After having completed my new winter hat I realised that the Autumn Rainbow version that I had been working on previously was going to be far too big for me. There was no way that I could carefully unpick it stitch by stitch, row by row; the job was far too much for me to contemplate.
This afternoon, I bit on the bullet and pulled the hat off the needles and unravelled it. I managed to get the wool wound back onto its balls without getting into too much of a mess and then I started from scratch again. I have a couple more rows to do and then I will have finished the rib at the bottom of the hat; I shall try to do those tonight and then get to work on the Fair Isle pattern tomorrow afternoon.
I'm hoping that this will be the final time that I try to get this hat right.
Showing posts with label Fair Isle hat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fair Isle hat. Show all posts
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Saturday, 3 October 2009
A New Winter Hat
The first of my new winter hats has been completed. No, it's not the one that I was working on earlier this week; the mistake is still there and a couple of rows need to be unpicked so that I can get back on track with it. I think that is going to be a job for tomorrow.
The hat that has been completed is the same pattern, but a different set of colours.
The hat that has been completed is the same pattern, but a different set of colours.
Thursday, 1 October 2009
I Knew Things Were Going Too Well
Work on the hat continued this afternoon, only being interrupted by my needing to go out for an appointment with my GP.
I actually went to see him for a prescription for antidepressants; I shall run out in a few days and they are not one of the things on my repeat prescription list so I have to see him every time I need some more. We also had a quick chat about my biopsy results and the fact that the sore area on my nose is still giving me some trouble and discussed the ointment and dressings that the consultant at the hospital prescribed. We talked about the weight of my glasses and whether it could be that which is causing the continuing sore area, but having handed my glasses to GP for him to assess the weight and my then saying that I have been wearing them for three and a half years so why have they suddenly started to cause the problems. It was at this point that GP suggested that if I had been wearing the same glasses for all that time, perhaps I ought to go for another eye test. Well, of course, I've already done that and I can pick up one pair tomorrow but the second pair (the ones that had to go back for new lenses because the manufacturers hadn't put the right lenses in the frame) still isn't back yet.
Then it was a quick chat about my dodgy hip and how I am coping with that (and whether or not I am getting enough exercise because of it) and a quick run through my latest blood test which shows that all my levels are within normal limits (except for the couple which we know are always outside the norms; I'm just a bit different to everybody else) and it was time for me to leave and walk up to the chemist's to get my prescription dealt with. All that and I was in with my GP for only 12 minutes.
Once I was back home again, I decided that I would sit down with my knitting and try to get the hat finished. After all, the rows were going to be getting shorter and therefore each would be taking me less time as I progressed. Things were going nicely until suddenly I found that I just couldn't get the pattern right. It's quite difficult trying to keep the Fair Isle pattern going at the same time as I am decreasing stitches. Why couldn't I get it right? Because I had made a stupid mistake in the row before and now I am going to have to unpick that row so that I can put it right.
The hat is definitely not going to be finished tonight!
I actually went to see him for a prescription for antidepressants; I shall run out in a few days and they are not one of the things on my repeat prescription list so I have to see him every time I need some more. We also had a quick chat about my biopsy results and the fact that the sore area on my nose is still giving me some trouble and discussed the ointment and dressings that the consultant at the hospital prescribed. We talked about the weight of my glasses and whether it could be that which is causing the continuing sore area, but having handed my glasses to GP for him to assess the weight and my then saying that I have been wearing them for three and a half years so why have they suddenly started to cause the problems. It was at this point that GP suggested that if I had been wearing the same glasses for all that time, perhaps I ought to go for another eye test. Well, of course, I've already done that and I can pick up one pair tomorrow but the second pair (the ones that had to go back for new lenses because the manufacturers hadn't put the right lenses in the frame) still isn't back yet.
Then it was a quick chat about my dodgy hip and how I am coping with that (and whether or not I am getting enough exercise because of it) and a quick run through my latest blood test which shows that all my levels are within normal limits (except for the couple which we know are always outside the norms; I'm just a bit different to everybody else) and it was time for me to leave and walk up to the chemist's to get my prescription dealt with. All that and I was in with my GP for only 12 minutes.
Once I was back home again, I decided that I would sit down with my knitting and try to get the hat finished. After all, the rows were going to be getting shorter and therefore each would be taking me less time as I progressed. Things were going nicely until suddenly I found that I just couldn't get the pattern right. It's quite difficult trying to keep the Fair Isle pattern going at the same time as I am decreasing stitches. Why couldn't I get it right? Because I had made a stupid mistake in the row before and now I am going to have to unpick that row so that I can put it right.
The hat is definitely not going to be finished tonight!
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