Yeah, I ripped back to the row right where the vertical lines met in a lovely little point. I didn't use a lifeline, since the wool is so sticky, and I just ripped back (quite violently, I might add) until just before the row I wanted to recover. Then I took a smaller needle, and as I ripped out the row before I wanted to recover, I did it one stitch at a time, reloading it onto the needle. No pain. (Except whenever I think of my own stupidity.)It's now back to where I was (with a double line of increases down the middle, like it's supposed to have, but I feel like I wasted a whole weekend of prime knitting time. Nothing else was worked on while I did this. I know I'm really more of a process knitter, but you know, sometimes, you just want to see some end product. I could have finished a sock or two, or at least made noticeable progress on the hoodie, but nooooo. I'm right back where I was - row 84 of the shawl.
Crap.
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I so hear what you're saying. It must be the not quiite spring in the air.
Or maybe its that the not quite spring isn't in the air and all we are breathing is winters last stale gasp?
Oooh, that's gotta hurt. But it looks pretty. Is that any consolation?
Hi--I recently discovered hi-liter tape at Scholar's Choice. It comes in bright colours, and like a roll of Scotch tape. If you put your chart in a plastic page, you can hi-lite the row you've done but you can still see it through the tape. Then you can move the tape up a row as you proceed with the pattern. It has helped me keep track of where I am in the pattern
quickly and easily. The lace is lovely.!!
Marlyce in Windsor, Ontario
I always say that ripping back and redoing it somehow doesn't seem to take as long as you think it will. It's like version 2 makes you so ornery, you just knit like hell and it's done!
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