Started a shawl in late January, and it needs to be finished by July. Which, for most people I'm sure that's nothing but I am a very slow knitter, really!
The pattern is lacy and complicated and mistakes will be really visible, so it's no good to work on while watching TV or doing anything else and I'd just not been putting time aside to properly concentrate on it.
The solution: A spreadsheet to keep track of how far behind I am, and a graph so I can watch myself (hopefully) catch up.
There are very few problems in life that can't at least be a bit improved with a spreadsheet, and I reckon that applies to knitting just the same ๐ค
Yes! Knowing your way round a spreaddie is so useful for working out stitch counts and especially if you're designing something from scratch.
I have a terrible habit of knitting things at an entirely different gauge to the pattern and needing to change up stitch counts accordingly so it's definitely a handy skill to fall back on ๐