Back to knitting

I'm finally knitting again, which is very exciting. I'm sorry that I haven't posted in a long time but I just haven't felt like it! There are so many things that I want to/have to do everyday and blogging just hasn't been one of them. But I'm back, I think.

I started working at my favorite lys last week and it's been really fun so far. I love being there and I think that I'll learn alot about knitting just by being around it so much. The only danger is that I want to buy yarn and start new projects every time I go in there, but I can't. I've got to finish my existing projects and use up some of the yarn I already own (notice the word "some", not "all").

We also finished all of our thank you notes, which was a big accomplishment. I'm so glad to have those done because Matt wasn't letting me do anything fun until I did them, which was obviously a good tactic on his part.

Okay, so now that I'm knitting again I am determined to finish this project that I started in June. I've already finished the back, but I forced myself to frog the almost-completed right front that I'd already done because I didn't like the way that I had decreased for the neckline. The only problem is that I can't figure out how to start the lace stitch again because I think the pattern is wrong (note: I always think that if I can't figure something out, the pattern MUST be wrong.) I spent about three hours last night trying a million different ways to do it but I still haven't figured it out. Let me attempt to show you my problem:

So this is how it's supposed to look. The ribbing and the bump of the lace pattern are aligned vertically.

Now my problem is that if I follow the pattern for the right front then I end up with an offset lace/ribbing. Argh! I'm so frustrated with this, especially since I've done this front before the correct way. How did I do it? Why can't I remember? Why why why didn't I write it down! I'm officially stuck.

I guess now I'll have to move onto another project until I can ask someone for help. If anyone out there has made this thing before and you know the secret, please let me know!