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December 14, 2009

What a weekend!

What an awesome weekend I had!

Bright and early Saturday morning I got up and went to the Inner City Guild meeting, and afterwards spent the afternoon knitting outside the Sydney Opera House with a bunch of great people. I started trying to link them all, but there were many, many Sydney and Canberran knitbloggers in attendance. Alas, I didn't take very many pictures, but Bells has some great ones.

I spent the day working on my Lacy Kerchief scarf. It's relatively mindless, easy knitting.

Can't go very wrong, right? Right?

I knit merrily away, making a mistake or two in the lace part, but ripping it back and fixing it. Then I got on the train. And looked at it again.

I'd stuffed up the lace more than 80 rows back. And while it wasn't blindingly obvious, I knew it was there. And for about 30 seconds I considered ignoring it. But I couldn't. SO I spent half the train trip home ripping out most of the knitting I'd achieved.

The red line indicates where I'd been up to before I frogged it. (The cable shows where I'm currently up to - the scarf is folded in half)

And this picture was taken after I'd reknit about 5 repeats!

In happier news, when I got home on Saturday afternoon, I got stuck into Venezia's second sleeve. And guess what?

Those sleeves are now attached, and she's blocking, right this very minute!

Posted by Donna at December 14, 2009 06:48 PM

Comments

Wow!! I knew you could do it!! Venezia looks amazing!

But bummer about the kerchief...

Posted by: Rose Red at December 14, 2009 08:02 PM

woohoo blocking!!! easter show watch out!!!

Posted by: missfee at December 14, 2009 08:34 PM

Woohoo!! looking good!!

Posted by: Sheridan at December 14, 2009 09:07 PM

Oooooo, I can't wait to see the Blocked and Final sweater!!

Posted by: CraftyGryphon at December 15, 2009 06:51 AM

Venezia looks beautiful - yay!

Sorry about the frogging....but its beautiful...

Posted by: Jeanne at December 15, 2009 12:18 PM

She is gorgeous!!

boo on the kerchief but great attitude :)

Posted by: Meadow at December 15, 2009 02:40 PM

you inspired me. I made a mistake on my icarus and was going to ignore it. Then I read what you did and thought nah, if Rock Star Donna can rip, so can I. I only had to go back 8 rows but that's nearly 300 stitches a row!!!

Hurry up and blog Venezia!!!

Posted by: bells at December 15, 2009 07:39 PM

Venezia looks great. The ripping is a bummer.

Posted by: Suzanne at December 16, 2009 10:35 AM

The scarf looks great & I am sure you will be finishing it soon despite the frogging. Love Venezia - gorgeous fair isle !

Posted by: Ann at December 17, 2009 10:33 AM