Shambling Towards Perfection

I figure I may as well start sprinting, as it were, since I've been slowly doing stuff anyway, and this will help me be more organized about it. From my initial backlog I finished two items: Post on Ravelry asking about discrepancies with swatches/question numbers Finish reformatting instructions It turns out that I discovered a slight error in the instructions (for 3 swatches the wrong questions were listed) during my reformatting of the instructions. So now I can proceed knowing that I have the correct questions figured out for each swatch. Anyhow those two items are no longer in the product backlog, so I'll proceed with the next-highest priority items. The sprint goal is to finish gathering materials and finish prepping so that I'm ready to start knitting swatches. I think, since this is supposed to be fun and not work, that I shall not have an actual sprint length. It'll just be done when the items are done. The sprint backlog items are: Priority Descripti...

So now that my Master of Science degree is complete, I've decided to start working on the The Knitting Guild Assocation 's (TKGA)  Masters Program - Hand Knitting . There are 3 levels, and the first involves knitting a mitten plus 16 swatches, writing a report and answering questions about the swatches. On the surface it seems pretty easy, but from reading the Ravelry group's posts  I'm quite convinced that it's not. The knitting has to be technically nearly perfect: no weird stretched out stitches, no "rowing out" (in stockinette, where your purls and knits aren't the same tension so there's a visible difference between rows), etc. The swatches and mitten are to be blocked, which helps with some things, but not everything. It's extremely common to have to re-knit and/or re-write things, even by very experienced knitters (e.g. people who've been knitting 30 or 40 years). It should be plenty challenging for me. I'm currently working on...