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Unraveling

March 27, 2019 By Carole

Today, sadly, I have actual unraveling. Well. Let me clarify . . . there is unraveling to do. I haven’t actually done it yet but . . . see for yourself:

My finished Stopover 2.0

At first glance, all appears to be fine. But wait. Take a look at that upper left.

Here. I’ve circled it for you. Damn.

Let’s flip it over and see if that was just one repeat out of wack.

Nope. The entire frigging thing is off.

And it just gets worse.

Sigh.

When I was knitting I had one row where things were a little weird. The decreases didn’t work out but I counted when I finished and I had the correct number of stitches. I looked at the color work and thought it looked fine so I just kept going. I was so close to finishing and I wanted to be done. It wasn’t until I blocked it that I saw the errors and once seen, well, they cannot be unseen.

I’ll be fixing it at some point but not right away because deadline knitting.

Reading, thankfully, is going much better than knitting, at least in terms of forward progress. This week I finished One Day in December and The Red Address Book. Next up? The Dakota Winters.

What are you knitting and reading this week? Be sure and hop over to Kat’s to see what our fellow unravelers have been doing.

P.S. Thank you all for your lovely comments yesterday. I promise I have no intention of discontinuing the blog!

 

 

 

 

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  1. Sarah says

    March 27, 2019 at 6:45 am

    Ugh. I’m sorry that you discovered this after you had bound off and blocked. I guess at least it’s near the end, so you won’t have to rip back too far?

  2. Kat says

    March 27, 2019 at 7:38 am

    Oh ugh! I am with Sarah and it will probably take you longer to rip back than it does to reknit! XO

  3. Kym says

    March 27, 2019 at 7:44 am

    I HATE when that happens. 🙁
    But it will be worth the fix. So there is that.
    (I really enjoyed The Dakota Winters. Hope you do, too.)
    XO

  4. Robby H says

    March 27, 2019 at 7:59 am

    Ouch! (This word is not the adult word I would be using if that were my project.). It’s going to be a great sweater, eventually.

  5. Vera says

    March 27, 2019 at 9:34 am

    Ugh is right! I agree that once you see it, it cannot be unseen. Best of luck.

  6. kim in oregon says

    March 27, 2019 at 11:25 am

    I just groaned out loud on your behalf.

  7. Jo says

    March 27, 2019 at 11:26 am

    Well, rats! A good book is definitely a great respite!

  8. Bonny says

    March 27, 2019 at 1:09 pm

    Darn; it’s just a little too off kilter to call it a design element. I bet we’ll be seeing it as a real fo next unraveled wedesday!

  9. Jeannie Gray says

    March 27, 2019 at 1:16 pm

    Duplicate stitch! Duplicate stitch! Duplicate stitch!

  10. Becky says

    March 27, 2019 at 1:41 pm

    Darn it! Well, easily fixed after unraveling. I do things like this all the time, knowing full well I should pay more attention when I know something is not right. It’s a wonderful sweater, so fix it in good cheer. You will enjoy it for years.

  11. pdxknitterati/michele says

    March 28, 2019 at 2:03 pm

    Oh geesh, I’m so sorry. But here’s a side suggestion: I changed the neck to have a little stockinette roll away from my neck, which I find flattering and a little less itchy than having the ribbing right on my neck. So you could try that if it interests you! Description in my Ravelry project page: https://www.ravelry.com/projects/pdxknitterati/stopover

    Reading: I recently finished Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield (?) and really enjoyed it. Just airy fairy enough.

    About to ready Handywoman by Kate Davies. Or I Am Yours by Reema Zaman. It’s unusual for me to have a book in physical book form, but that’s what both of these are! Which is why I’m not reading yet. Harder to knit without Kindle.

  12. Raelene says

    March 28, 2019 at 3:05 pm

    Hi Carole

    That is such a pain! My suggestion to save you unraveling an entire sweater? What about duplicate stitching the correct pattern over top of the incorrect one. Might not be perfect but so much quicker and no one will be able to tell? Just thought.

  13. Mary says

    March 28, 2019 at 7:28 pm

    I’m totally in the camp of unraveling (and re-knitting) it … but I think I’d put that sweater in a bag with a little lavender sachet and let it hibernate until fall seems to be ALMOST there. I’m sure the couple of hours it will take – and really, it will be just a couple of hours – to fix – will seem SO WORTH IT when you’re looking forward to your first fire outside, putting up twinkle lights, and getting back to comfort food after a long summer 🙂

  14. margene says

    March 29, 2019 at 9:35 am

    It’s all knitting. Even the fixing is part of the process. I know, you’ve heard me say it a thousand times, but you’ll love that sweater when it’s done (properly). xo

  15. Mary K. in Rockport says

    March 30, 2019 at 8:30 am

    Belated comment: I’ve been thinking this over for a few days, and was going to say, as others have, to maybe duplicate stitch here and there. But (presuming that this sweater was knit from bottom up so that you’d have to deal with unraveling not-so-many rows) I am now in the fix it camp. How many parts of life allow you a do-over to make things come out right? That’s one of the reasons I love knitting.

  16. Lydia Sheffield says

    April 4, 2019 at 10:58 am

    Well boo-not getting much knitting done myself.

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