Why do I dislike it? Well, for starters, the pattern, while interesting and easy enough to knit, does not call out to me. At first I thought, hey, look at the cute paw-print-like things! But now I'm thinking, paw prints? Why am I knitting paw prints?! Secondly, the yarn, it is slippery and splitty. I've mostly managed to avoid splitting the yarn, but when it splits, it's rather irritating. Additionally, I realized about 3 (48-row) repeats in that I somehow thought "garter stitch edging" meant "do it in stockinette!" and now my edges are all curly. At the time I didn't want to rip out the whole thing just to fix the edging, but now it's staring me in the face and mocking me for my stupidity.
So, what do I do? Do I rip out the whole thing? Do I throw it in the closet never to look at it again? Or do I suck it up and make a slightly shorter version of the shawl, with 6 repeats instead of 7, and leave it at that? I think I have 8 or 9 skeins of this yarn, not quite enough to make a sweater (not that I would want to even if I did, the yarn was cheap and a reasonable colour, but I bought it during my reckless-yarn-buying stage, and I don't love it by any means), so if it's not going to be this shawl, I don't think it's going to become anything else. I'm leaning towards just making the shortest shawl I can get away with and moving on to something else.
I think I'm more of a process knitter, I enjoy trying new things and watching them take shape much more than actually having the finished product (I've lost interest in most of the things I've finished). So if I don't consider the project (or the yarn) fun/interesting/beautiful my patience drops considerably. Just another example of my fickle nature, I guess.
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Hmm...that is a dilemma. If you did finish the shawl, would you actually wear it? Would you give it away? Personally, I don't think the pattern is that bad, but if you're not liking it, it's better not to have something around that you don't like. Maybe you could rip it and make a cute little tank top instead? It wouldn't be bad if you made a shorter shawl either, but it would be a shame if it just sat around, unused and unloved. *shrug* I dunno...that's a tough call.
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Well, I sucked it up and finished the shawl, and it is all blocked and fringed and ready for its photo shoot. Pictures and more words to come soon.
BTW, "anonymous" above is Andrew, who, as usual, was being obnoxious. =)
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