The green cardigan, formerly known as the green top, and now turning out to be a green sweater is still sitting here, not progressing at all. Row after row I knit and night after night someone seems to unravel all achievement. That, of course, is not true but it feels like it.
A while ago, I had actually finished the cardigan. I had even sewn on buttons. Every now and then I would wear it, knowing that it wasn’t perfect.
Well, it wasn’t all that bad, the back was actually nice, but the front, the fitting, the size – no. Hence, lately I decided to start over. The man and the boy had to help me unravel because I thought that might speed up the whole process (… dream on, knitter …). The boy had to actually frog, while the man and I were to wind the two strands. So far for theory.
However, theory and practice turned out to be not congruent. Within no time the yarn was all tangled up (no surprise) as the son had been pulling too fast and the man had been too slow winding (no surprise either – after all, they did not help me voluntarily). Hence, I was annoyed at first, then angry. Really angry. That was when we had just about reached armpit level.
And because shoulders and neckline weren’t that bad after all, I left the upper part as it was (better for family peace anyway) and started knitting in rounds. Now the former cardigan, that once was a top, will become a v-neck sweater.
Will things work out? I don’t know. However, I am confident after first try-ons. The yarn, structure and color still inspire me and isn’t there a saying “third time’s a charm”?
From now on, there will be just one blog (instead of two), where you can decide whether to read what I wrote in 
Because – as if it had been agreed – EMF publishing house sent me the book 
Hence, I decided on making her a stuffed animal. The son voted for Edgar Unicorn (no surprise), I am tempted to try Adele Alpaca (no surprise either). (The German version of the book has names for every character. The energetic otter is Oswald Otter, the gentle rhino is Rhino Rocco, and so on. However, I assume that all instructions are alike in the different language editions of the book.) So far, I have not decided which one to crochet, as we’re still reading the book. And there is a lot to be read.
Each character comes with a story. There is Fred Ferkel (i.e. Piglet), who is afraid of the dark and afraid to be left alone, Oswald Otter, who was born at the Irish West coast. Pia Panda is a gourmet. Then there is Norbert Nasenbär (i.e. coati), a ranger and soccer fan, Vektor Wolf, who may be a hipster, Piet Papageientaucher (i.e. puffin), a specialist when it comes to sailing yachts, and 15 others.
No pig in a poke, no nasty surprises, no boring book. Quite the opposite. Whether you’re working on legs or sweaters, horns or ears – every single detail can be looked up.
Maybe I should not have chosen