AAAAAH! Somehow I reversed my work! The section closest to my needles is supposed to be a butterfly pattern in stockinette, like the section below the ridged eyelets of Section 3. A closer look at the eyelet row along the edges shows me I messed up in the ridged eyelets, so I'll probably try to rip back and pick up at the end of Section 2. But I doubt I'll have time to do such "white knuckle repair work" before leaving, so no Jury Assembly Room knitting. :-( X 1000
(On the upside, the fact that I can SEE that I messed up, recognize WHERE I messed up, and can CONSIDER ripping back and picking up stitches instead of frogging the whole thing and starting over makes me realize how far I've come as a knitter in just a few short years!)
There's always a bright side at . . .
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I make lots of frog stitches LOL, finally made a scarf, thank goodness it was a nubby yarn cause you really have to look hard to see the hole where I dropped a stitch. Maybe when the weather cools down I will try again.
I know exactly what you mean Michelle, I still fear ripping out the more complex patterns like your shawl and yearn for the day I can do so with confidence.
You are impressive! I can never figure out if a pattern is wrong nor where I went wrong; it makes knitting anything more than four row pattern a tad frustrating.
I hate that feeling when I see I've messed up and it's a ways back. There's always the internal debate about whether I should frog or not - even though I know I'll have to before I can live with the thing! That shawl is going to be gorgeous when you finish!
Good for you. I don't know that I would have noticed until it was beyond going back and redoing. But... knitting makes me think and that keeps my mind from dropping brain cells. Someday I will be as good as you are. I hope.
Good luck with the jury duty.
Or you could live with the boo-boo and call it a new pattern. :)
Oh no! That is such a bummer! I know what you mean about white knuckle repair work - I always have a very, very simple project in my bag. It doesn't take much to get side tracked (or reversed).
Tombstone, hopefully your nubby yarn keeps that dropped stitch from unraveling!
Kelly, I yearn for that day, too; I'm not there yet.
I've certainly gotten better at reading my knitting, Sandra – although sometimes I wish I could be blissfully ignorant!
Dianne, we KNOW we can't "live with it," which is why, farm lady, it is NEVER beyond going back and fixing it! But keeping our brain cells is definitely worth it.
No can do, Benita. :-)
Susan, while it wasn't exactly simple, I did work on my Taygete while at the courthouse yesterday. I usually dislike having more than one project going at a time, but yesterday I was glad to have more than one WIP!
Your work is beautiful...why rip it back? Remember that patterns only come into being when someone decides to chart an out-of-the-blue design. Why not yours? Remember EZ....you are in charge of your knitting!
Looks like it will be a beautiful shawl! Can't wait until I have the time to start knitting again.
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