The Hemlock Ring

Love: a temporary insanity... ~ by Ambrose Bierce ~

I am in L-O-V-E love! I was just surfing the blogs when I stumbled upon http://brooklyntweed.blogspot.com/ . I saw the Hemlock Ring and that was it. I was on a quest. I finally bought the yarn at the Endless Mt. Sheep & Wool- a 50% wool 50% alpaca. I looked at lots of yarn but chose the natural as I can use it anywhere. I am on row 47.

This is what it looked like at 41.... So far I have learned...

1. pay attention while knitting lace even if it is done with heavy worsted

2. do not to lay it down in the middle of a row when you don't know what you are doing

3. do not get cocky and think you know what you are doing.

I laid it down in the middle of a row and thought I knew where I was and so did a s1 k1 psso instead of a s1 k2tog psso and came up with an extra stitch at the end of the row....there is no polite way to say this....tinking back sucks. I had to go back about 1/2 way. Let us hope I learn from my mistakes, not that I have in the past!

Now I am off to learn how to read the chart that comes with it. Line 1 on the chart corresponds to line 47 in the pattern, so I can't go on until I learn. I should be finishing off the tomatoes but I am thinking of nothing but Hemlock. I am thinking that lots of other doilies could make nice afghans. I am thinking I have to go through all the old magazines and pamphlets and see what others I like. Lord knows I would never attempt to knit or crochet them with KnitCroSheen like my mother and aunts did I am far to lazy!