The beginning of the stole is TOUGH. My beads came late afternoon on Saturday and of course I HAD to jump right in. And startover. And startover. And startover. Finally I got past the first five rows. My #16 crochet hook was way too small and split the Zephyr yarn badly. I went to the store for Super Floss and that took awhile to figure out how to use, too. I have ordered a #13 hook from an eBay seller, but the Super Floss will probably work as well. Either way, it is fiddly.
I discovered that I was adding a stitch when I attached a bead. Don't ask. The main problem after that was solved is that I was so stressed that my hands were sweating and the yarn would not slide on the needles. I kept having to unknit a row, and the fuzzy yarn was not cooperative. I started lifelines, but the dental floss was too thin and slippery when I had to actually USE a lifeline. So I switched to some perle cotton.
I am using markers, post-it notes and a document reader. This is NOT relaxing knitting as of yet!
As I am S-L-O-W-L-Y knitting a row, counting the finished stitches, figuring out where the missing or extra stitch is, I am longingly thinking of a simple 5 stitch, 5 row repeat or something like that! But this shawl is so intriguing and I like a good challenge. Hope I am up to it!
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I'm so sorry you and MS3 got off to a bad start, but I'm sure that once you get the hang of it it'll be a breeze! I'm still waiting for my yarn to come in. It should hopefully be here today.
:( I hope that as you continue, it will become easier for you. I have to sit at a table with no distractions and then I am ok. Another tip that I read and now use is to "precount" the multiple knit stitches and write the number in the first blank box so then I don't have to stop and count how many stitches I have to knit until the next YO or K2TOG. I hope that this helps. :)
That looks really interesting...but then I love a good challenge too. Of course, knitting at all can be a challenge with 3 children helping, but I digress. Just wanted to let you know that I popped over from the Knitlist...I liked your post about mulitiple projects! I guess it struck a chord with my. Good luck on your shawl! I'll definitely be checking in to see how it comes along. Maybe I'll torture myself with one next year! :D
Oh, lace knitting is incredibly simple and very easy. You are making it way too hard for yourself, and there is no need for it.
But it's up to you!
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