Cabled catastrophe.
In my last entry, I wrote about the frustration of reading charts, and keeping all of the changes in the pattern accurate.
I made some notes on the side of the chart, and color-coded the different cabling patterns, and all was going well. When I saw the cable patterns emerging in my work, I almost lost my mind with excitement. Luckily, I was at work, so I maintained a little composure, but inside I was ecstatic. This was a big moment for me.
Now, if you look closely at that picture, you’ll see that the cable on the left isn’t quite right. That’s because while I was knitting on my lunch break at work on Friday, the jerks I work with kept bugging me, and I had one stitch left at the end of the row. So I went back, and figured out that I didn’t do a knit stitch before the first twisted stitches, so I tried tinking back.
Have I mentioned that I have no idea how to tink back with cables? Because I don’t. I did my best to figure out all those twisted stitches and get them back in order, but at some point I dropped one of them.
So now I’m left with a gap at the top of the cable, and it looks like I dropped the stitch. And I have no idea how to pick it up when it’s part of a cable stitch.
I really wish my neighbor was a knitter instead of pantsless psychopath (I’ll go into that later in my other non-knitting blog.) so that I could run over there for help in these sort of situations.
June 16th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
Again, I’m awed by your mad knitting skilz, I don’t care what you say. I’m looking for a bra pattern; I want to knit the bra I’ll be wearing for this years’ Boobiethon. Can you help me?
June 18th, 2007 at 1:27 am
Aw, buck up, lil camper! We all screw up cables now and then.
Warcrygirl: cute bra pattern, here: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer04/PATTpetitchou.html
June 18th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Count your stitches. I have a feeling that you’ll find that you have the correct number. If that is the case, then all you’re seeing is where the knit got stretched due to cable wresting, and it’ll even out when you block, but if it’s bugging you as much as it used to bug me (OCD knitter) you can tug on the stitches to either side to even them out.
If you find that you ARE coming up short in your stitch count, you could do 1 of 2 things. Rip bag to there last row before they cross, or bring it to me and I’ll show you how to correct it, and start on a sleeve or a front or something in the meantime
June 18th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
rip bag = rip BACK…sheesh
June 24th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Don’t feel bad La, I spelled my own name wrong.
June 24th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
SEE???
June 25th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Oh my gosh, I just found your site and can I just say I’m having the *exact* same problems with this sweater!! I’m a teensy bit farther than your photos shows, but I’m having my own counting issues. And I’ve ripped back several times (when it turned out I din’t have to). I’m making steady, if slow, progress but I swear this will be the death of me. Or someone. Let’s hope my fiance doesn’t tick me off in the next few weeks.