Stupid?

I have learned something today which is : don't plan too much ahead because it is bound to go wrong somewhere...

Yesterday evening I started my last hank of  Summer Tweed.  I could see the finishing line as I was knitting a few rows before bedtime,  with a smug smile on my face... As I  put away  my knitting for the night,  I gave it a final glance and my grin got frozen because this is what I saw:

A STRIPE!!!  When I went shopping at John Lewis it never occured to me to check the dye lot number. How more stupid can you be? (don't bother to answer that one ). Anyway, a quick call to John Lewis today and the wool is on its way. They had only one left and I suppose I can call myself lucky. But it taught me a lesson for the future.

So what to do in the meantime? I could have gone onto my Friendship Flower bag for my friend, but then again I got stuck because I am waiting for some mother of pearl buttons a colleague is going to give me. I did manage to sew the flower onto the shell of the bag . But it is all I can do for now.

What was left to do but go back to Chicago who was quite grateful for that!  I must say that I did struggle not to start another project. But I must not be weak when the end is so near.

Comments

[Tracy]

Poo! That's a pain isn't it, but so easily done when faced with a wall of yarn like John Lewis Southampton has. you get that glazed expression followed by a mad grabbing of colours just incase anyone else might dare to choose the same as you. Oh is that just me? I'm so ashamed.....

[Diane]

Thank God they had more yarn. With my luck, it would all be GONE. It looks good though. Do you like knitting on the Summer Tweed?

[dawn]

A knitters worst nightmare! Just be grateful that they had another skein! I think we've all done this before! Good job you have something else to knit!

Dawn