&^#$@^&*!!!!!

This is the remains of my fourth? fifth? attempt at that *&$%#@!! seaman's hat. I keep dropping stitches and not noticing until it's too late to fix with my limited skills.

I nearly finished it on the weekend. I was two rows away from starting the increases for the crown, and realized one of the needles was falling out, and the yarn had pulled out all over the place.

But it will not break me. I will knit that goddamned hat if it is the. last. thing. I. do.