Cast On Stitches
I am still learning everyday about the nuances of knitting. There are some schools of thought that the little hiccups which occur in knitting a pattern may be the 'character' of the piece. Then others would say those are the mistakes and you should correct those for the piece to be done properly. I struggle between the two, depending upon whether the mistakes are visible or not.
Feather & Fan Shawl
In my current piece, a feather and fan shawl, I am knitting with one of my most expensive skeins of yarn. In the past, I have allowed for one small mistake in each piece rather then having to undo a lot of work and correct it thereby losing time (and patience) to make something "perfect." However, this time around, I find that I am struggling with whether to continue knitting even then I am aware of numerous mistakes or to continue on with the idea that these mistakes aren't noticeable? Do I knit? I am leaning towards going to get ...
A little knit knotty; a little knit nice. My tries and trials of knit and purl...