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Ah, pooh.

So I'm knitting away from the ridiculously complex chart I made for my celtic knotwork/openwork shawl, right? Since I'm knitting every other row, I figure I'm making it easier on myself in the long run, and that this thing will be finished that much more quickly.

WRONG.

I get to the end of my row and count the final stitches where I'm supposed to k25, to match with the k25 before the chart row starts. I have 24 stitches available.

Cripey.

Now I go back and count the entire row. Supposed to have 117 stitches in all. I have 116.

Grrrrrr.

Where did I make the mistake? Surely it's somewhere in my current row, and I won't have to tink but 80 stitches at the most. NOPE. I made a boo boo back TWO ROWS EARLIER. *sigh* I get all the way back to the row with the error, and try to figure out where I went wrong. This is a pattern that consists of a boatload of yo, ssk, and k2tog, like most lacework does. So why can't I figure out where this problem is? Somehow, I've mis-aligned two yo spots, and the pattern is just a smidge off now. I've given up on fixing it completely, since I think I'm probably doing more harm than good by tinking all of these yo stitches.

Don't the Amish purposefully put a mistake in their quilts in order to show that no human endeavor is perfect? Can I claim to be Amish?

I'm less than a quarter done with this thing, and I really need to stop watching SciFi when I'm counting.

Anastasia.

Who really wouldn't mind the Amish life, as long as she gets to watch LOST on ABC every Wednesday. I needs my Naveen Andrews!

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Teacher Gal
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LOL Good story, Anastasia. I hate tinking, especially when it involves yarn overs. You really need mindless knitting if you are trying to focus on television.

Katherine

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Katherine

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My sister always has an error in her counted cross stitch projects, either on purpose or by accident, for that same reason. She, however, is not Amish.

BonnieBlue

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BonnieBlue

The easiest way to correct the problem is to thread a length of waste yarn through the last correct row, making sure that you catch all stitches. A contrasting color works best. Hopefully, you are working every other row plain. DA

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DA

Hi Anastasia,

If you leave the mistake then it's an original design unless someone else makes that mistake too. I've been known to leave one in at times and even with my cross stitch too and no one knows.

Hugs,

Nora

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norabalcer

: : The easiest way to correct the problem is to thread a length of waste yarn : through the last correct row, making sure that you catch all stitches. A : contrasting color works best. Hopefully, you are working every other row : plain. : DA

I normally would do that, but it's a very fine laceweight yarn, and I'm working it on US 8s. I can barely tell where the rows actually are.

I apparently did the exact same thing about six rows back yesterday. Looking at it, though, it seemed perfectly in line with the pattern, so I left it that way. Two rows later, somehow I'm back on track. I have no idea what I did. Maybe my pattern was just drafted wrong there on that row. Oh well.

Anastasia

Who wonders if she's ever going to finish it.

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Teacher Gal

Anastassia

It is In The East [ Middle East] where people put a mistake in every thing , from knits to house building , to show human humbleness. In the Buchariem Quarter in Jerusalem there are houses with a `slight` wrongly built window etc,,, As to the Boo Boo and other mistakes ,,,,, sometimes we need to repair a mistake ,, some times we might just add the missing stich and just knit on ,,, Ps having so many stiches on the needles i put a mark every 50 stiches . mirjam

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Mirjam Bruck-Cohen

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