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02/10/2005 Entry: "Penance"

In the spirit of Ash Wednesday, in the spirit of penance, I decided to dig through the basket and seek forgiveness by choosing one much neglected project and getting a ton of work done on it.

No, this has nothing to do with the fact that my current "pet" projects were packed for my delayed trip to Pittsburgh (damn weather) and that the Harry Potter sweater had somehow found itself on top.

It may not look like I've done a lot, but you have to remember that the last time I worked on this guy, I was only three lines into the intarsia. It was giving me some puckering problems and I also hadn't learned how to tack down those traveling back threads. Non-knitters out there, find your favorite nordic looking ski sweater from American Eagle or wherever and turn it inside out. See all of those threads? Yeah. We have to figure out what to do with those things. The long and short of it was I gave it a time out. I walked away. I didn't let my anger get the best of me. After conquering the Farmer's Market Bag (gonna try and felt it tonight hehe), I no longer feared the simple colorwork of the Harry Potter.

Look at how far I've come: (Click for a popup...my new thing. :-D)

Today I'm off to Pittsburgh, and frankly I'm tempted to take good ol' 'Arry Potta along for the ride, finish off the giant M. Not while driving, of course.

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