I am half way through my 4th repeat. I was on a roll last night and instead of going to bed I opted to stay up late and keep working. Finally got to bed around 1 am. This morning I managed to get two more rows done on my way into work before I started making mistakes. The first mistake I fixed, the second mistake, a few seconds later, resulted in me putting it away and stopping before more damage was done.
I’ve finally got the pattern down – knowing where I usually make the mistakes. A yo dropped or skipped, or at least I can diagnose the problem faster. And maybe, dare I say it, less mistakes to begin with. I knit round two in one sitting – it took 3.5 hours with little or no errors to rectify. So that makes it easier to forecast: 16 repeats at 3.5 hours = 56 hours. That seems much more achievable.
Except I just mapped it out and, well, I’m still daunted. I’m a little worried how the edging will go – it’s a lot of knitting, and something new for me to work out a new set of errors on. So my revised schedule is to start on the edging on the 1st of September. This will give me a week to see how I progress before I have to give the bride a green/red light about whether I’ll make it on time (and she needs to shop for a new wrap).
So, that leaves me 5 repeats a week to perform. Granted, my naps this weekend were on the longer-than-anticipated side, but I’m out of town for the next two weekends, that will likely put me behind schedule. But my week day evenings are a bit lighter the next couple of weeks. Hopefully it balances out.
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