Seaming versus grafting

Thank you for the comments on my stupid blue thing. I was relieved to read that other knitters have had their frustrating moments too. I had a conversation with myself, in which my practical side convinced me to forget about the grafting and use a seam instead. After all, it's going to be on my nape and I usually have my hair down. Who's going to notice it?



Me. I won't see it, but I will know it's there. Other knitters may relate to the feeling of defeat one can feel after being unable to learn a new technique that appeared to be simple... I mean, how hard can it be to graft two knitted stripes, each with eight simple stitches?



On the other hand, Summer is here, I bought the yarn a year ago and I'm not buying any more yarn until I've used up other stuff in my stash.




So, I'm about to make a three needle bindoff and move on with the rest of my knitting. I'm sure I will not regret it.



Oh, and I'm going to join a knit along. One that does not require me to buy any yarn, since I still have plenty of murky kool-aid yarn from that purple attempt:








I'm making a striped bag with different shades of eggplant yarn. Wish me luck!