sometime earlier this week. Last week I was thinking I would knit my second Swirl! and have it done in time for TNNA. Then, as I failed to get much knitting done on my Swirl (I was busy finishing up a kimono....), and time started getting shorter, and shorter, I found this cardigan pattern. Lady Irmelin. Super sweet, and it said it called for 4 skeins of Manos Silk Blend. 4 skeins? Is that all? I could whip that out in no time at all! 4 skeins of Manos Silk Blend for a cardigan? That doesn't seem right at all. But, the pattern clearly says 4 skeins. "Four skeins?" I asked myself. No way, not possible. But there it was, in hard copy and I wanted to believe it, I really did.
As I got deeper and deeper into thinking I would knit Lady Irmelin, yesterday I decided, YES, this is what I'm going to knit, and I can totally finish it in time for TNNA (which I leave for in just 12 days). It only called for 4 skeins after all.
Even before casting on, I realized where the discrepancy lay.... yes indeed, the pattern said 4 skeins of Manos Silk Blend, four skeins of 100 grams each. 100 grams! My skeins are only 50 grams, which would explain a) why I thought I could so easily knit this up before TNNA and b) why the mathematician in my brain said "No way".
Naturally, I cast on anyway and am knitting like a demon to finish the cardigan in time for TNNA.
(The shop is going splendidly, thanks for asking! I hope to be able to blog more frequently, but, well, we'll see how it goes!)
Oh make a blog and don't tell me about it.
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I'm sure I told you about it. You just forgot.
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