I have been doing knitting lately. See? I haven't been talking or writing about knitting, but I have been knitting.
I have finished all the nupp rows. In fact, the lace portion is pretty much finished.
I am down to the decreasing portion, to shape the shawl into a crescent that drapes nicely along my shoulders.
My learning curve for lace remains to be slower than I would want. By that, I mean that I don't catch on to what the pattern is supposed to look like until halfway through the knitting. And by that, I mean that I start to notice my screw ups several rows later, too late to go back to fix. I find myself making the adjustment in the row I am knitting, but I am still left with a nupp that is one stitch away from where it should be.
It really would be best if I did a test knit of the lace pattern. Knit the entire repeat a few times over, so I can get the feel for where the stitches are going to be.
And while I am at it, I will test cook dinners every night, so I don't end up with a pork loin that smells like vomit. Again. And I can test drive to new places, to make sure I don't get lost when it matters.
Ok, maybe not, but a swatch wouldn't be a bad idea.
Today, it is all about the realistic and unrealistic tests.