No, seriously. See this?
This took hours and hours. Not because I didn't know the stitches (I do, I swear), but because I am using mohair. Mohair. Why? Because I saw a really beautiful shawl made in it on teensy teensy two point needles in the LYS in my parents' town. The sweet elderly lady who runs the store was telling me that I could do it, too, and that this particular kind of mohair was very forgiving. It better be.
The pattern is gorgeous, but the whole time I was working last night the yarn kept slipping off my beloved Susan Bates needles until I was ready to get out the scissors and shred the whole thing. I finally got a clue and switched to some bamboo DPNs, which gripped the yarn so much better. It's still tricky, but I managed to get a good three inches done. (I'm working on sixes, guys. This should not be so hard.)
As you can see in the picture, it looks a little wonky but I think blocking will help fix that. Ha ha. Like I've ever blocked ANYTHING. It looks like I'm going to have to do that. We will see what the verdict is when I finish. If I finish. I may give the whole thing to Miss Kitty for her to make a nest in.
