On the one hand, I love knitting lacey patterns. On the other, It’s a bit of a pain in the arse. Especially one like this, where much of the chart is impossible to memorize. This means for practically every stitch I had to look back at the chart for guidance. Generally speaking, this limits the project to my couch. Although, this piece had its start under Barcelona skies before I saw it was just too complicated and thankfully it wasn’t the only knitting I brought with me. Yes, my over-packing extends past shoes and into knitting projects.
I’ve been knitting for a few years now and generally pretty confident that things I’ve created by hand will not suddenly unravel – except for lacey knits. There are so many reasons to be off count that it would be easy to miss a dropped stitch. There are plenty of mistakes in this piece, but I really don’t think anyone but me will focus on them. Do you?
And if you wanted to try one yourself here’s the pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seascape-stole