How the lace is going.......

Dear Laura:

First of all, congratulations on finishing the counting!! That's such a great place to be! And your shawl is gorgeous.....

I wish I could say the same.

There have been a few......issues.

I don't think I posted about this, but.....I carry the lace project in this zippered bag. I like to have it protected from any hazards when it is being transported. A while back, when I unzipped the bag to work on it, the yarn was caught in the zipper. I worked around and fiddled with it, and in the end, I cut the yarn, did a Russian join and moved on. After that I was careful to "wrap" the pattern around the project before I put it in the bag to keep it from the zipper.

Just last week, a little bit got caught again, but I was able to get it out without cutting. That evening, I got it out to show my brother that I had finally gotten past the part that was kickin' my behind on a regular basis, and discovered that I had snagged it, and there was a pulled piece of yarn about 5" long. (My brother observed that I had it coming for saying that the hard part was over!) I was able to carefully work the pull back into place and I moved on. ( I also got a plastic ziploc to put the lace in, and then THAT goes in the zippered bag. I learn eventually!)

Despite my confidence that it's all downhill from here, I decided to put in a lifeline and spread it out for a picture. My lifeline wasn't long enough to spread all the way, but this gives you an idea of the progress from the center flower. I love looking at the pictures - it's easier to see the actual pattern in the picture than just looking at the lace.

So, back on the needles and off we go. I did a pattern row at lunch, and then started the first of three plain rows. And got through a couple of pattern repeats when I noticed this. There is a column of circles, and I missed one. The one right BEFORE the lifeline. I carefully counted each repeat, but didn't notice that I'd skipped the circle.

*Sigh* I'm thinking of trying to fix it without going back. I'll let you know how it goes!

Keep knitting!

Cynthia (aka Designated Knitter)

Late Update..........

Ta da! It wasn't too bad of a fix.....which is good, because I've discovered that I need the fix in all 7 repeats of the pattern......possibly knitters with my concentration level aren't cut out for lace, but I'm gonna keep going......