I must have maxed out on my knitting concentration capabilities over my trip. We’d sit around and chat, and I’d either talk or listen, while knitting. I kept thinking I was going to mess something up, but I never did.
But that sure happened on the plane ride home. Sigh.
I was on a roll, then started making some mistakes in the last few rows I worked on. I had to undo stitches to fix them. I couldn’t quite fix one mistake I made on the edge (not as bad as this, but similar).
Then, right before we landed, I realized I forgot to yarn over in the previous row, but I had to put my knitting down, and I couldn’t fix it for hours, until I got home. It made me crazy, thinking about the mistake; about that missing stitch. GAHHHHHH.
I fixed it, then thought I’d get a few rows done after dinner. Nope. I only did two rows because of some dumb mistakes I made and had to fix.
Our dinner company
What is going on? Why am I making mistakes now? Do I need a break?!
This is the bad part of knitting – when you make mistakes and don’t know why, and worse, don’t know how to fix them. You use logic (and YouTube) as much as you can, then do trial and error until you get it right. Sigh.
I think something is up with ME. Because as I typed this post, I made lots of errors, like in my knitting. I wrote them instead of then, make instead of making, how instead of hour, him instead of home. (I even published this with “that” instead of “the” in the title, at first!) What is going on?!?!
Progress – over halfway done
I’m going to give it a go on the train today, and if I encounter the same thing, I’ll just put it down (after I fix whatever I did wrong, sigh) and read. Or nap. This blanket isn’t a rush. I should work on it when my brain is ready.
(There is a lot of yarn speak in this post, but if you got this far, hopefully you thought about how it relates to something YOU do – when you can’t do a task you know how to do, and feel all “off.” Or maybe you never feel that way, which would be great! Ha!)
Are you tired? When I was working overnights last week, my brain would not work! I was so clumsy and kept making all kinds of stupid mistakes!
I think so. I have been yawning and rubbing my eyes a lot, which is unusual.
Oh man! Are you feeling more well rested now?!
Omg that is EXACTLY how I was yesterday! I kept messing stupid stuff up and I couldn’t keep my brain on track of anything!
Maybe something is in the air lol.
It has to be the air since it isn’t a full moon! 😉 Or it’s the holidays getting to us already! I hope today is better for you!
You probably just need to rest. This happens to me a lot too. I’ll often type or even say the wrong word, and it’s definitely not the word I was originally thinking of. Take a little break and don’t be so hard on yourself for the mistakes!
That is probably it! It’s hard for me not to be infuriated by the mistakes, but as Steven pointed out, only I know about them (it, there is maybe one).
It sounds like you need some rest. It looks beautiful so far!
I think so! Thank you! 🙂
And that is why I crochet when I need something that does not require ANY brain power. It is sooooo much easier to rip out and redo. I’ve been crocheting almost exclusively lately as I am giving cute crocheted bags for Christmas. I am on my 7th one, each with 26 hexagons. And I could continue to make them, they are so much fun. (Sick, I know…)
Good to know in case I ever switch!!!! I want to see your bags!!!!!
As you know (from our conversation a few hours ago), I was in the same space! I usually blame this on being tired and always try to stop when I’m at a high point, before I get too frustrated. Are you back in your groove again?
I think that is what it was, and I need to watch to recognize it now! I am back in my groove. I even took 24 hours off!
The hardest part for me is when I start making mistakes, I don’t do the sensible thing and set the project aside for another day when my brain gets a reset. No, I keep knitting away, trying to fix the mistake and in turn, making more.
I do love that blanket and have the pattern stashed for the day when I have a VERY KNITWORTHY BABY in my life. To me a blanket is harder than knitting a tiny sweater.
Sigh, I do that too 🙁 Because if I don’t fix it then, it’s all I think about. It would probably be so much better to reset. Ugh.
Aww, I’d love to see your take on it! What do you think is harder about it? It’s an easy pattern but just takes a long time. I’m 75% done with the knitting part though! It’s 200 rows (when it’s done).
I think it’s harder because it’s such a time-consuming project with major repetition. I’m not a fast knitter so a blanket would take a long time for me to finish – even a baby-sized blanket.
Ahh, gotcha! 😉