The one that got away

Almost two months since my last post but I have written posts just never published them.  Here is my July 4th post...

Last weekend thought I had made headway on the Audubon shrug for my Mom (for me if it is too big for her).  It was rather nice outside so I was knitting out on the deck Sunday morning and had finished the first section of the back, and was ready to start sleeve one.  All I did was put the needle down on the metal table (prior to casting on) to do something and it slide off the table, down to the deck and poof! Went directly through a crack between two boards!!

Didn't mind so much loosing the needle, what I minded was that I had neglected to note what size needle I used to obtain gauge and had no clue so guessed that it was the size 7 the pattern called for (why I would think that have no clue as I NEVER use the needle size that patterns call for, my gauge is way different).

Well guess what?  Tuesday night was feeling the fabric of the back and comparing it to the sleeve.  That's right,  it wasn't a size 7 that fell through the crack.  Ripped out the sleeve (was almost to the 2nd increase) and restarted it using an 8 and will see how that feels.

In the meantime, if you want a free Addi Turbo probable size 8 US, all you have to do is figure out how to retrieve it (without removing any boards from the deck)!!