The joys of crafting

A project on the go (on hold due to it being in storage)

As I have some time on my hands right now, I have really gotten stuck into my knitting. Not that it shows much at the moment, because I chose to make something that was a bit bigger than I normally make. A little dress for a three-month old baby. I found the pattern on a Norwegian site and that meant I had to translate the whole thing into Dutch.

I would read each sentence several times, making sure I had understood before actually attempting to do. Because as every knitter will know: do it wrong and it is double the work to undo it, unlike crochet where there is only 1 stitch.

Unfortunately I didn't have the right size circular needle, so made the whole thing on two needles. I counted, I knitted, I progressed and then put the work aside (as instructed). I then went on to make the sleeves on double pointed needles. Which I did have in the right size. 

This was supposed to become a cushion, but only got as far as this stage
It is now in storage

Those needles definitely were the right size. To stick between my fingers! As in: stick one in the fleshy/webby bit between middle and ring finger. Ouch. A drop of blood was all however, so no big deal. 

At the fair I did manage to get a proper sized circular needle as well and the rest of the dress went smoothly. Not always completely to my liking, but about 99% the way it was supposed to go. The end result looks really pretty, especially from the front. The back does need some work and the next time I will be using my circular needle to make it nicer looking. 

So, apart from the slight discomfort caused by sticking a size 3 knitting needle in my hand, the dress is nearly finished and looks good. 

And talking about little craft accidents: here's an account by Angel Madi's Mom of what NOT to do with a crochet needle. Just in case you were thinking about using it in that manner. 

Have you ever had any mishaps with your crafting?