I looked to see if I had somehow dropped a stitch somewhere, but couldn't find
it. The rest of the pattern looks just fine.
So what would you do? Frog 3,252 stitches, or individually pull out 20 stitches, one at a time like a ladder, correct it, and then crochet the stitches back in place???
You can see which one I chose to do. :p
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I think the most important part of knitting is learning to fix errors. When I teach people to knit, I knit a piece with a bunch of different errors in it. When the knitter is getting along pretty well with their own stiff, I give it to them to "fix". They hate me at first, and then thank me later on.
ReplyDeleteI would have gone with that choice too. That's the wonder of knitting with wool. A little wash and you'll never see it!
ReplyDeleteIt's coming along beautifully!
Another option in repairing woolen Fair Isle knitting: Duplicate Stitch!!
ReplyDeleteThe sweater is turning out lovely, Leigh.
Yeah, I would have gone that route too, it looks great.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness you are brave. I still can't read all my knitting. I can see the basic knit/purl mistakes but if it's a slipped or twisted stitch, I can't figure out how to fix it. I think the only way I can learn is to rip it down to the mistake and take a leap of faith. Sometimes it works, other times I have to run to the LYS and get someone to help me.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy watching your knitting and weaving projects.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I have learned since I have been weaving and knitting is that I'm better at weaving than knitting.
I had an incident once when I was knitting a fuzzy scarf where I guess I dropped a stitch completely off of the needles and it created a ladder-like effect (read: large hole) in my scarf and I learned how to crochet the stitches back into place and I did it so well that I even managed to pick up an extra stitch along the way.
So with that I look forward to seeing your knitting results, which I am highly envious of and I will stick to knitting my fuzzy, holey scarves and read about your adventurous projects.
:)
I might have given serious consideration to option C: just leave it and hope that nobody notices.
ReplyDeleteThe words 'frog 3,252 stitches' fill me with a kind of horror ... Nice fix!
ReplyDeleteGreat fix!!!! I would left the mistake in before frogging 3,252 stitches. I agree with textillian depending where the mistake was.
ReplyDeleteBelieve me, I was very tempted to leave it. Unfortunately, it would have been right in front. :(
ReplyDeleteNice save! Aren't you glad you caught it so soon? Another 20-30 rows later would have been a lot more painful.
ReplyDeleteI think I would have done the same. The colors look lovely together.
ReplyDeleteYou took Elizabeth Zimmerman's suggest correction. I think it's interesting that her initials sound like "easy."
ReplyDeleteJust remember Leigh...only God is perfect. Great save.
ReplyDeleteI would not have noticed it unless you pointed it out!
ReplyDeleteI probably would have let that one slide if I had to make the call--but then again, it is easier to make the call when it is not your own work....the sweater looks great!