Things are not all terrible. :)

[havocthecat]

I found a factory reconditioned pair of electric hedge trimmers for $41 plus $8 shipping, which is a pretty impressive price, and deeply necessary if you've seen the eight foot tall lilac bushes in front of the House of Havoc. I really like lilacs, okay

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[campylobacter]

I LOVE BRIOCHE STITCH

except

I can't fix mistakes in brioche when I notice them several rows down, using the drop stitch/crochet hook method :(

[havocthecat]

That's when I haul everything to my local yarn store and look at them piteously. They usually are sympathetic enough to fix it for me!

[campylobacter]

One of life's horrible ironies is that I used to teach beginner to advanced knitting & crochet classes, and was one of those yarn store experts who helped people out of knitting disasters.

So when I eff-up brioche stitch, there's no one I can turn to because all the advice is the same: a) frog it back or b) applique a cute crochet flower over the mistake. The

[havocthecat]

Surely there must be something that you can do? Other than frogging back who the heck knows how far?

So it turns out that I'm making the hat, not the cowl in this Purl Bee brioche pattern that I posted about yesterday, since I inadverently cast on the number of stitches for the hat. Whoops. But I love the look of the brioche stitchwork!

I had no idea you used to teach knitting, though. What made you give that up?

[chelseagirl]

How can you type too loud? Seriously, unless you brought a manual typewriter to work, and had that bell going off at the end of every line . . .

[havocthecat]

I have no idea! I think that Perfectionist Paralegal is just a little too picky, honestly.