Knitting Bell Curve

It’s taken forever to finish this skirt.The Pattern is called Bell Curve and is from the winter edition of Knitty. I wanted to have it finished weeks ago to wear to a special event however, the yarn was on backorder. When it finally arrived the event had passed. I knit every spare moment and finally I was threading the elastic through the waist placket when I noticed the star motif was not lined up in a straight line, it was off by 6 stitches, I had knitted almost half the skirt like this without noticing.

It was obvious I would have to find a different outfit to wear to the dinner that night. I started unraveling the skirt, rolling the yarn up into two big balls then I started knitting it back. You can be sure I checked the pattern obsessively.

Two nights ago as I finished the last row of decorative stitching around the bottom I saw there was not much yarn left. I kept knitting anyway hoping I would have enough to bind off. The first time I did this there was enough yarn to do 2 rows of single crochet, this is supposed to help the hem lay flat, after binding off.

I was halfway through binding off when I saw I only had about 4 inches of yarn left. I don’t understand why I had less yarn this time around? So I unraveled it again, omitted the last row of plain knitting, bound it off and now I’m done.

I love the way the flares out at the bottom. The Art Fibers Zoe yarn I used is heavy enough to hang so it doesn't ride up and it swings deliciously when I walk. I ordered the same colour called for in the pattern, colour #7 because I thought it was black and grey, turns out it is black and copper brown. I'm a bit dissapointed but waiting so long for this skirt I decided to make the best of it. Brown is not my colour. At least It will not be worn close to my face like a shirt would.

Only problem I have nowhere to were it to at all in the next few days so I’m wearing it today, inside the house because it is snowing again outside. I hope this means the skiing on the trip this weekend will be good.