For. Ev. Rrrr....
Forever. That’s what it felt like to get these last two repeats of the pattern done. The yarn-overs still refused to play nice with the stitch markers—please, someone invent a solution for this!
And the Curse of the Top Down Shawl? It’s still following me like a black wool cloud. No matter how generously I plan, no matter how much of a head start I give myself, the final segment of some all top down shawls always feels like an endless sludge to the finish line. Sore shoulders. Cramping fingers. Backaches. Posts that are three and four days late. Ugh.
Previous times, I have episodes of knit-worthy TV shows like Outlander and Smash to binge on while knitting excruciatingly long (400 stitches!) rows. This time, it was just me and the conniving Underwoods pounding our way through season two of House of Cards. When I hit that final stitch last night at 11pm, it was as if the storm finally passed. I actually look forward to knitting again.
Which is good, because I’m not completely done. I’ve got the edging pattern to do now, but for some reason that doesn’t feel quite so bad. More like the home stretch.
I hope. Stay tuned.
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