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Friday, August 24, 2012

The Last Detail - Accidental Yarn Over

Oh, my goodness ...  

I discovered this yarn over hole in my sweater after I'd finished binding off the bottom hem.  I'd seen it a couple of times when I was trying on the sweater, but I thought it was just where I'd started a new skein of yarn and the ends weren't secured yet.

Really?!  It looks like I jacked up my knit stitch and yarn over'd at the same time.  See the stitch to the right of the yarn over?  It's twisted.  Boo hoo!

When I first started knitting, I would accidentally introduce yarn overs all the time.  It's such a strange mistake to have made ... (?)

When you knit into a yarn over, it's an increase.  I accidentally increased a stitch on the front of my sweater.  I'd feel a little better about the whole thing if it was on the back ... oh, well.

I undid the bind off until I got to this spot.  Then I "laddered" down to the yarn over and twisted it to close up the hole.  I also "laddered" down to the twisted knit stitch and fixed it.  It looks a little better.
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Donna said ...
Brilliant, as always. I can't even tell really.
8/22/2012 8:07 AM

Seanna Lea said ...
That stinks. I hate it when I notice errors or flaws way late and then have extra work to fix them. Your fix was pretty good though. I can see it, but it now looks like it was an intentional increase rather than a mistake.
8/22/2012 8:40 AM

prtwisnjess said ...
you did a very good job of finishing it off....and fixing it..
8/25/2012 7:41 AM

Gwen said ...
Aaaakkk! I am so sorry. You don't deserve this aggravation. It is such a beautiful sweater; it makes me feel sunny.

If it makes you feel any better, I have to rip out my entire wool floor rug to remedy an unsightly join. And I do mean unsightly, ugh. I even reviewed your tutorial for the same, but I am not turning my rows, so pooh.
I think my problem is two-fold. I am working in black, so I can't see for sh*t, and I have been ripping out rows to try to "fix" the problem, but not modeling the problem to really solve it. So, back to the fsc row. Pout.
I'm keeping the brown stripe, even though "someone" thinks it looks like Charlie Brown's zig-zag sweater. He's just lucky I make his life wooly at all!
(I'm posting my pic to Flickr, if you want to see something truly hideous. The idea here is to spur myself on to success, via shame.)
Your fix is awesome as usual. I'm jealous.

Looking forward to the next fashion show,

G
8/25/2012 9:39 AM

Pat Lehnen said ...
She who sews (crochet/knit/bead/etc.) shall rip! Your fix-it job is very well done. Our ability to fix goofs is just as important as learning the skill in the first place! Congrats on a great job.
8/25/2012 10:27 AM

pam said ...
Argh! Blast! Yikes! Yuck! Ouch! I have become very attentive to my knitting so this won't happen - looking over my stitches after every other row. Because I hate to fix things! You got all the patience genes in the family!

Found one of these nasty holes in a scarf I knitted my mother and simply told her it was designed to let evil thoughts escape.

Excellent save. You are my hero!
8/25/2012 7:43 PM

I couldn't even tell there was hole there when you fixed it! BTW, it looks great, I love the colors. :)
8/27/2012 2:26 PM
 
Harpa J said ...
I think it's a great save and not noticeable at all.
9/8/2012 4:24 AM

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