The Joys of Frogging.

Well, frogging is not joyful at all, really, and rather frustrating.

I started out on a project - I may have mentioned it in a previous post - using Patons Lacette in a lovely ice blue color. I swatched like a good girl and started making my size. Or, what the pattern told me would be my size. I got the entire back panel done, and I'm looking at it, and it's waaaaay too wide. I measured it with the measuring tape, and it fit what the measurements said it was supposed to (hows the grammar in that sentence!) but fitting it across my back proved it to be at least three inches too wide - and that's if I'm not stretching it, as it is prone to do. I thought about crocheting the front in the size just smaller, but that could make for awkward fit/seaming. So I decided it would be best if I just frogged.

Yeah, no.

As lovely as the Lacette is to look at, it is an absolute PAIN to frog. There are very fine fibres stranding off of the main thread (which creates a pretty "clouding" effect), which constantly get caught on each other, both while working it up and while frogging it. I have frogged about 1/3 of the back and am trying to decide if it's really worth frogging the other 2/3. I bought 9 skeins of it at the local $ store, so I really don't feel like I'd be throwing a whole lot away. What I've frogged so far is about 1/2 a skein, and I have 7 whole skeins left. The debate continues...either way, I doubt I will be keeping all 9 skeins. I'm probably going to try to trade/sell it out of my stash through Ravelry. I'm DONE trying to work with it. I even thought about amigurumi-ing with it, but the stitches would be difficult to see and that's more work than I am willing to try to do right now.

Slowly making progress on the crocheted gifts front (from my "Ain't Nothin But A Thang" post)...and for Christmas I have decided to cross-stitch for each of my siblings their name and the meaning, possibly matted and definitely framed. Each of them will be 5x7. I need to start picking fonts and colors...hmmm...

On the upside of all of this - since this is knd of a whiny post - my new job affords me lots of crafting time on the job. I supervise the swing shift at a girl's transition home, Monday - Friday from 3-11, and my bosses don't mind if I work on 'outside' projects as long as it doesn't prevent me from doing my job. For the most part the girls are pretty well behaved and they don't mind me working on projects either. It's nice.

One last tidbit - I have two new albums I picked up recently, that are going to be fun to crochet to: Imogen Heap's "Ellipse" and Muse's "The Resistance". Both can be found on Amazon.com. I highly recommend both to anyone looking for new music.