Knitting FAIL

As I go along my merry knitting way I usually am able to think of myself as having some amount of knitting mojo.  However, there are a few techniques that I still need to look at step-by-step pictures in order to get them right and not end up with a hot mess.

As you can see (as pointed to by the red arrow) I still cannot do a provisional cast on with any sort of consistency. Yes, I've been knitting for over 20 years. Apparently, that has no relationship to my ability to work a provisional cast on successfully.

Sometimes it works great, and sometimes I have to cut the "supposedly" provisional yarn out piece by piece.

And the other part is that when I have to take out the provisional yarn with scissors it's not just one little snip with the scissors here or there. Oh no, it's more on the lines of a Gordian Knot. In the picture, you can't see the other side, but I actually had to cut the gray yarn twice for each blue yarn loop. How is that even possible?

Random Knitting

I've been working on my new design (a set of fingerless gloves, hat and cowl) which is quite intense twisted stitch cabling and as a break I've been doing a headband in bulky yarn.

My daughter requested it, and I found a basic recipe on Old at Heart Blog. So, I used a bulky yarn, weighed it out into 3 balls, cast on 11 st, with k1,p1 rib, slipping the first st then I just knit until the ball was gone.

Then, I braided the three strips. I quite like the way it turned out.