There are days when the yarn and the pattern play well together, and then there is today.
I love the yarn, I love the pattern, but together they don’t work well together. I liked the lace, but the short row sections just are too much bulk for the shawl.
So today is for unknitting, i.e. ripping it all out. There is something quite therapeutic about this process; it is freeing, liberating, moving on, a fresh start!
Fortunately, Wednesday’s Ginny hosts the Yarn Along, and I especially like seeing what projects other knitters are making. Especially today as I look for inspiration for what this yarn wants to become.
Good thing my reading is going better than my knitting! I am reading The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough. I am not quite half way through and I am really enjoying the book.
Here is hoping that your knitting is going much more smoothly than mine! Happy Wednesday everyone!
Is that the Twig and Leaf you were knitting? While that is a beautiful pattern and lovely yarn, it is certainly better to admit that they aren’t made for each other, fly free and move on. Enjoy having the weight lifted from your shoulders, and have fun deciding on your next project!
I know what you mean.
Boy you sure made the “unknitting” look artful!
The yarn really is pretty though. I’d be interested in seeing what you do with it.
David McCullough is such a great writer. I hope you find a good yarn/pattern match!
That is a beautiful picture of frogged yarn. My frogging never looks nearly so glamorous!
so sorry you are undoing a project, but just think of what you can knit with that beautiful yarn once it is free!!
Good for you! Knowing when to let go of a project is Powerful Stuff. (I am still marching along with my sweater – hoping for an Easter finish — but fighting with button bands that refuse to match. I. Will. Win.)
I know what you mean about liberating feeling the frogging gives you! It’s not always easy to admit that the project you’ve spent hours on doesn’t work.. But it surely feels great to start fresh!
I know just what you mean. I have done it many times. Sometimes it is frustrating but I like how you wrote about how it is therapeutic. That newly frogged yarn looks beautiful!