Oh boy

[crankyisgood]

Just when you think you are making progress and might finish by bedtime, suddenly you find you miscounted and did the armhole shaping too early and you can't fudge it. You could but you won't. And you find yourself ripping mohair because it's the only way to do it well and you recount and get the armhole shaping right (dithering a lot, because you

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[alineskirt]

:( I had to rip some mohair out recently too, ugh.

I also just wanted to say that your sweater is absolutely beautiful and I've really enjoyed watching your (unbelievably rapid) progress. Best of luck with your next stages.

[crankyisgood]

Thank you! This is very encouraging.

The ripping went okay except at the ends of rows, mainly, and the cat trying to climb into my lap with the yarn.

[be_physical]

i can count on it? what if i count on it and you count wrong and we end up on different rows? will we ever find each other again? how about instead of counting on it, we bet our bottoms? i'm more comfortable with that.

[crankyisgood]

i hope you didn't bet too much of your bottom.

[tuningfork]

Yes your sweater looks amazing. I wish I could knit like you.

[crankyisgood]

You can if you practice!

Thanks VERY much for the book and card!!!

[tuningfork]

Hey I'm glad you got it. I haven't had much luck mailing packages lately so I'm happy it made it to your door step.
Tell Seth I'm working on a CD of some outtakes from this heavy metal band I recorded a while back. It's so awful that it borders on genius. I'll get that out to you guys really soon.

[the_if_girl]

You're still a gold medal knitter in my book. Hang in there. Sounds like mohair is a royal pain.

[crankyisgood]

Thanks! Mohair is a pain but totally addictive.