AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
What in the hell is wrong with me – you know how sometimes the simplest things are the hardest?! Well, after thinking about my endless sleeve dilemma (and whether to cast on a small purse project), I decided to go ahead. I had a long subway trip this afternoon, an hour there and another hour back, and it’s far too muggy to schlep my Peasy – and it’s too unwieldy for subway knitting, anyway.
So I cast on a very simple hat – the Sockhead hat, by Kelly McClure. COULDN’T be easier. Cast on 144, do 4″ of 2×2 rib, then 9″ of stockinette. I have some very lovely Addi turbos, and a fun yarn, wham bam. I cast on, carefully counting and recounting to be sure, before I headed to the subway. Knit the first round of ribbi….wait a minute. Why do I have an extra 2 stitches? It should be knit 2 purl 2 then knit 2, to start the next round! Plow ahead, just have one little section of knit 4, who’ll notice. The long ribbing section is folded over for double warmth, I’ll just be sure to keep it at the back when I wear the hat.
But I got to my appointment a few minutes early, and sat down to recount the stitches. 154!! Ten too many! What the hell. Rip out the 4 rows I’d done, will cast on during the subway ride back.
So I cast on, and started knitting – like 20 stitches, or so. Realized I was knitting with the long tail. Tink those stitches, start again with the actual yarn that goes to the ball, LORI. Then I realized I was just knitting knitting knitting. Dang it! Ribbing! Ribbing! 2 x 2 ribbing! Tink those stitches.
And stop for a while. I know this kind of thing happens to you too. Don’t you hate it when it does?
lol I’ve done that more times than I care to admit.
doesn’t always feel like the dumbest thing? like, how hard was it NOT to pay attention, lori?! it’s at least a little comfort knowing that it’s not just me.
I started Austin Hoodie this weekend…after working the turned hem with the provisional cast-on (pain) plus another 3″, I realized I had 50″ of width on the needles!!! I’m hippy, but not that hippy. So yes, it happens to all of us!
OH MY! 50″! That’s a hella lotta knitting to have to frog. I lift a little glass of something with bubbles to you, fearless Kelly.
The knitting with the tail? I think I’ve done that at the beginning of at least half of my recent projects! A couple nights ago, I even managed to do it when starting a new ball of yarn.
On her own blog, janna just wrote a post titled..But wait – theres more!
When my son was was very young, he had an enormous gap between his front teeth. He came home one day and told me that only the cool kids had gaps between their teeth, and he started a club, the gap-toothed club. Probably, a very kind teacher said that to him after he was teased. But I thought of it here: we could start a “we knit with the tails” club. OH YES WE DO. And we’re very creative about it too – Janna, you can be our creative director.