I didn’t get the second sweater finished for the birthday party.

But it ended up alright.

The Christmas gifts I ordered came earlier so I substituted the Christmas gift for the sweater.  Now I can finish the second sweater and give them both one for Christmas.

Do you remember the post where my daughter bought buttons and asked if I would knit the twins sweaters that matched those buttons?  

Well, I just finished the body of the second sweater and was ready to start the sleeves when I discovered something was wrong.

Terribly wrong.

I lost 10 stitches across the back section.

Well, I didn’t actually lose them.  I didn’t cast on enough to begin with!

This sweater needs to be finished by Saturday morning.

Pass the tissues, please.

I wanted to make some fingerless mitts for myself.  Why Not?  I’ve made at least 8 pairs and given them away.  It’s my turn.

I loved the free pattern “Treads” so I started a pair for me a few weeks ago.

Then other things got placed ahead of the mitts.

I picked them back up yesterday and finished one.  My gauge was off.  It was way too big.

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Started it again.

Still not right.

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Started it a third time and realised I dropped a stitch below the Lateral Braid and there was no way to fix it.

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I gave up.  I still love the pattern. It is well written and has excellent directions for making a Lateral Braid.  I didn’t like the yarn I was using.  And  I must have short hands since the finished mitt did not fit my hand the way it does in the pattern.

How many times do you start or restart a pattern before abandoning it?