Shana, honey, please don’t read this. Your cardigan is wonderful, and I want you to always see it that way. Of course, you probably will because I’d imagine you are much more sensible than me.

So, I finished the first front side of my cardigan.

Yes, yes, it’s very nice. Here’s where it gets troublesome. I was at a friend’s house last night, briefly, to watch her kids while she ran an errand. I took my knitting basket, my VCC pattern, and the start of the other side of the front. I thought about bringing the finished side for reference in case I needed it, but decided against it on account of the extra bulk it would add to my basket. I knit 15 rows of the cable chart before my friend returned, and then I gave it a good, sound look. I thought it looked a bit off. I compared it to the picture on the pattern. It was different. I didn’t think I’d made a mistake, but I could clearly see a difference. I thought about waiting ’til I came home so I could compare it to the other front, but decided that since it was clearly different from the picture, I’d frog it. My friend had to avert her eyes.

Side note- it always amuses me how I can frog something without even batting an eye, just acknowledging slight annoyance, while the non-knitters that surround me pale and balk. Nate can’t stand watching me rrrripit-rrrrripit. Last night, my friend Michal literally blanched. For some reason, I find that funny.

Getting back to it…. So, I frog my second front, then I come home. I look at my finished side. It is just like the side I just frogged. I sort of panic. I am comforted by the fact that I am consistent all the way up, so I figure it has to be the pattern. I go to the computer to look at Shana’s cardi. Hers is the same as mine. So it is clear that the pattern’s cable chart is different than the picture. (Not all that uncommon, I’ve found, but I REALLY hate it). Here’s my problem. I think the cable in the picture is better than the cable on my sweater. As the title to this entry states, Nate thinks I’m nuts. I don’t think it’s worth frogging the whole side and re-writing the pattern, but it’s a huge DANGIT!!!, and I have to admit to contemplating the venture. Talk some sense into me, won’t you? Argh! Blast! Stupid… stinking… pattern!

If you care to, you can click the link to see a comparable close up to both my cables, and the cables pictured in the magazine.