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Fixing lace problems

I'm normally a bit (ok, a lot) obsessive about correcting errors in my knitting. The Pi shawl is going to have more than a few errors in it, however. I'm on round 30-odd of the 96-round section following the increase to 576 stitches. I *just* discovered that I moved the feather-and-fan pattern over one stitch on the fifth pattern round of this section. I think I'll live with it even if it ultimately fails the galloping horse test. 576*30 is just too many stitches to rip and reknit.

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Wooly
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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 ;-))

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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

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norabalcer

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

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Shillelagh

What's the galloping horse test?

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spampot

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?

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Wooly

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

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norma woods

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

=Tamar

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Richard Eney

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.

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Yarn Forward

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

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Richard Eney

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

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

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B Vaugha

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