A Little Bit of Knitting

I packed three knitting projects and, yesterday, worked a bit on two of them.

The Hitchhiker Scarf. I think I'm at the half-way point--though, the scarf never seems to change. Despite that, it's a very soothing garter stitch scarf with "teeth."



And I finally finished the first chart on Wendy's Mystery Shawlette. This was a Knit-Along project that most people finished in early June. It's an easy lace--a good beginner's project. I'll finish it . . whenever.



Later this afternoon, I'll dig out the third project--what I want to be the main project-- and try to make sense of my notes. I'll blog about it in a day or two--but the entry probably won't be all that different from what I wrote last year.

It's (not a) Mystery

Yes, it's Wendy's Summer Mystery Shawlette. So that mystery isn't a mystery anymore.

On Wednesday, I knit the first two rows of the first chart while we were coming back from a quick visit upstate. I was very proud of myself for knitting the lace row in the car despite a bumpy road, two phone calls and a text message received. Plus the hubster turned into a Chatty Charlie and wanted to discuss some Deep Thoughts.

Today, I picked up the shawlette to finish the rest of the chart before the next clue is released on Sunday and. . . . AAAAARGH! Each half of the shawl has a 12-stitch pattern that's repeated 7 times. However, it appears that I knit 6 repeats on one half and 8 on the other.

It's no mystery how that happened! I was distracted and, since all the stitches were accounted for, never gave it a thought to check. Lesson learned!