June 2, 2020

New Hanks arrived and I started balling up one yesterday afternoon. It took me until 11 pm to sort out the mess. I have never had a hank that was all twisted and caught in itself. The previous hank I balled up took me 30 minutes (and I might be being generous with the time).

Right time to cast on

June 3, 2020

Struggled last night see read the chart. In the end I was using a magnifying glass so I took photos of what I had, then this morning enlarged them for my comfort. It saves me from spoiling the beautiful book and my eyes :)

Onwards and knitwards

June 12, 2020

Finished the centre panel tonight, tomorrow will start the first border :)

I obviously forgot to note down the start and finish of Border 1. Ooops.

June 18, 2020

Started second border tonight. Only 158 rows to go :)

June 26, 2020

Border 2 completed tonight. Can’t wait to see it blocked and finished

June 28, 2020

Edging started today after thinking about it for a day or so. After the 4th repeat, I realised I hadn’t left two stitches at the corner - I’ll have to deal with that when I get there. Completed border 2 edge plus a few down the side

July 4, 2020

With just 12 edging sets to go, the end is in sight.

Enjoyed knitting this one but think I’ve made a few errors which will now have to stay in place.

Only problem now is do I have enough space in which to block this beauty?

July 5, 2020

Well, do I knit with my eyes closed? I discovered so many errors when blocking this. It was fine for three quarters Of the way, then Holes and errors all over the place. The annoying part is my stitch count was correct all the way through. I need to be more attentive and check, check and check again before I put my knitting away for the night. This piece must be the worse (or is it worst) I have ever produced and it was not the pattern, it was me!