For the second time I frogged the Art Fibers gypsy yarn project. First I had started the fall shawl project . It was going along fine, but then after one too many nights of shiraz swiggin' mixed with the slippery metal needles and silk yarn, well whoopsie the triangle was a wee bit askew. Apparently I was favoring my mistakes all along one side. C'est ma vie. Next I decided to just wing it and try the roman stripe pattern. You know I have defiantly learned from all this froggin' that I need to commit to making swatches. Yes, yes, I hear the familiar "check your gauge" ringing in my ears. All you seasoned knitters will laugh as you remember when you finally committed too. I thought I'd just jump right in and make a big yummy gyspy silky roman stripe scarf slash shawl thingee. I think I cast on 100 or even 120 stitches [it was 144]. Well when you get into all the yarn overs on certain rows I was knitting 200+ across. Uh ya, that gets über tedious quickly. After three nights of only getting through seven rows, and again a enough mistakes with the slippery yarn, needles and vino, I threw in the towel. Now I've cast on 70 and I think the width will be lovely if I can just get through the endless process of actually knitting it. I've also learned that I really like dreaming up the project, choosing the materials and then admiring the finished product more than the process. I have to practice getting into the meditative mind to appreciate the zen of knitting. And be ok knowing that this project may not be finished until sometime next year. Some kind of wisdom in all this?