That is That

I finally fluffed out the shawl and did not care for what I saw.  The green and the grey are gorgeous together, but that variegated just left me blah.

 

And there was so much of it. Even though the most used yarn was the grey, the "kid's birthday party at full scream" portion was longer and thinner and went on forever. So I texted a friend and we agreed to go with my gut and frog this thing. The yarn is safely bake in its cake formation, ready to be knit into something else.

Burt and Mellie decided I needed a very full lap and came to comfort me. It is always a little sad when your knitting doesn't work out but it is always better to admit and move on to something else.

 I mean really Momma? What were you thinking?

I knew long ago that it was not going to be great but I was having fun and not hurting anyone. I didn't even cut yarn really and only wove in two ends. In my heart I knew.

Luckily I followed my heart and ordered a couple of books to round out my knitting library. I guess I'm happily in love with Melanie Berg's patterns now. Should take me a while to work through a few of these.

Stalling Out

To fight off my knitting funk I found the brightest yarn in my stash and decided to cast on a three color shawl. The colors don't intermingle in Ashburn too much, so I thought the grey might be a nice break in the shockingly bright colors.

My journey begins with this charming variegated yarn. I mean doesn't it just make you feel happy in the midwinter blahs?

 

Still ever so cheerful.

Wait a minute what is up with this pooling? I mean pooling is always a factor with variegated yarns but come on! This is not cool.

Whew there is a nice snowy tree to calm us. Keep on knitting my friends, we can always rip back if we hate it. Plus the grey textured stitch seems to be working with this.

That is not looking terrible. See how nice the grey calms it down?

See how nice that texture looks in the grey? And I thought it would be lost in the grey.

Now for a taste of the green.

See how that looks good together?

What do you think Mellie?

I think you should knit more without asking me questions. It is your knitting I'm just here for the warm lap.

I am at the bind off stage and I still don't know how I feel about the shawl. I loved knitting on it and will definitely knit another one. But i don't know if I am going to rip back this one or not. I really need to fluff it all out and maybe try it on. I think I just don't like variegated yarns in shawls a whole lot. I do like how the green and grey look together.

Don't mind me while I wander off to knit a sock or ten before I make a decision. Knitting decisions require patience.