Shhhh, I'm Counting

Secundogeniture learned how to count to 100 in kindergarten.  It goes something like this.  

One, two, skip a few, ninety-nine, one hundred

Neat, huh?  I wish the counting had gone that easily for the 400+ sts I just picked up for the edging of the Faery Ring.  

Here's the schematic for the Faery Ring and the 404 sts I picked up.

Cuff         24
Skirt        50
Bodice     72
Hood        56 
Hood        56  
Bodice     72 
Skirt        50
Cuff         24

TOTAL    404 sts

The only problem I see is that, since there are no instructions for the hood in my size, I had to wing it.  Unfortunately, one size smaller than mine recommends picking up 430 sts.  I already picked up more than 80% of the sts for the edging which is far more than I usually do (which is roughly 70%).  I think if I were to pick up any more sts, my edging would buckle and bow.  So I now begin the slow, slow task of knitting 11 rows in stockinette (with the 6th row being purled to facilitate the folding over).  Just thinking of knitting 4,444 sts is a little overwhelming.  So instead of thinking of all those sts, I'm focusing on how many days until the edging is complete.

My new mantra is:  Slow and steady does the job.

 

Comments

[Karen]

You'll get there!

[kathy b]

Wow. That's a lotta stitches. But in the grand scheme of things It really isn't . Have you calculated how much time it takes to knit a row? Mulitple by 11 and let me know! Hee hEE

[Lorette]

Can I send you mine to finish??

[Patt]

It will be so worth it! It is beautiful already!

[Barb]

I'll keep my fingers crossed:)

[Dee]

Exactly right!

[Joanne]

That's a lot of stitches! Good luck!!

[Estella]

Can't wait to see it done. I don't know about you but any time I start counting someone has some pressing question for me...I give them the counting death ray glare and count louder so they know I'm counting and they have to wait!!!