Rose of England Reborn

May 12, 2006

Restarted the ROE last night, this time i did a provisional cast-on. Am I trying to plan ahead? Maybe, I have a vision of being able to do a nicer belly button in the center of the Rose when i have finished knitting. Also I changed the size of needle i am using. Figured that since I've had to completely rip, might as well change the needles......it was tight on size 1's. Unable to find my #2's, I grabbed my 3's. Talk about a method to the madness. It's the Oh Well! method. I'll see how it looks in a few more rows and decide if the 3's are just abit too big. Keep your fingers crossed for me on this one.

Have been able to make progress. Last night I was able to knit abit and hope to be almost up to where I was before the ripping started this evening. maybe I'm just wishing, but who knows maybe I will be able to do it.

Yesterday I was on the Lace Knitters yahoo group looking for any hints on if I had made a mistake or not. A year or two ago they sponsered a KAL on the ROE. It appears that I might be in over my head. This beauty took some of the knitters 8 monthes to finish. I hadn't even thought of that. Will have to make sure I write down exactly where I am in pattern everytime i put it down, just in case I don't get to pick it back up in a few days, weeks.....monthes. ;) Would hate to get to the point of over 1000 stitches and not know where I am on it. UGH!