Jinxed
Yikes...after loudly proclaiming that I was going to spend the entire weekend on the stole, I've ended up so far ripping back more rows than I've knit. After having knit a measly two and a half repeats of the central panel, I decided to pick up and start the second border on the other side so I could see exactly how long it was going to be.
Melissa (knitting at the speed of light) had such great success, I thought it would be a breeze.
My mistake? I enlarged the chart, and did 't realize it had cut off one of the two selvage stitches, so that no matter how carefully I knit, I ended up one stitch short! At least I finally figured out what was going on. Boy, do I feel stupid.
How it it that Eunny and Melissa breeze through so gracefully???
Comments
Oh, no! That's no fun. I'm so sorry you're not having good luck with this stole. I hope you're back on track now, and just knitting away! Since you think I'm knitting at the speed of light (I doubt that, though :) one thing that helps me move faster is before I ever get out yarn or needles, I "prep" my charts. I color-code all my symbols, and I write in the number of knit stitches between each pattern stitch. If it's 3 or more stitches, I count them and write the number in, so that I never have to stop and count my squares. Then I cross off each row with a highlighter as soon as I finish it. I don't know if that helps me knit faster, but it does help me catch missed yo's right away. That, and I knit a lot!
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