There are those people who learn the easy way, and then there is me...
I knitted three balls of cotton for DD Caitlyn before thinking to slip it over her head only to discover that it was miles too big. I then tried my disaster swatch on DS Ian who is 2 years older and it was miles too big for him too, so I had to frog the lot.
Lucky for me, my gauge is spot on!
In case you are wondering, the pattern is called Llani (Ravelry link) and I started off with the size 6 and am going back to size 4.
I am also playing around with the blog surrounds so please refresh the picture to see what it is really like around here! Hugs to all my loyal readers!
Ah, we live and learn don't we? Did you read the saga of my socks? *sigh*
Posted by: Lynne | October 18, 2009 at 05:02 PM
yes I did - commiserations all round, I think ...
On 18/10/2009, at 5:02 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Posted by: madknitter Nat | October 18, 2009 at 05:31 PM
Oooh - that can't have been fun :( Sometimes you just gotta rip. Surely things will go better on the second try!
I hope you're having a wonderful spring!
Posted by: Robbyn | October 19, 2009 at 12:40 AM
I just put on my big girl panties, ya know, and took a deep breath ... hehehehe
great to see you blogging again - I just noticed that when I hovered over your avatar in Ravelry in my friends that a new image flashed up. I thought to myself "hello, what have we here?" So I checked your blog, and there you were! I am so pleased! Hugs, nat
On 19/10/2009, at 12:40 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Posted by: madknitter Nat | October 19, 2009 at 06:03 PM
Ugh - I've been there and I know how hard it is! Hope the next try goes a little better...
Posted by: Jeanne | October 20, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Thanks Jeanne! I was just thinking - "I could post another picture after last night's knitting efforts, but it would still look the same, except I know that it is a size smaller"
On 20/10/2009, at 10:07 AM, [email protected] wrote:
Posted by: madknitter Nat | October 20, 2009 at 06:30 PM