I think that I have been into making dishcloths recently because I became frustrated with a sweater I have been working on. The bottom part is stockingknit and I was able to knit along on that without any problems. But the bodice is a pattern and I should have looked more closely at the directions because this pattern contained a charted pattern. I prefer written directions. Something about words and abbreviations telling me to knit two together is so much easier. I don't know why. But this pattern was charted and I ran into a snag when I was trying to figure it out. I knitted through it several times and it never seemed to have enough stitches for the pattern or either it had too many. I knit it and took it out several times. I was frustrated to say the least and I seriously considered taking out the whole thing. But I simply but it away and began my dishcloth knitting.
But yesterday I wanted something more usefull to knit for myself. Now that my dishcloth supply for gifts was built back up, the mindless knitting was not so appealing anymore. So this morning I got up and got the sweater back out. And I started to knit and all of a sudden it worked. There were enough stitches and everything slanted in the right place. All of the yarn overs made increases where they were supposed to and it all worked together to make a pretty lace pattern. Just like the picture in the directions.
Now I don't know why everything all of a sudden started to work. Maybe something just clicked in my brain and it made sense. I don't know, it may eternally be a mystery, but there is one thing I thing I know for sure. I still prefer written directions over charts.
In other news I planted a garden. Here is my squash.
And my tomatos
Peppers and marigolds
And some of my flowers.
Spring is wonderful and I can't wait for my vegatables to grow so I can eat them.
