But after being so excited to be this close to finishing my first sweater, this took the wind out of my sails. I simply didn't have the heart to start over, not immediately.
Trying to decide what to work on next was difficult. I have all my little project kits put together, but they weren't really grabbing me, and the projects I was interested in didn't have the skeins wound into cakes and I didn't feel like dragging out the swift and the winder, so bleh!
Finally, I decided on a shawl. It was heavier weight yarn, so it should knit more quickly than the usual fingering weight shawls I've knit. Cast on 250 stitches. Gah!
When I'm casting on this number, I always misjudge and end up with either a super long tail or I run short and have to start all over again. This time was a super long tail. I decided to live with that and not start over. I knit my setup rows on a 7mm needle then I was supposed to switch to 7.5mm.
It never occurred to me that I didn't have 7.5mm needles. After all, I have a set of interchangeables and all the sizes should be there, right? Um, yeah, no.
I tried knitting on 8mm, but the end result didn't look good. I ordered a set of 7.5mm needles (not interchangeable, but fixed to the cord). This was a different brand than my usual needles, and when it arrived, I figured I'd have to work to uncurl the cord, but I didn't. It immediately uncurled! OMG! Revelation. I have my interchangeable cords hanging in my office because I don't want to put them away and then have to uncurl them again. What a pain!
But there's a brand of needles that doesn't do this!
Seriously, I think I'm going to have to buy a new set of interchangeable needles from this new brand. Imagine being able to put cords away when I'm not using them! Wow!
