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June 11, 2007
Dammit!
I was starting to feel a little smug. I had finally stopped obsessing about my numbers and was knitting away. The project was chugging along. I had finished one sleeve, made it to the armholes on the back, found the perfect stitch pattern (which I made up on my very own, though I'm sure it exists in some variation somewhere) and I had done a third of the front. I was sitting here studying the pattern repeats and where they would fall at the armholes and neck and found a little something that seemed odd. I fixed it. Then I found more oddness. And fixed that. And again, more strange numbers and fixed those. Now, I'm facing the realization that I've knitted several inches that are all wrong wrong wrong and either I can just rip, or I can cut my knitting in two, fix what needs to be fixed and graft it back together. Dammit. Dammit. Dammit! Naptime is already drawing to a close, so I guess I'll have to get out the scissors after bedtime tonight. Dammit. Knitting dissection photos to come.
Maybe I'll spin until Tadpole wakes up.
Posted by kate at June 11, 2007 11:49 AM
Comments
I hate it when that happens, when you reach your mistake or knitted anomaly threshold. I just ripped back an EZ baby sweater, because I had measured wrong and the yoke and armholes were all out of whack. Painful.
Posted by: Sonya at June 14, 2007 02:28 PM
It's difficult enough when you're working from a pattern, but when you're designing it yourself, keeping notes, and calculating numbers...well, I have a heightened respect for designers.
Posted by: Ava at June 12, 2007 01:20 PM
Oh dear. (I'm imagining you wearing a surgical mask and standing over the dissected knitted piece with very sharp, sterile little scissors in your hand...)
Posted by: alison at June 12, 2007 12:07 PM
Oh that sucks rocks! Hope that things go well with the redo.
Posted by: Tonia at June 11, 2007 08:21 PM
Ugh, what a pain! You are braver than I am though. I would just rip back and redo rather than take scissors to my knitting! Even after your raglan design class where you talked about steeks, I still can't bring myself to do one! I am such a wimp.
Posted by: connie at June 11, 2007 08:01 PM
Ugh, what a pain! You are braver than I am though. I would just rip back and redo rather than take scissors to my knitting! Even after your raglan design class where you talked about steeks, I still can't bring myself to do one! I am such a wimp.
Posted by: connie at June 11, 2007 07:58 PM
How frustrating!
Posted by: Amy at June 11, 2007 04:39 PM
I can't really find a pithy, articulate way to say "that really blows," so that will have to suffice. I'm so sorry!
Posted by: regina at June 11, 2007 02:59 PM
Ugh. The cascade of a simple fix into a terrible realization... I hate that. Definitely go spin.
Posted by: juno at June 11, 2007 01:33 PM
The art of frogging must be in the air. I've read several bloggers having this problem and I am included. Yesterday I cast on 324 stitches in the round and they were twisted. It was row 6 before I realized it. :(
I feel your pain and hope the knitting Gods smile on you from now on. In the meantime enjoy your spinning. :)
Posted by: Ruinwen at June 11, 2007 01:18 PM
That is the worst!! Hopefully spinning will be fun!
Love your hat pattern in the Summer IK!
Posted by: Katie at June 11, 2007 12:33 PM
