August 04, 2004
Blue Cable-y Badness
OK, I messed up. I should have frogged. Perhaps I still can frog back a couple rows. I just don't wanna!
What did I do wrong? Well, you can probably see that I C6F'd where I should have C6B'd. I figure, this will practically be hiding in the armpit. I'm doing one more "cable column" then switching to rib for the remainder of the arm width. No one is going to notice when it's done. Except for you, gentle reader.
And there's another mistake, too... there should be four stitches between the marker and the end, but there are only three. I seem to have missed an increase. Not the end of the world. So totally not worth frogging, right? And hey, that's part of the charm of a hand-knit item, right? I'm totally within my knitting prerogratives here!
I'm happy to have the day off tomorrow (by which I mean Wednesday*). I am going to take my ice pack (Dr's orders!) and my new Gingher scissors (thank you, eBay!) and a certain little sweater to Knit NY and sit at a table with an embroidery needle and cross stitch up those lovely elephantine steeks so that the vest is finished when I go to see the famous babe in London... I can't believe the trip is so soon! So anyhow, if you're in Manhattan and don't have anything better to do, stop by Knit NY. Buy some yarn, buy some coffee, and watch me sew. I promise hope I don't suck at it.
*Technical note on the becoming of the next day. This was subject to much debate when I was an undergrad, heavily involved in the theatre department at this university. Our universit mascot was an owl, and we in the theatre department took this to heart, becoming extreme night owls. I pulled more all nighters in college for the theatre department (which, by and large, was never for credit) than I ever did for an actual class. But maybe some time I'll tell you about the famous all nighter spent trying to solve a vector calculus project. Maybe some other time.
Anyhow, a frequent question during an all nighter was, "When does it actually become tomorrow?"
Our definitive answer: It becomes tomorrow either a) when you wake up the next day or b) when the sun comes up, whichever comes sooner. So since it's only 3:23 am, and the sun is still somewhere over the other side of the globe, it's still Tuesday in Jon-land. So tomorrow is Wednesday. Q.E.D.
Posted by Jon at August 4, 2004 03:23 AMIt's totally still tuesday in my world, and it will be until I go to bed at 6am.... Yawn....
Posted by: Rachael at August 4, 2004 06:13 AMI once stayed at work all night. It was weird to see everybody coming to work the next morning because, to me, it was still the same day. But, they had differenct clothes on, etc. It's a weird feeling.
Posted by: mouse at August 4, 2004 08:40 AMOh, shoot--wish I could head over and watch you cut. Good luck with it. And it took me about five minutes to find the cable error in. You're absolutely doing the right thing.
Posted by: Em at August 4, 2004 08:59 AMOkay, I can't find the mistake. And I'm a knitter. So, you are doing the right thing, definitely.
And I have to agree with your definition of the next day. I also really like an owl as a mascot. Hoot.
Posted by: Carrie at August 4, 2004 11:57 PMhehe i totally understand..i'm a studio art major and am very familiar with bleary-eye all nighters! tsktsk, the arts are hard work!
u do some AMAZING stuff! -i've been checking out your blog for awhile (i was starting a baby one..and now it's decent!)
awesome job!! =)
Posted by: may at August 5, 2004 09:13 AM