that time thing...

‘Member I mentioned the bit about your iPad usage and how much I disliked it? Thought about it and took same iPad to my workroom and turned on the stopwatch feature every time I went in. I wanted to record the actual time that I spent on this garment, ‘Floral Mesh’ (that’s mesh, not mess!) I included thinking, calculating and pondering times as well as all the putting together and finishing, for a total of 15.25 hours!

Things I relearned this time:

1. You can start lacing on either side…every third row means there is no direction!

2. Half the garter bar and the small piece is ONLY 149 sts!!! I always expect it to be 150 sts!!! Why can’t I remember that!

3. Keep checking your yarn supply. My cone is on the floor behind the machine and you know, out of sight, out of mind! I started with a full cone and almost ran out on the next to last row of the final piece! Fortunately, I have my machine positioned so the tension antennae whacks back, hitting the wall when the yarn runs out, usually leaving enough yarn in feeder to allow you to stop without loosing everything!