Better things

You would think that with all the trouble I am having with the lace on the Granita shawl, that I would drop it like a hot potato and move on to other things.  Not so.

I feel very compelled to work on this and need, need to finish it.  Where this is coming from, I do not know.  I just have to finish it. It is just not my usual.  Maybe the stripes?

I am 3 rows from another lace section, but I know that I have to work more carefully.  This is not a pattern where having the stitches fit means you have the lace right.  It requires constant checking.  It is really the perfect pattern prep for a larger lace on both sides preparation.  It might also be where you consider lifelines in depth.  

I prefer to learn to read my knitting to relying on lifelines. I feel you learn so much more about the true scope and depth and breadth of knitting when you can read what is happening on your needles.  Like learning everything, you have to have a primer, you have to know the basic framework of the language in front of you before you can really read it.  That is the stage I am at with patterning on both sides lace.  

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