Wargh, yarn frustration

[oyceter]

Sigh. I was trying to figure out what I did wrong to add an additional stitch in my branching lacy scarf, but I must have done something really wonky. So I decided to frog a few rows and start from there. Alas, the yarn I am using is really, really hard to frog and I ended up breaking it. Am too tired to pick through it and figure out where I am, so have lost a good 50 some rows of work. Boooo.

I have also finished my first tank top!





I forgot that cotton doesn't stretch half as much as nylon ribbon, so the top is way too small for me, even with the lace-up back. Siiigh. Will try to give it to a friend. And the middle row of yarn overs is a little off because of a dumb mistake I made. Oh well. Making another version in pale yellow, one size larger with a higher needle size too, just so that the fabric drapes and breathes a little more. Yes, yes, obviously I should be unlazy and gauge.

And I have started my first crochet project! Pretty lace lap blanket for my sister's new apartment, hopefully will finish way before Thanksgiving, when I visit her.

Comments

[ellarien]

Neat!

One reason I prefer crochet to knitting these days is that it's so much more tolerant of frogging. On the other hand, there's no way to salvage a mistake by laddering down, which one can sometimes do with knitting if the pattern isn't too elaborate.

[oyceter]

MMmm, yeah! The one live stitch thing is really handy at times! Plus, I like how it can go in circles. I'm rather split between the two, because I like crochet, but I tend to knit a little more because a) just learned crochet and b) can knit while watching TV. Still have to look at my projects when I crochet...

[ex-greythist387.livejournal.com]

Lovely crochet project! I'm used to trying pattern stitches that look squarish when I'm not making doilies, but I really like your little arches. Were it a bit longer and not destined to be a lap blanket, that'd make a pretty scarf.

[oyceter]

Oh thanks! I really like all the lacy crochet patterns and shells and everything, so I was happy about finding this pattern! Ok, so it was in Vanna White's crochet pattern book, but oh well.

[chi-zu.livejournal.com]

*sniff!* I'm so proud!! You're making garments already! With shaping and yo's and everything! And that's a really pretty piece of crochet.

My hands, they hurt! but at least I can live vicariously.

[oyceter]

Hee, yay! Before, I was like, "Where is chi_zu? I make knitting posts and she does not comment!" Not that you must comment, of course, but you are my knitting mentor!

[chi-zu.livejournal.com]

Knitting mentor? I blush!

Alas, my hands combined with busy-ness at work have conspired against knitting comments. But I always like reading your knitting posts. ^_^

[oyceter]

Hee! Your posts are the ones that dragged me back into this hobby of mine ;).

But I do hope your hands are getting better... ouch =(. No worries about commenting, honestly.

[6tokidoki9.livejournal.com]

Wow! Your tank looks fantastic! I have yet to try knitting a garment because I still kind of stuck on the novelty of felting, but I am starting to get bitten by the lace "bug" . I agree that the lap blanket would make a lovely scarf. I keep trying to get into crocheting, but its disconcertingly slow when I think of how easy knitting has become. Well, anywho, I hope all is well (I admit that I am not really caught up on anything other than posts containing pictures of knitting or yarn...).

ps. in case you don't know, this is Paris from P-ton.

[oyceter]

Thanks! I really like crochet, actually, mostly because you can do circular things! Hats ahoy!

And everything is going quite well, thanks ^_^.

[robling-t.livejournal.com]

Is that the "branching out" from Knitty? I made that in red mohair (http://www.livejournal.com/users/robling_t/109816.html#cutid1) and I was living in terror of making a mistake the whole while. As it turned out, though, I got through it without any mishaps, but mostly by counting my stitches out pretty damn obsessively as I went and tinKing back then instead of trying to frog later...

[oyceter]

Yeah, it's branching out. Sigh. I keep messing up because I keep talking while I knit (baaad idea). Ah well.