I’ve been knitting for over fifty years and I knit almost every single day, so I think I can safely say that I’m an experienced knitter. I can’t say that everything always goes swimmingly, though. After all those years, I still run into obstacles, and I still often have to frog things.
For a long time, I was baffled by the verb ‘to frog’ for unravelling knitting. It wasn’t in any of my dictionaries in this sense of the word. I just didn’t get why people called it frogging. Until Adrienne Martini explained it to me, on page 50 of her hilarious book Sweater Quest: My year of knitting dangerously:
‘Frogging, which doesn’t involve amphibians, means pulling out large swaths of knitting at one go. You rip it. If you don’t get the association, say it out loud.’
Rip it, rip it. Ah, I finally got it! Well, I’m a frequent frogger. Take a seemingly simple shawl like Stay Soft.
Please, please post your process – I cannot figure out what this part of the pattern means!
Hi Zoe,
Thanks for your question. This is still on my list for future blog posts. It may take a while before I get round to posting it, but I’ll send you an email with some pictures now. Hope that helps you along with your shawl.
Please, can you help me? I’m a new knitter and happily completed the first 2 parts of the pattern – MC & CC1. Then I got to CC2 and had no clue what to do! I can’t understand the directions at all. Any help you can give – either pictures or a link to directions would be so appreciated. I picked this because I thought it was a beginner project!
Hi Mandy,
Thanks for your question. I should really get my skates on and write this blog post. For now, I’m sending you an e-mail explaining what I did. Hope that helps.
I’ve been avoiding this WIP because I can’t understand how to start the 3rd color! Argh. Would love to see your process… I’ve been knitting for 1 year so thought it was just due to my lack of experience.
Thanks!
Jen
You’re not the only one struggling with this, and it’s definitely not your lack of experience.