Clapotis is sort of hard to photograph, but here she is:
I've got 16 more inches before I start to decrease, and I'm just about to start my third skein of Manos Flame. I'm thinking it's going to take three and a half and I'll maybe make a little hat or something from the rest.
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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