Tempting the Knitting Gods
I know a lot of things about knitting. Not everything (that’s for sure!) but a lot of things. One of the things I usually know is how much yardage I need to make something. How do I know this you ask? Because it says on the pattern. It says it right on the pattern. This is how much yardage you will need to complete this project. Even though I know this, I did not listen last weekend. Ignoring this information has not ended well. I am not impressed with my attempt and I deserve to have wasted the time it took to knit this shawl that is too small, even for a scarf. Lame.
While I mostly blame myself, I also kind of blame Madelintosh. It’s partially their fault for making such beautiful and alluring yarn. I was at the yarn shop and I spotted the beautiful Madelintosh down low. I didn’t even know it was going to be there! It caught me completely off guard. There was a beautiful red, golden yellow, and the one that caught my eye was (of course) a greeny blue. I picked it up, petted it a bit, and then asked the all important question: is there another skein of this? The answer was no. I knew what I wanted to make, a lacy scarf for my Aunty. I even went to the yarn store with a mission! I also knew that one skein of dk weight yarn was not enough. Not even close. So, with reckless disregard for the rules of knitting, I purchased the beautiful skein of yarn.
I went home and cast on for my second Shetland Triangle. I was happily knitting for a few hours when I noticed my yarn getting a little low. I ignored this fact and went to bed, sure that there would be enough yarn to complete it tomorrow. There was not. There IS not. Finally I had to give in to the truth: there is not enough yarn here to complete my project. I sulked for a bit but now I’ve chosen a new pattern. This pattern calls for the amount of yarn that I have. A novel idea! Don’t let this happen to you.
