So.
A small setback.
I alternate between projects so I’m not stuck doing the same motions for too long. Despite those efforts, I believe I overworked my wrist while working on a blanket. I took a break so the pain wouldn’t get worse (an unfortunate combination of on-and-off heavy lifting and a new stitch I was just learning.) During said break, I took stock of my current yarn stash, noted some future projects and searched for more skeins of the Icy Blue, to no avail. The break did me a lot of good cause the pain is mostly gone! I’m putting off more work on the blanket for the time being.
As for the cardigan itself, I’m swapping up the pattern just a bit.
I’ve added a column of three chain stitches after each bead stitch and have to say, I enjoy the structure of this more. It may be that I’ve gotten use to the bead stitch in general but I’m almost back to where I was on the first attempt.
And the first attempt had been completely frogged. I’ll be working with two skeins worth of yarn once I tied it to the end of my current skein. Maybe more Icy Blue will be available by the time I update my notes and have a new estimate of how much yarn I’ll need to finish off the cardigan.
I’m excited to be working on the cardigan again!
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