulnerable. I was all excited over future lace, and now? Now I want to hide under a rock somewhere. Somewhere without mohair.


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[info]nittalagh
2005-09-03 10:31 pm UTC (link)
You know, the fact that a repeating direction was reversed, I can totally see how you would make this mistake. I know I would have probably done the same thing but there would have been more cursing and screaming on my part. Maybe a few tears and some time rocking catatonically. I know you love this pattern and I also know you want to do it right. Either 3 or 4 would seem the best route to take so that you don't have to look at your River Rapids for ever. Don't let it haunt you, just say Zut alors and kick the pattern's ass.

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[info]ladyknits
2005-09-03 10:39 pm UTC (link)
I agree with Sam. I ripped out my sock because I din't like how the heel turned out. You don't want to knit something which you won't like, as painful as it is to consider starting fresh. As I understand it, Kid Silk Haze is impossible to rip back so maybe you should just chalk it up to experience, bind off what you have so you can use it for something else (perhaps a table runner), and buy more yarn. I am proud of you for even attempting this complicated pattern. Accept that you are human and will always make mistakes. And remember that you do knit for fun. If you need to take a break from this for a while, then maybe you should, or else you should just get back up on the horse (or sheep) and start it again.
I hope that I haven't been rambling. My brain is having a bit of trouble today.

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[info]knittinggoof
2005-09-03 10:44 pm UTC (link)
ok lady, let me start by saying that i don't think any project can truly be complete unless it's been cursed at (i like to think that it gives my projects a certain...spiciness.) as for your dilemma, i say don't give up on it. i would suggest finishing it the way you've been going--you'd end up with a "special needs" River, but still a finished River nonetheless.

and then every time you look at the thing you'll want to spit nails. hm, no go on that one.

don't put it away; it'll only haunt you...and actual skeleton in the closet, as it were.

ok, as i see it go with #3: start a new River with the new ball and buy another. three balls of KSH for a shawl isn't bad...just look at Birch.

as for the already-knit ball, either start unravelling and see how long you can keep it up til you yourself come unravelled or just toss the thing and pretend it never happened.

(might i add that this ordeal makes my own tense run-in with a skewed garter stitch border this morning seem downright boring.)

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[info]knittinggoof
2005-09-03 10:47 pm UTC (link)
ps. re: my mimi-crisis this morning: i was ripping with my semi-fuzzy homespun yarn from The World's Unfriendliest Yarn Store and it was not enjoying it at all. very fuzzy; very tangly. i idly wondered how much more fun ripping out mohair would be...and i tried not to think about all those goat balls lurking in my stash. still, i can wait to get my hands on them.

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[info]savannahchik
2005-09-05 12:27 am UTC (link)
oh no i'm so sorry to hear about your River troubles! but i agree with the others -- if you're not happy with the way it's looking then you should start over. otherwise it'll be on your mind every time you look at the shawl.

ps - if it makes you feel any better i think it's a VERY easy mistake to make. in fact, i'm going to mention it in tomorrow's River update.

((hugs))

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[info]socksforphlox
2005-09-05 12:04 pm UTC (link)
At least others will learn from my mistake. The instructions are just so repetitive that I got into the groove, and flew along...

The KSH is knit on such large needles, it may be possible to salvage it. I'll try, after I put it away for awhile so I can recover. I've also heard that putting it in the freezer tames the mohair.

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