To Knit Or Not To Knit....

So a short post to day. An update on the fan shawl.

I finished the last half module with a sigh of relief last night. The top of each half module (8 in all) ends in 10 stitches that you put on a 'string' to use as a stitch holder.  then with right side facing, you start on the right edge of the right module and pick and knit 14 stitches, then the 10, then 14 more, giving you 38 across the top of each half module. YEAH RIGHT! Considering there were 19 rows to the half module, deciding where to pick up 14 on either side of those lovely 10 just hanging out there, is enough to cause one to chuck this pile of puke pink crap and it's poorly written pattern in the road and dance and cackle with glee as every speedy car hits it over and over for its impudence and thwarty, non sunset colors. so after fighting with the first module's unrulyness I simply picked up what stitches I thought looked appropriate, plus the blasted 10 just laughing at me by this point, and merrily knit along the row until I had pick up the whole at least half the shawl. Then I looked at my needle and had a strange thought. Mind you it was about 11pm at this point and I was working by the light of my tv and laptop ( don't ask why I didn't just get up and turn on a light) when it struck me that I wouldn't be able to get however many 38 x 8 should have been and knowing there were way more stitches then that, onto my size 6 straight needle. Wait, size 6. $%#@!!!! Stupid damn, non sunset colored shawl. Of course the pattern clearly calls for a size 5 CIRCULAR needle by this point. Forehead smacking, cursing and fist shaking moment over, I camly pull out the wonderful Boye Needlemaster I swiped from my mom for the foreseeable future, put together the size 5 and since it was a circular I wsa able to save myself from frogging the whole thing and slipped the stitches onto the correct needle and worked to the end. Then I turned the thing over and knit the first row of 5 for the garter stitch border, threw it down in disgust for the night and watched Sanctuary, the Kail episode. That's rigth I like SciFi, all SciFi, I have seen Ice Pirates ( I dare you to google that one) and liked it.
      I am sure that you can see how little of the fourth skein I have left. I am filled with trepidation at the thought that I will need to aquire a fifth skein to complete the four rows and bind off that I have left of this shawl. I am sure that with there being 185yds per skein I will be left with over 150yds of puke pink sunset yarn. Yay... Next will have pics of the after block puke pink pile of crap which will if all things go right appear like a lovely Sunset Fan Shawl.