The Shawl is BACK, and, well . . .

hmm. . . .i am soooo totally not looking embarased right now. right. is it possible though, that I crave other projects instead of my shawl right now? Am I feeling defeated? Is it possible that i don’t quite love it as much anymore?

lace knitting is so-so. as you guys all know, I am hectic busy with other knitting projects such as the hats that I am neglecting and can’t work on my shawl as much as I should. I really need just to sit down for a few hours with nothing but lace. Especially since I have a May 29th deadline *coughwestillhavethedeadline,rightbronach?cough* so bear with me. I may be a little wacko for a while. *gulp* I pity you poor readers. (assuming that you do exist. people do read this, right?)

 

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG !!!! LILY DID IT!!!

WAIT! YOU ASK YOURSELF. DID IT? AS IN FIXED THE HORROR OF THE PAST FEW WEEKS?! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHE FIXED IT FOR GOOD!!!!! IT IS FIXED!!!!!! THAT MAKES ME SOOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!! SO HAPPY THAT I KEEP MISSPELLING THENGS (HAHA)!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!! I ACHEIVED IT!!!!!!!!! I OVERCAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ooooooooh boy, am i ever happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Lace Knitter’s Diary ~ Lily “Lacy Heck On Size 8’s”

I still can’t figure it out. I don’t want to touch it. It’ll all go cascading, I know it. Do I rip it out? I only have 3 and 1/2 pattern repeats. Okay, maybe 4-ish. Do I even have time to finish it before the end of the school year? I don’t think so. I’m too busy. (Only 4 more baby hats to go!!!) Is it possible that when you’re in *censored*th grade, and you don’t spend as much time knitting as Bronach does, you don’t have time to knit lace shawls? Maybe summer vacation. I’ll wear it on the 1st day of school next year. Good way to start, wrapped in a precious hand knit. Okay people, you have exactly 3 days (72 hrs) to tell me off. After that, I rip it out. All of it. And I am not kidding.

The countdown starts at 8:25 PM. . . now!!!!

Or, at least tell me what to do. Please guys?! Because I’m totally and completely dead. This will be the ugliest thing anyways, cuz I screwed it up in the beginning. . .  AAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!

 

Lace Knitter’s Diary ~ Lily

Aack. I am slowly dying. I can’t stand to look at my lace. I am soo ashamed. I finally found out what this repeat is the repeat of.

This 4th pattern repeat is the pattern of Every-Time-I-Touch-It-There-Is-A-Disaster.

I was in the car. It was next to me. I sat on it. I stood out, and all the stitches fell off. At least 1/2 of them. I couldn’t try to fix it, I would kill it. I can’t look at it. It is hidden in shame.

SAVE ME FROM THIS LIVING HECK!!!!!!!

*death by lace* I can’t stand it. Sorry, inside joke with Bronach

 

Lace Knitter’s Diary ~ Lily

I . . . need. . . to. . . go . . . to . . . confession.

The last time I knit my shawl was on Sunday, when I knitted a whole . . . 28 stitches. . . . *hangs head in shame*

I’m a bad girl . . .

BUT!!!! I can justify it because I’m busy knitting baby hats for a service learning project through school charity because I am a good person.

 

Lace Knitter’s Diary ~ Lily

Well, I am officially through the pattern repeat of dropped stitches. I had exactly one row (out of 14) where I did not have a dropped stitch or two . . . or five . . . or . . . I’m a little afraid to go on. I’ve had the one of I don’t know how to knit this thing, the one of Whoops, I’m missing a stitch – quick make one, next row: Whoops, I’ve got an extra stitch – quick! dec.one! and the rep of !@#$%^&*ing dropped stitches I’m trying not to imagine how it can get any worse. So what’s the verdict? Do I continue? :0

 

Lace Knitter’s Diary ~ Lily

*sighs* Well, my lace is slowly coming along. I’m just really afraid to block it, cuz i think that it is going to suck, especially since I’m on the pattern repeat of dropped stitches. I can’t knit it too much, though I need to knit on it more because I have only, like, five inches. If that. It is driving me insane. If only I were Bronach, and could memorize the pattern. That’s what’s driving me crazy. I keep having to look at the pattern. AAAAACK. And stitch counting is also really getting on my nerves. People, unless you are mentally stable, don’t knit lace!!

 

Lace Knitter’s Diary ~ Lily

Like the Sock Knitter’s Diaries, I started these on alpaca12 and will continue them here. Go me.

Lace Knitter’s Diary February 24, 2007

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So. I’m still plodding along, though slowly dying in the process. I have done 2 and 1/2 pattern repeats now. I’m proud of that, though, this third pattern repeat is the pattern of dropped stitches, and I refuse to tink, so it’s really ruining the whole thing. Which sucks. It’s not very long, either, because I’m still trying to memorize the pattern, and I keep having to look at it. Also, I’m obsessed with counting stitches. And that is the cause of insane stitch zones. And then I can’t knit for the next two days. :-. *sighs*

Lace Knitter’s Diary February 14, 2007

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Over the weekend, I started a lacey shawl, thanks to Bronach, who’s main objective seems to be to make me go insane. The reason why I hate it so much is that it is my own design (my first big lace project, and she made me design it myself!!) She said, why don’t we both try to finish one by the end of the school year? So I duitifully took the yarn STRING from her and began to plot out a leafy chart. Ergh. That night, I spent over an hour just trying to cast on enough stitches. Now, I did half of the chart too soon, so the thing got botched in the first repeat. I’m going to have one line of lace twice, AND I’m missing one line. Now, I keep ending up with extra stitches, somehow.  The worst part is, I havent’ even repeated the whole chart once. Also, stupid me, I don’t have a border. If you people out there don’t stop me, I will start swearing about it. *is on a brain-dead lace high*