After realizing a couple of weeks ago how many projects I had going, I've been making a concerted effort to finish projects. Which is merely a means to the end, the end being starting something new. That is the circle of (insert hobby/obsession here).
As I was nearing the end of my
English Mesh Lace Scarf, so was I coming perilously close to the end of the skein. I should explain a couple of factors here.
1. This skein of Kid Silk Haze was in my stash without a ball band. The fact that it had no ball band implied that I had used some of it for something else. I knew it was Kid Silk Haze; I did not know if it was a full skein. No, I did not think to weigh it until I typed that line. Bygones.
2. The pattern has a specific pattern at the beginning and end, so there was no fudge factor. It had to end evenly.
Given that it is skinny mohair, I knew on some level that this little bit of yardage was probably more than it seemed.
However, as I knit on, I worried that it would not be enough. Can you imagine the adrenaline pumping right now as I knit on and watched my yarn wind down to barely anything? Who said knitting was relaxing?
This is how much yarn I had left after binding off. I was able to use a lace bind off for almost the entire row. I like to live dangerously, it was slightly foolhardy given lace bind off's require more yardage than regular bind offs. In the end, I had to stop about 10 stitches before the end and continue with a regular bind off. I really made it by the proverbial
skin of my teeth.
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