Idyllic Chick

After casting on two more times in the past three days, I finally feel that I'll be able to make this poncho. I've gotten three repeats of the first lace pattern done and it's just about time to join the collar in the round to start the shoulders. I am not unhappy with the results! I am certainly having some tension issues, but I'm not giving myself a hard time about that as this is my first lace project ever. I feel like I'm in a good rhythm now, and am excited to be moving on. Especially now that I feel I've gotten the 'not quite right' pattern figured out. I'm not saying it's a bad pattern... Well, yes, I am. If one has to go searching on the Internet for solutions and finds experienced lace knitters who have had to form a frelling Yahoo group to figure it out, it's a bad pattern.

Anyhoo, one thing that I've realized that I'm really enjoying are the increases between the pattern repeats. I'm increasing every other row between repeats, then when the proper number of extra stitches have been formed, you just start knitting the pattern right in there, and start from square one with the increases again! It's like assimilating others into the collective, and it's fun! And it looks pretty.