It was officially no. fun. tinking back 422 stitches, but it also wasn’t the worst. In fact, I think I would much rather tink back stitches than, say, clean the bathroom or clip the cat’s toe nails. So that kind of puts it in perspective.
The tinking went surprisingly quickly — tediously, but quickly — and now with the first round of the diamond madeira set up correctly it’s been pretty smooth sailing. Smooth and very slow. What you see here is the first six rounds … of a 36-round chart. Over 574 stitches. I will not complain, I did this to myself. But I will also not do the math.
This is true “knitted lace” — which may or may not actually exist — in that there is patterning every round. Truth be told, I’m not a huge fan of the every-round YO … mine always end up looking slightly messy and stringy. Not to mention uneven. But I’m putting my hope in the corrective power of blocking.
That’ll even everything out, right?
brokeknits 
the power of blocking
I say without mocking
will make the stitch right
and the Y/O bright
and sparkle of knit lace
will make you a knit ace
(sorry should be working instead of goofing… yikes, but pharmaceutical translations … oh well)
man. i do not have a poem for you. but this is just plain goooooorgeous.
It’s definitely all about perspective.
I definitely wouldn’t count the stitches! Glad you got it back on track…I really love this color combination
Trimming my cat’s claws was always a hassle…and usually took 2 people.
Anyway, blocking is the good stuff. Especially for yarn overs.
Four-two-two? Oh my.
That’s crazy lots of stitches.
(I guess you noticed.)
I can’t do rhyming couplets but I can offer you a commiseratory and celebratory haiku – it’s looking great!
I’m loving the color combination.
These colors look so good together. The lace is so pretty, I can’t wait to see how the finished knit.