Once an Idiot...

I now have seven feet of I-cord. I went back to read the directions because they just didn't seem to make sense.

That's when I saw it in the directions. Under the part that says "Finishing."

I-cord (make 2)...

Make two? Make TWO?! What the hell are you talking about...make two? I wanted to hang myself with the first one.

I also think that I'm running low on dark brown yarn, so this might be an even bigger problem.

We'll see how this goes. I'm knitting an interpretation of the pattern at this point.

5 Feet of I-Cord Later...

I have now made it all the way across the 56 rows of floral intarsia pattern. I have begun knitting the bottom so that I can do the floral pattern again up the other side. Woo-hoo!



I have knit approximately 5 feet of I-cord.



Great. Only 2 more feet to go. No problem.

I'm Not an Idiot

I can knit. I can knit lace (kinda). I can knit cables. I can now knit intarsia. I can knit English (yarn in the right hand). I can knit Continental (yarn in the left hand). If you put the two together, I can knit Fair Isle (in theory...I'm not really that great at it, yet).

I don't tell you this to brag. I tell you this because until half an hour or so ago...I couldn't make a decent I-cord.

The "I" stands for idiot. Because it's so easy, any moron could figure it out. Except this idiot.

Finally, I decided I'd better figure it out because the felted purse has 84 inches of I-cord for the handle. So I gave it another shot and I finally got it. It ain't pretty, but it's getting twisted and then felted anyways.


I have about 12 inches done so far. Let's see 12 inches, out of 84 inches. In Ryan math that's probably 3/4 of the way done...All right!