Everything started out well; I had several false starts, but that’s how I work. The braids turned out to be easy, and I was etting pretty quick since I had started over so many times. I was nearing the nupp stitch part (and 3 am) when I was suddenly overcome by absolute loathing for my color scheme. I knew deep in my heart that dark blue with a white background would be elegant, stunning, perfect; the light blue background was trite and blasé. I couldn’t knit another stitch; I needed new yarn. Shockingly, there doesn’t seem to be a single yarn store in Seattle open at that hour. I went to bed.

Sunday, December 05, 2004
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Why Wild Swan?
In The Wild Swans by HC Anderson, a girl must knit sweaters for her 12 brothers-turned-swans to make them human again, in the short time before she is to be burned as a witch, and she must do it with her bare hands using stinging nettles. In addition to being a very exciting example of knitting in fairy tales, it sums up the essence of knitting; though painfully frustrating at times, it is always worthwhile.
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