Fixing lace problems

"Wooly" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...

LOL! don't even think about it! ... and how will the yarn look after ripping, if you use thin yarn?! Just think about it as your prvate contribution to the pattern ;-)) Aud ;-))

Hi Wooly,

At least no one can say they have one just like it as you will be the only one that knows there is a mistake and yours is unique.

Hugs,

Nora

Hi Wooly I am almost finished a very lacy shawl (Meadow Flowers from the Knitters Stash book) and I know there are some errors in it. As you say - way too many stitches to rip and reknit. If you don't show them to people when you show the shawl, I'll bet they won't even notice. Just keep it as "your little secret", or your own variation of the pattern (smile).

Shelagh

What's the galloping horse test?

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 18:35:48 -0400, spampot spewed forth :

If I'm wearing the [item] and gallop past you on a horse will you see the errors?

My grandfather used to say "A blind man would be please to see it." and that covered any mistakes.

My mother used to say "It'll never show on a trotting horse", but her family had a tendency to be perfectionists.

=Tamar

I believe that Turkish rug makers used to put a deliberate error in every rug as a sign of humility - only God is perfect.

Roger.

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote:

I always thought that was incredibly arrogant - to put on in deliberately is to claim that the rest of the rug will be perfect.

Somehow I've never had to put one in deliberately.

=Tamar

This same legend exists about Amish quilts, and ...

... when an Amish quilt maker was asked about the legend, that was exactly what she said.