So this third time I’m back up to row 28 and all is good so far. I put a stitch marker before the center stitch so I can check my count through each row. I also am including lifelines after each chart so that if I do find myself having to frog again, I won’t have to start completely over. I probably should have done both of these things from the start!
June 16: I’m almost ready to just give up on this project. I got off again and couldn’t find where I went wrong, so I ripped down to the first lifeline. I must have picked up the stitches incorrectly because it just became even worse of a mess at that point. I was ready to just rip it out and find another project for this yarn (again!), but I did have a second lifeline, so I very carefully ripped back to it and painstakingly picked up each stitch. I did miss one, but I caught it before I had even started that row.
So I ripped back 18 rows and I’ve knitted 4 of those again. Quite a lot of work today got taken out, but I’m determined to finish this shawl. There are no stitch counts at the ends of rows, so I’ve counted them out myself and will be checking myself at each row. It might mean slower knitting, but it’s got to be faster than ripping everything and knitting again!
June 17: Work today has progressed nicely on the shawl, but I think I may have found an error in the pattern. Going to see if anyone else has reported it.
Yes, there are errors in the pattern. Three that I’ve found so far in the written directions: Row 64 is missing a yo in the second repeat between the k3, ssk at the end. Row 66 is missing a yo in the second repeat between k5, ssk at the end. Row 68 is missing a k6 in the second repeat between the yo, k2tog. Very frustrating, especially because I “confirmed” the errors after I had knitted row 62, 63, and most of 64 so I had to rip everything back.
June 29: After finding more errors in the written instructions, I switched to the charts, which I probably should have done in the first place. But all has worked out because I finished the shawl this evening. It is currently blocking so I will get some pictures in the next couple of days.
July 1: It’s overcast today so I didn’t get any good pictures. I’ll take more when the sun comes out, but I’m putting up this as a temporary picture until then.
Pattern: Milkweed Shawl
Yarn: JulieSpins MCN in Talons
Shawl has been sold in my etsy store: karendawn.etsy.com
June 16: I’m almost ready to just give up on this project. I got off again and couldn’t find where I went wrong, so I ripped down to the first lifeline. I must have picked up the stitches incorrectly because it just became even worse of a mess at that point. I was ready to just rip it out and find another project for this yarn (again!), but I did have a second lifeline, so I very carefully ripped back to it and painstakingly picked up each stitch. I did miss one, but I caught it before I had even started that row.
So I ripped back 18 rows and I’ve knitted 4 of those again. Quite a lot of work today got taken out, but I’m determined to finish this shawl. There are no stitch counts at the ends of rows, so I’ve counted them out myself and will be checking myself at each row. It might mean slower knitting, but it’s got to be faster than ripping everything and knitting again!
June 17: Work today has progressed nicely on the shawl, but I think I may have found an error in the pattern. Going to see if anyone else has reported it.
Yes, there are errors in the pattern. Three that I’ve found so far in the written directions: Row 64 is missing a yo in the second repeat between the k3, ssk at the end. Row 66 is missing a yo in the second repeat between k5, ssk at the end. Row 68 is missing a k6 in the second repeat between the yo, k2tog. Very frustrating, especially because I “confirmed” the errors after I had knitted row 62, 63, and most of 64 so I had to rip everything back.
June 29: After finding more errors in the written instructions, I switched to the charts, which I probably should have done in the first place. But all has worked out because I finished the shawl this evening. It is currently blocking so I will get some pictures in the next couple of days.
July 1: It’s overcast today so I didn’t get any good pictures. I’ll take more when the sun comes out, but I’m putting up this as a temporary picture until then.
Pattern: Milkweed Shawl
Yarn: JulieSpins MCN in Talons
Shawl has been sold in my etsy store: karendawn.etsy.com
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