Last June, during the KnitWits trip to NY, I bought 5 skeins of Lion Brand® Nature’s Choice Organic® Cotton yarn in 
blueberry. It’s very soft and feels go good against your skin. A nice diversion from all that worsted weight yarn I have that can be a little stiff and not so soft.
I’m going to make the Edith Shawl, a gift to myself since I usual give my creations away as Christmas gifts. Well, three weeks ago I decided I wanted to knit something in a lighter weight yarn, so I picked up the pattern and got started.
It’s nice right. Even looks pretty easy to make. Yeah, that’s what I thought, too. Can I tell you that I am having the hardest time getting this thing started?! Well, believe it. The pattern consists of eight rows that you repeat until you get the desired length. There are a ton of yarn overs, knit 2 together through the front of the loop, knit 2 together in the back of the loop, and they’ve even thrown in a few knit 3 together. This one definitely requires more concentration than my earlier works.
I can usually pick up a pattern and get into a rhythm after doing it a few times, but not with this one. I get to row four or five and always seem to have too many stitches at the end of the final repeat. I cannot get past those first eight rows! I have frogged this thing about four times already! Frustration is setting in, but I’m determined to get this started and moving. My next plan is to use a lifeline after each finished row so I don’t have to frog the whole project, just the one row.
It usually only takes me two times of frogging before I wrap my brain around a complicated pattern, but this lace pattern is giving me a run for my money. We’ll see what happens. This one may end up in WIP purgatory with that crochet blanket I’m still no where near finishing.
