Monday Musing 06/26/2023: Is it a fail?

 So, I have an admission to make.  I consider that temperature blanket a fail.  I had plans to show the dyed yarn.

I was going to detail how I found my data points and did my math.  I was going to explain why I chose a modified Ten Stitch Blanket by Frankie Brown, and of course updates on my progress along the way.

I hit some road blocks.  Firstly, I thought I ordered worsted weight yarn when in fact I had ordered sport.  I had planned on dying extra anyway, it would just require some adjusting to make a blanket.  Not a deal breaker.  Gathering the data points and doing the math was tedious, but not horrifying.  I have made numerous Ten Stitch blankets in various weights and flexing the stitch count, so no problems there.

Then I started the actual knitting.  I hated it.  The colors were not coming together as I expected, determining whether to cut or carry the yarn up the sides was madness inducing, and weaving in the ends as I went an exercise in frustration.  Halfway through March's data I frogged it.  Sorry, no pictures.

I can pretty much guarantee I will NOT make another attempt at another temperature blanket.

It was not a total waste. When all else fails, make a Stephen West pattern.  Shawlography.