On Sunday I went to a most-of-the-day potluck and knitting retreat at a lovely B&B not far away, sponsored by the LYS owner who hosts the knitting group that I attend monthly. The purported reason was for all of us knitters to finish our Christmas knitting. The real reason was to hang out and eat and, oh yeah, knit.
(No photos because I was struck by the dreaded camnesia.)
I had a hat and mittens set OTN for a local children's giveaway and planned to finish them that day. Did I? No. I knit and tinked, and tinked and knit, and knit and tinked some more. First I couldn't count, then my planned modification of the hat pattern turned out to be awesomely impossible rather than simply awesome. I arrived home many hours later having accomplished...
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::wait for it::
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::it's coming::
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::almost::
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four (4!) rounds on the hat. And nothing on the mittens.
Grrr.
But today we were out and about for lunch and some errands, and I finished the hat in the car. It is still awesome, just not quite as awesome as I had originally planned. As soon as I post this I'll go do the last thumb on the mittens.
Photos tomorrow.
