"D" is for...

DARN IT!!!!

I was happily knitting along when the increase was encountered...6 more stitches...12 more stitches...

My needles are too short.

So are my legs, but that's another story altogether.

Thinking I was being clever, I thought I could squeeeeeeze the stitches on and hold them with my finger as I neared the end of a row. It worked for a while and then I noticed something else. I was running out of yarn. I know I'm supposed to knit a 4x4 swatch to check my tension, but it honestly seems to be a waste of time even though I read, "Even a variation in half a stitch makes an obvious difference in the finished size."

Blah blah blah...darn it. I used more colourful language (to match the wool, you know), but for family readers and almost eight year olds with a propensity for over-the-shoulder lurking, we'll agree that I said, "Darn it!"

I purchased one size smaller needles (yes, they are longer) and will commence frogging this item. "Frogging" is my favourite knitting word...know what it means? Think ribbit ribbit ribbit. Got it? Try rip it rip it rip it. Ahhhh...now you've got it!

Now try to guess what I'm knitting!