(Brie pattern by Justyna Lorkowska)
When I first started knitting, my second handknit was to be an intarsia pullover for my husband in fingering weight. It was a Rowan pattern and gorgeous. Yes, my second project! No scarves for me! Why?! A glutton for punishment I guess. I'd successfully knitted a sweater for myself by Alice Starmore in worsted so thinking of my mentor's words to pick items you're excited about so you'll stick with them I selected the fingering weight project next, because it was gorgeous and I knew it would look fantastic on my husband!
Pullover pattern by Alice Starmore
Although the sweater I made for myself had cabling and popcorn stitches it was primarily garter AND used worsted weight yarn.
I was well into the back of his sweater when I swore I'd never knit with anything other than heavier weight yarns ever again, because it was SO SLOW going. Then when I knit the front I started knitting in a different gauge since I started the intarsia (colorwork) and really didn't know how to get the tension right. The halves didn't really match up well nor was it going to fit well. I was NOT going to frog (rip-it, rip-it) it though, because I was DONE with the whole thing. I never did knit the sleeves and ended up felting the back and front thinking some day I might use it that way for a bag or something. Still might, but there it sits.
Fast forward about 20 years and at some point I forgot those sworn words and was knitting socks and shawls and lace! I love knitting lace! I love how the beauty of it's delicateness and hole-e-ness doesn't display well until blocked. So there's a surprise waiting at the end.
Never say never as they say.
(Appia Cowl pattern by Hilary Smith Callis)
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to take every experience,
including the negative ones,
as merely steps on the path, and to proceed." Ram Dass