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January 22, 2009
Oh, noes.
I've been sitting here ALL afternoon working on the Blanket of Doom, and just now I discovered this massive mistake. I can't even imagine what it might be. There's just this...snarl.
Do I frog 5" of knitting? It's about eight hours' worth of knitting. I will try to drop down and try to correct the rogue stitch first, but I'm knitting with two strands of alpaca in a slip-stitch pattern. Last time I tried dropping down to fix a mistake, I made an even bigger mess and wound up frogging.
These photos do not accurately convey the horribleness of this mistake.
You can see the wonky loops on the slip-stitch side of the fabric, just over my thumb.
And here, the badness is about three stitches to the right of where the new yarn has been joined.
This is for a wedding gift. It really ought to be perfect.
I need a drink.
Comments
Ooh. That's not so fresh. Wedding gifts get kept for a really long time too.
Bummer.
Posted by: Bob at January 22, 2009 7:47 PM
First, when is the wedding? Do you have time to rip back that far to fix the mistake?
Second, is this for a knitter or non-knitter? If it's for a non-knitter,they probably won't notice. If it's for a knitter, I would not worry as we've all been there.
Thirdly, if you decide to rip it back, I suggest multiple drinks prior to frogging.
Posted by: grace at January 23, 2009 7:07 AM
I would try to massage it out, and if it's for a non-knitter, they'll never notice, and a knitter would be too polite to say anything.
Posted by: Rachel T at January 23, 2009 9:49 AM
can you kind of loosen it up around there and see exactly what happened? if it's near a join, maybe you can carefully unwind one of the strands, fix the mistake or at least make it look less wonky, and then thread the strand onto a needle and wind it back in to the work.
otherwise? I wouldn't worry about it
Posted by: EvilScienceChick at January 24, 2009 8:59 PM