I frequently fail to step back and contemplate which option would take less time.
Option 1, frog cable mistake (see yesterday’s photos) and reknit.
Option 2, insane stitch surgery.
I am usually so excited at the prospect of performing some incredible feat of knit-fix, that I forget to approach it logically. Yesterday, I washed up, put on my scrubs (so-to-speak), and got to it.
I did a pretty darned good job of reconstructing the stitches on either side of the 6 that were supposed to be cabled.
See? Nice, no? Look at that 2 stitch knit rib on the left. Beautiful, I say. The only reason this is worth boasting about is because we are dealing with cotton. Wool is very accommodating, and jumps into place quite easily after being messed around. Cotton, is vengeful.
OK, so I got to the cable itself…
Looks good, doesn’t it? Well, in this case, the photo is lying. I did the cable THREE times, and couldn’t get it right. This final time, all seemed well until I started knitting back up, and realized that the center two stitches, despite my careful efforts, somehow managed to be KNIT stitches. They are supposed to be PURL stitches. I SWEAR I purled them! Humphf.
At that point, I realized I had been at it much longer than it would have taken to frog and redo, and if I continued trying, I could easily be at it that long again. Plus, being cotton as I mentioned earlier, and the fix being right at the top of the front piece, I figured I’d be much better off to rip and redo.
Normally, I would end this post with the throw away phrase, “Live and Learn”, but I have proven that in this particular situation, I don’t.
July 27th, 2005 at 2:56 am
awww…I’m so sorry! Everything will be okay though 🙂
July 27th, 2005 at 6:01 am
This sort of reminds me of my recent troubles with the orange tank top I am working on for my daughter. I was working it from the top down, when I decided it was a little too small, and decided to frog back to the straps. Then I decided as long as I was back to the straps, I would fix one little problem. Well, trying to frog back from the cast on edge was kind of like pulling the wrong end of the string on the dog food bag. I was, however, determined to figure it out…..for a while. I finally gave up and frogged the straps and started all over. Ah well……..
July 27th, 2005 at 10:44 am
Yes, but you do it so graciously!
July 27th, 2005 at 2:21 pm
This sort of thing happens to all of us. I just figured that with cable mistakes that go below 6 rows, I would just rip and reknit those rows entirely.
Much easier to keep my sanity that way 😛
July 27th, 2005 at 6:51 pm
Did you frog and reknit? Still worth the effort and time spent as you won’t make the same again.
The knitting looks great! The colour is beautiful.
Barbara
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