Don’t get all excited.� I didn’t actually finish anything or make any notable progress.� I did pick up the stole and work on it for about an hour last night.� When I started working on it, I remembered the reason I put it down several weeks ago… I found a minor mistake that I had to fix.� Of course, I could have fixed the mistake quickly and easily by adding a M1 to a right side row to get the stitch count back on track.� But nooooo.� I couldn’t let myself do that.� So, I dropped three stitches down ten rows.� Three stitches dropped for ten rows in laceweight yarn being knit on size 5 needles makes a huge, scary mess.� I should have taken a picture, but by the time I thought about it I was already wishing I had a third hand to hold the slippery stitches in place.� Anything involving a camera was not going to happen.
First try, no luck.� I ended up with odd looking lace.� Holes where they shouldn’t be.� Not good.� Fortunately the second shot was a success.� Turns out the order in which you pick up the ladders makes a huge difference.� Who’d have thought?� ;)

Thankfully fixing the mistake went quickly, and I didn’t have to rip and re-knit.� I’m so glad that I’ve learned how to drop and re-knit stitches.� It’s always scary to have to do though!

If all goes well, I should have the main part of the stole completed within a week, then it’s on to the borders.