Afterthought?

Lately, it's seemed as if everything I do gets twisted up so I have to redo, or accept the loss of speed on a project because things get snagged or the rules change in mid-stream...It's been a frustrating couple of weeks loaded with stressful situations, where often at the end of the day, even I questioned my abilities and competence (ok, maybe no one else was questioning, but I was).

So today, I was grateful for the opportunity to take part in a 2-hour Restorative Yoga class, and just "be" me..."recognizing you're right where you need to be."

What a lovely reminder!

So after I got home and got a few bags in process, and a couple of housekeeping projects underway, I picked up the Fair Isle mitten #2 to work on while watching the Olympics. And merrily knitted away, and suddenly stopped to look at the motif, thinking "Wow, I'm really coming along here..."

You remember that "Afterthought Thumb?"

Well. I didn't. (It's an afterthought, I guess? WHY didn't I think of the Afterthought Thumb?

I was about 8 rows above it. I pulled out the needles, slipped them back in at the right row

And ended up frogging all the rest of that work - by the way, it took me two nights to get to that point, as I had so little knitting time the end of the week.

(sigh)
I'm back on track now...but it's just another of those things that gets twisted around and slows the progress - a monkey wrench, you know?

I told you I don't like Afterthought Thumbs. Maybe I should have just forgotten about trying for this Olympic medal?

Oh! Tomorrow night is ice dancing!!! I can't wait. :)