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October 27, 2005
Upson Downs
Ever have one of those days where you feel like the universe is out to get you? Today it seemed like every time I let myself feel happy about something, I got smacked upside the head. For example:
- After much debate, I decided to use the Braided Mischief cable pattern from Scarf Style on the green Manos. It looks fabulous. So I was knitting away today, minding my own business, when I noticed I'd crossed a cable. It was pretty far back, and the thought of frogging annoyed me. So I decided to see if I could figure out how to drop down to that section and re-cross the cable. After about half an hour of cursing and swearing, I'd done it. I was so freaking proud of myself. I'd actually managed to drop many, many rows of nine stitches, re-cable and pick them back up. ...and then I noticed that in the process, I'd un-cabled a section. Sigh. So I frogged.
- Good casting news was tempered by great, great trepidation.
- Brief giddiness was completely washed away by a reminder of my place in the world. The reminder was delivered so sweetly and kindly, that it almost made it worse.
- I blew through the first couple of routes at the gym tonight, then I failed to make it to the top of a hard route. I know I'm a process knitter, but with climbing, it's all about the ascent. To get up to the penultimate hold on a route and then fail is maddening. And then I foolishly tried to do the route we're calling "Katebane", and totally threw my shoulder out. Don't worry, it only hurts when I breathe.
Thank goodness it's therapy day tomorrow.
Comments
Pardon the newbie question... what is frogging? Another term for ripping stitches?
Posted by: Kathryn at October 28, 2005 10:40 PM