Wednesday, September 20, 2006

I've been jinxed

... and I think it is this sweater! Can you spot the problem? I have knit the front of this sweater 3 times... THREE... it has complicated cables, folks! I knit each sleeve 2 times... they have the same complicated cable pattern! I thought I was on the way to finally finishing it but now this. Maybe I'm being paranoid but I don't think THE SWEATER wants to be done. Other things that have happened since I restarted this very old UFO. I have had a stomach virus. I have a vicious head cold. I slipped and fell on the tile floor (and did that ever hurt... I had fallen and I couldn't get up). BC has been out of school sick since the first day. Now he has a really bad ear infection, and he will probably not go this week. All this has happened since I started working on THE SWEATER again. Call me paranoid but I think I'm going to rip this one out and give up. It's for the best.

9 Comments:

At 9/20/2006 09:14:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Maybe you should burn the yarn while you're at it just to be safe. Hope things get better soon!

 
At 9/21/2006 12:06:00 AM, Blogger Joanna said...

Sorry to hear things aren't going well! Hope everybody feels better soon. :(

 
At 9/21/2006 02:29:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

So, problems in paradise, ha? We are all sick hear, also!
You know, I also believe that some thing/stuff have bad energy - so thump up for ripping and giving up!

 
At 9/21/2006 08:46:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

THREE times? I can't believe you can knit that much even if you aren't sick! I would hate for you to give up on it. Maybe have a try at it when everyone is well. I'm sure that having to get up to take care of a sick one makes it easier to make mistakes, although I can't tell that there's anything wrong.

 
At 9/21/2006 10:33:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I agree with Kirsten. Don't give it away and pass 'the devil' on... just burn the thing.

Then bury the ashes. Deep.

 
At 9/21/2006 12:51:00 PM, Blogger nuttnbunny said...

Retreat! Retreat!

 
At 9/21/2006 04:32:00 PM, Blogger Martina said...

Rip out and put a purefication spell on it. Wave a smudge stick over it , something!! Or cast it off into the wild!

 
At 9/22/2006 08:07:00 AM, Blogger beki said...

Oh my goodness, time to ditch that baby!

 
At 9/23/2006 11:30:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh gosh, what a stressful time you've been going through lately, I hope all this calms down and will be better soon!
As for ripping the sweater - well, yes, I do believe in this jinxing-thing too, obviously there's some knitted garments that doesn't want to be made - happened to me as well, whatever I did with these projects, nothing worked. Even though I find it gorgeous, I believe it's the right decision to just give it a nice bye-bye and rip it - it'll save you a lot of hassles!

 

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