Attempting Domesticity

lace knitting can be a real bitch.

Dear Internets,

See that picture up there?  See how I got so crazed and took a picture mid-row?  That is where my knitting still is.  Because I Cannot Bear to pick it up again and need a freaking breather.  Oh silly me, writing my little love song to lace knitting so many posts ago.  Then I had to go off and knock out a blanket and got all confident (you know, with the super simple easily-memorized pattern) and got back to the lace scarf and it was all "wait...wha??". 

Ok ok so..it's not THAT bad.  I mean, I've got a solid piece done, the yo's and the k3togs, etc etc aren't that difficult in and of themselves ... it's just that I got so used to being able to pay attention to other things when I was knitting!  And this project is such an attention-whore!  I cannot even really watch a movie (unless I've already seen it 100 times and am prepared to not pay attention) while knitting it. 

Because if I do...this happens:

Uhh...yeah.  That doesn't look like a leaf at all.  FAIL.  I can't even remember what I was trying to watch or do when this happened.  Knowing me I was probably reading like 3 different blogs and also watching something on YouTube (like...this!..thx Sara!) and also watching a Harry Potter movie.  Not that I have attention span issues or anything but..ooh look shiny things!

ANYWAY, Just for comparison...this is what the pretty leaves are SUPPOSED to look like:

YAY so much prettier, right?  So yeah...I'm taking a little bit of a breather from this project.  It's all bundled up and waiting for me to take some deep breaths, maybe do some yoga, and come back to it in a better and less crazed/ADD of mind. 

leaf lace scarf update!

pictures!  here is the small amount i have knitted on the leaf lace scarf.  it's very delicate and gauzy and the yarn makes me think about those big spools of string they use to tie up little packages of happiness at mike's pastry. 

Here's a pretty hazy (oops!) close up of the scarf.  I think my meandering leaves are getting a bit more uniform and I feel like I'm finally getting the hang of this pattern.  I have learned a valuable lesson about noting on the pattern which row I just finished because a few times I would purl back and be totally confused about where I was in the pattern!  Ok one more picture:

And there it all is!  I didn't get a good picture of the scalloped edge, but I just bought a new camera and will be sure to post more pictures as this scarf gets longer, though I must admit that my attention has been stolen away by a new project.  I just ordered yarn for a baby blanket for some dear friends who are expecting a little one!  More on that next post!