Lesson Learned

Tip to all: When sort of making up a pattern as you go/pulling stuff from other patterns WRITE WHAT YOU'RE DOING DOWN AS YOU GO!!! I can't for the life of me remember what I did, and deciphering the one or two notes I made is proving to be impossible. Solution: Make them again and keep track as I go this time. It will actually be good, as there is one thing about this first pair that I really dislike. The thumb hole is too close to the open pattern, and so when they are on your hands the pattern pulls towards the thumb. I think I will add a few stitches to the thumb hole side, which should rectify the problem. I may have to keep this pair instead of selling them/giving them away, because the pulling actually is pretty bad (oh darn!). However, making another pair will have to wait until after Christmas, because I have oodles of Christmas knitting to do! There are (hopefully) four lucky people who will be getting handknit gifts this year, and more if I can manage it. My dilemma at the moment is physically getting to the yarn store - hopefully I'll get there before going home for Thanksgiving this Friday! I am so excited to see my family, home friends, and pets, it's ridiculous. But anyway, until I get a chance to get to the yarn store, I'm working on my second large lace shawl project. I can't remember if I posted a picture of it yet or not, but just in case, here it is:
I am roughly halfway through with it (partway through the wavy part between the petals), although it is hard to tell because each row gets longer and longer. At the moment it is taking me a half hour to knit one row, and I have about 540 stitches on the needle. It is a lot of fun to knit, but is one of those patterns where focus is necessary, so working on it while watching a movie or talking to people is out of the question. I can't wait to see what it looks like when it's off the needles!

Knit on,
Hannah