I had to frog…

For those who don’t knit, frog means literally ripping out rows of knitting. Not one stitch at a time but all at once, then one has to painstakingly pick up the stitches again. Why is it called frogging? Because, rip-it, rip-it, ribbit ribbit.

I had the feeling that I have too many stitches on the shawl, before the next pattern I had to add quite a few. The only way to see if this was true was to pull the shawl off the needle which I did. Can you see how wavy it is?

Here you can see better. Also, the idea is that you add a row of increases, then knit without increases for the duration of a pattern and you sort of have a half circle. This is not a half circle.

I had gone and bought more of these stitch markers because I didn’t have enough with all the increases. No matter, stitch markers never go to waste. They often get given away to fellow knitters who need them, but they don’t get wasted.

After the frogging, not a half circle. I know, the yarn I’m using is much thinner than the pattern called for. Also, the pattern was free, which means it probably wasn’t tested. So when I picked up the stitches and started knitting again, I even decreased a little. Since I enjoy the process of knitting, so be it, I’m spending more time knitting, but I know I’ll be happier with the result.

I finished the Clipper ship. I’m very pleased.

There is a row of appliqué flowers underneath. Still having fun.

I started with the center rose, since there is a lot of overlap on the leaves. But as I lay down the next flowers I realized that the overlaps aren’t symmetrical. So, I’m haphazardly appliquéing part of a flower and fitting the next piece underneath. It’s all part of putting the puzzle together and you know I like puzzles.