Pretty yarn all in a box with circular needles cost a small fortune but how hard can it be? Casting on is tricky for me 188 stitches and alas every time I count them I get a different number Hubby suggests counting in tens, not twos and clever man, marking them off, and it works a treat I’m almost one and a half inches into the ribbed hem when I notice the circular yarn is twisting – oh no Too, the rib pattern of two plain and two pearl has now here and there it seems become three pearl…how did that happen? I will unravel and start again! of course I will, of course I will and recklessly I tear the stitches into a tangled mess of knotty wool This all started at 10.00 am after my early morning swim and it’s now 4.30 pm my neck in rictus and I’m furious In the time I have taken to create this mess I could have baked six cakes successfully I can read recipes… I throw the needles and the knots of yarn to the floor and head to the sea .,, cheaper than a therapist Hubby arrives home tired after a full days work and quietly sits at the table in full light, un-knotting my knots Ah such folly this is love I’m unravelled
a curious half hour 
I know the feeling Maggie. A lovely from Wellington Sewing Centre came to my rescue a few weeks ago. I can only knit a few rows that’s 150 stitches but I’ve started!!
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Oh we must swap notes next time we catch up… maybe wearing our garments….:) 🙂 xx
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I love to knit and would gladly do so for my grandchildren but alas, home knits are not to their liking! I can’t remember the last time I knitted something for myself.
Happy knitting.
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Ha, the last time I knitted was 16 years ago for Sienna as a baby and I sewed up the neckline tightly forgetting to leave an opening and room for buttons… I should have learned my lesson, but this lovely vest and gorgeous yarn was calling to me. xx
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Good luck with this project. May knitting become the soothing meditative occupation that it yearns to be for you.
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