Calendars and Friday the 13th

I looked at the calendar this AM and - eek- tomorrow is Friday the 13th!  Now I normally am not bothered by such things.  Mostly because Honey and I met on Friday the 13th,  Yep, it sure was.  And it was Good Friday to boot.  Maybe they cancelled each other out?  Who knows?  And the, what is normal anyway?

I really think the date surprised me because it took me exactly 12 days to make and finish a cowl for our newest granddaughter-in-law, ShyAnne.  I had 3 skeins of a well-known yarn that I thought were all the same shade.  To my chagrin I found out they weren't.  The hard way I might add.  Is there another way you ask?  Lordy, lordy NO!  I had knit the entire first skein and it was beautiful, lovely, soft and all those things that would make a perfect cowl for her.

So I got ambitious and added the second skein at around 12:30-1AM.  Busy knitting away, I didn't notice the colorrrrrrrrrrrr was changing.  Now I know to expect some slight differences in handpainted yarns but....

Then I looked at the tag.  And realized that when I purchased this yarn 2 years ago that I had gotton 2 of one color and 1 of another.  Of course, I had started with the 1 skein.  So I ripped and ripped out the cowl.  Did I mention that I was making "Time Warp"?   It can be found on Ravelry and is a delightful cowl reminiscent of the Linen Stitch Scarf in that it uses a slip stitch pattern in a slighty different way.

So I started over knowing that the clock was ticking and I had a deadline.  I thought the deadline was Friday, the 13th!  So I began a different pattern.  Again knitting as quickly as I could I got to the second skein on Saturday evening the 7th (after we had celebrated Serbian Christmas and I was too full of wonderful ethnic foods to even think of going to bed). 

I joined the second skein and had knit at least an inch when I screamed gently ('cause Honey was watching yet another football game behind his eyelids, lol!).  This skein, which was the same shade as the first was completely different than skein #2 (my first skein on this attempt).  Where one was a real mix of colors including greens, this second one was pinks and purples.  Oh no, here we go again.

I cried.  I stamped my feet.  I threw it into the corner - after removing my Addi Lace Turbos of course.

Then I picked myself up, went up the stairs to my craft room.  As I entered the room I took a deep breath and told myself to be a big girl.  These things happen especially when you are at a knitting show and surrounded by temptation.  So I now had 3 skeins that I can turn into 3 sets of finglerless mitts I hope.

In the meantime, I looked through my stash to see if I had another yarn (ya think??) I could use or did it necessitate a midnight run to the shop?  Think I haven't done that before?  Yeah, right!  Well, I found a beautiful color  - can't spill the beans here - and I had 3 skeins of the same shade and color.  And I began again.  And last night at 11:45 I bound off the cowl.  Tonite I will tuck ends and then wash and block it.  I could have used a bulkier yarn.  But she is such a tiny little thing that I wanted something soft and delicate for her.

Oh, and then I found out the deadline is next weekend.  Isn't that how it goes?  So enjoy today, give tomorrow's date no thought and keep on knitting.

I get to start another one tonite but I have the yarn and pattern all picked out.  Shouldn't a problem, right?