Journal to a Muse

Turning the Corner x Two

Corner No. 1:

I turned the corner on the Clapotis! Wheeee!

It is so strange to be knitting "straight" but have it turn out to be on the bias... sort of... Not the EXACT bias, because then my shawl would have been a square... which isn't how it turns out, right? And now when it is time to drop lines of stitches, it's two at once. Oops, that might be a "plot" development that should have been kept secret. Of course if I were a PRUDENT knitter, I'd have read the whole pattern through about a zillion times in advance and spoiled my own surprise.

I never do that.

Of course with M. Zimmerman's patterns, even if you read them through, you can't always imagine how you're going to end up with the finished product.

I trust that I'll figure things out in time. So far, I always have.


Corner No. 2:

Even though new poison ivy "dots" are showing up in line with the old dots and yuckiness, the old AND the new ones are much much smaller than what was there Tuesday. Thank you Claritin for helping with the itch, and Cortisone Extraordinaire (not the actual name) for reducing the oozey creepiness.