Yarnification

After you all were so encouraging, I went and cast on for the Irish hiker pattern. I got through the first repeat and a half, decided it was a mess, and started again. I’m on the third repeat now:

Note that I made a major screwup on the last cable row. I was working merrily along when suddenly the needle holding the stitches materialized six inches to the left of my project, leaving me scrambling to get the stitches back on the needle before it all came apart. I was a little uncertain as to which direction the stitches go back on, and I think I guessed wrong.

Other than that? There are mistakes and messes here and there, but it’s coming along a lot better than I could have hoped for.