Cursed Knitting

I have semi-retired the Lyttelton Shrug it has been sent to the sulking basket for a time out


Is it the yarn, no it’s Lush so that is not the problem. Lush is never a problem, wonderful colour. The pattern, not likely its simple one piece construction shrug. Is it the recipient for whom this gift garment is being made for….. Definitely not as its for DD. Maybe the needle choice, yes I know I am clutching at straws……

Its none of the above. I know, just as you do, It’s ME !!!!!

I could say that the garment is cursed and maybe it is, who am I to laugh in the face of the unknown. Well not really the unknown we have all had one that garment or shawl that just didn’t seem to start well ( I know read pattern twice and twice again if necessary). No need to swatch ‘I always knit to gauge’ and went downhill from there, and even if at the end of this tortuous journey you end up with something useful you can take no joy in it, you just count yourself lucky that you survived ...