What was I thinking!!!

This week has been a very busy one--the bazaar started on Friday so we had to finish all the projects and set up our booth. Everyone has been a little frantic. I have been trying to finish all my knitting projects and also work on increasing my tatting skills, not to mention keeping up with work, etc. However in a moment of weakness I bought the new Vogue Knitting magazine and started a scarf (pattern #8) that is more than just a little challenging. I have started it and ripped it out three times and the pattern still eludes me. What was I thinking? Now is definitely not the time to start a project especially one requiring this level of concentration. I should probably save it for a quiet Sunday afternoon.

I finished another Susan Wittig Albert book "Lavendar Lies". (I really have been busy, it's just that I read while I eat and during commercials, etc.) This was another good book although I liked "Bloodroot" better. Lavendar Lies was more of a cozy mystery.

The bazaar was not as busy as we expected it to be and our sales were not as good. However we did learn a lot. The really big sellers were the dishcloths and I have orders for approximately 20 more. I did sell a couple of the lambs but the dog sweaters were a bust. We have two more bazaars lined up; one at the Congregational Church in two weeks and then one in Central Point two weeks later. We were warned that the economy was slow and sales down but it was still fun.

Rrriped prayer shawl

Last night I realized the prayer shawl wasn't as big as I thought it should be and the beginning (the point of the triangle) bowed up. I reread the instructions and realized the size 11 needles that I thought were going to be fine--weren't. The pattern called for a size 13. I spent the rest of the evening ripping it out, all 7 ounces of Lion's Brand Homespun. Tonight, yes you guessed it, I will finish the baby sweater before I re-start the shawl.

As we all know, always check your gauge and use the RIGHT SIZE needles. Fortunately, this error on my part is easily corrected by just ripping out, however on a more difficult pattern with several colors it would have been a nightmare.