It is done.

Thanks for all the condolences, suggestions, humour and handholding. Not long after I posted, I ripped. It felt good, except the point where I had to cut the yarn. Yep, cut. At the end of every second row of blocks you actually end up with one stitch that you expand and pull the working ball of yarn through to make a knot. A knot that doesn't like to be undone. I think Kureyon actually felts together in the process of being knit. Once I figured out that there was no way to unknot it, I cut and ripped. I didn't have to rip the whole thing because the first few rows looked fine. I figure what happened was that I didn't pick up the stitches evenly enough to make the blocks look right. The pattern explicitly states how to pick up the stitches but I thought I could do it better. That'll learn me.

I still managed to make progress on this coat. The front right is one row of blocks away from being done. And the back doesn't seem that big (notice the way I talk myself into not being bitter?).

After all this ripping I kinda want to start something new. A reward for my sacrifice or something. I might swatch for Zig Zag or make a scarf or something. Clapotis looks awfully nice.

Comments

[Aven]

Well done. You're a good person! And you will be happier in the long run. Go ahead and start something fun for yourself though, you deserve it!

[Pubah]

Good for you! it will be perfect, you will love it, and all will be well.It's funny how much of a release it is to finally let 'er rip.

[Katie O.]

Oh, please try the Clapotis! I'm so anxious to try it but I'd like to know that someone else out there is making one too-the pattern looks a little tricky and it would be nice to have someone to refer to with any questions.
:0)
Katie

[Eilene]

I really love those colors of your Kureyon. I can't wait to see the coat when you are done. It will be stunning!!!

[Em]

I'll vouch for Clapotis. It's going pretty quickly and, as a note to Katie O., I was a little put off by the way the instructions were written, but it's a cinch, really. Very easy to follow.

Good on you for ripping, Steph. I don't know if I'd have the stomach for it!