Soooooo.... I started the clover pattern shawl, as previously noted; I finished 11 loooong rows, and started on a 12th; and then my darling daughter, who had decided it was extremely important that she have more Doritos right now*, yanked on my needle and caused me to drop and mangle about 20 stitches.
Well, I have not the skills to repair the mess that this created. Amidst the storm of bitter tears which ensued (all mine), I ripped out the whole thing and wound it back onto the ball. The three cornered shawl in clover pattern will have to wait until I gather up my courage to tackle that monstrous cast-on once again. When I do, you can bet that I will use a different cast-on method- perhaps the knitted cast-on, or the similar, but differently worked, crochet cast-on (both to be found in Montse Stanley's Knitter's Handbook).
* In her defense, she is only 3 years old and has severe social and speech delays, so I couldn't really get mad at her. I even got her Doritos... though I can't say I wasn't sobbing bitterly at the same time.
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Oh no!!! I would have wept too. I have a three year old also and can understand how they can effect your knitting. I hope you manage to cast on again for this project. I've been thinking about it since your last post. I like the look of the cable cast on although it might not be the stretchiest. But what if you used a needle a size or two larger? That might give it the stretchiness that it needs for that long edge.
I also have a three year old and you have my empathy and praise. I don't know what cast on your pattern called for, but I just gave up on one that called for the loop cast on because it was causing way too much tension (in me, not my project). I'd like to think that I would be as patient as you if my son pulled the needle out. I think I would have to step outside and yell first.
Oh no. I would have cried too. There are times when a child free zone would be nice. Luckily my girls are old enough now to know my knitting is out of bounds for them. Good luck with the new start.
What a good mama. I have a 7 year old and a 5 year old. We've been there. I bet the cast on goes much smoother and faster this time. Go for it.
Jeannie, I think the cable cast-on would work, if you used larger needles or 2 needles held together. I really think the key for this shawl is that the cast-on must be soft and supple.
Thanks for the commiseration, everyone. The grief was intense but short-lived. I'm already looking forward to casting on again - but not until I finish the ME sweater that I started in the aftermath. :)
It sounds as if this was nature's way of making you do another cast-on, although I admire how well you dealt with the anguish. If anything so ghastly happens again, the Yarn Harlot has a couple entries, with photos, which might help you cope: see
http://tinyurl.com/esdqs and
http://tinyurl.com/fh9w4
Although the photos are very scary at first view, I found these lessons very inspiring and am now enormously brave about picking back stitches and then zipping them up again.
Thanks for posting the Yarn Harlot fix. That's such a smart little trick.
Oh dear I am sorry .Ah the joys of little ones I remember it well and now I have a grandaughter I have to hide my knitting before she comes. My daughter is a knitter also and little Emily shouts 'knitty, knitty' all the time . Guess its in the blood and your daughter was trying to be just like Mama :)
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