Well...I'm learning.

Roughly 1 minute after I wrote that last post I looked at my work again and saw it for the mess it was. Since then I've had to restart it at least 5 times. Last time it was a dropped stitch.

Problems I've had:

1. Knitting in bed with a pattern spread out and cable hook falling in my piles of blankets (have to stay warm, -26 wind chill here!) is apparents conducive to messing everything up. knitting at a table it is for these mittens. 

2. Not paying attention to whether I need to be holding cable needle in back or front. Pretty sure that's what was wrong in the last pic I posted. 

3. Pattern is different than anything I've ever read. c5f means sl 3 sts to cn and hold in front, p2 then k3 from cn. But c5b means sl 2 sts to cn and hold in back, k3, then p2 from cn. Can't keep them straight! But I think looking at where I need the cable to go and lean is helping reason whether I need to p2 or k3 first. 

4. I haven't knit with anything thinner than worsted weight in over a year! It's so delicate and sts keep falling off so easily! 

Luckily, this time around is going much better. I switched to my extra skein of yarn because the first one was becoming so twisted and kinked with all my do overs. I think it had made a huge difference! 

Fun fact: Mac and cheese and bacon is the best brunch ever. 

Stay warm out there! 

Ruthie