
After a couple hours of sulking, I got desperate and broke out the fleece, which made things a bit better.


The dem fischer sin fru shawl got a little more action today, but it basically still looks the same. It's a faroese-shaped shawl, so it starts at the top and gets wider as it goes along, so at clue 3 the rows are slowing down and we're entering that not-for-the-faint-of-heart period. I am trying not to think about all those purl rows when I make it down to clue number 7. This is my second--and probably last--knit along, at least for a while. I like this pattern--being so far behind that I've seen dozens of finished shawls--but I would never have picked this pattern out of a book to make and since lace takes so darn long to knit, why wouldn't I pick out something I TRULY want to make? Good question--and one you'd think I might have figured out after the MS3 fiasco. That being said, I really do like the shawl from MS4 this year, but there was grafting involved, and I get really, really whiny about grafting lace, so I'm glad I sat this one out. Honestly, knitting holds enough surprises even when the full pattern is right in front of me--fun games like "where did the other needle go," "how many times will I frog and reknit before I check for errata," "how far can glass beads really fly," and "how much yarn can I stuff into a closet before it becomes a health hazard," and even when it isn't, I can spice it up by mislaying my pattern, which is why no one has seen the alpaca cardigan for a while........