Frustrated - Pattern Correction

Hi

I can totally relate to you on this pattern as I had completed one sleeve before someone here told me about the corrections. I posted the message that I had started the shrug only after finished the first sleeve so I started all over again.

I just bought the 5 balls that it called for and so far it looks like I will have lots.

Darlene in Toronto

I had the same problem with this pattern and e-mailed the magazine. They sent me corrections and also directed me to their website to download corrections. Two weeks later, I received another set of corrections, which included a change in needle size and new directions for the sleeves and the triangular inset on the front. These latest corrections have not appeared on the website.

I completed the sweater using the first set of modified directions and sent it to my daughter. It was too small. From the newest set of directions, it appears that the triangular insert of the original pattern was too small, resulting in a sweater that was too small.

Does no one check these patterns? Since this was featured on their front cover, I would expect this pattern to be tested and accurate. It is extremely frustrating.

I find errors in too many patterns, so I always knit swatches including all of the stitches that will be used in the pattern. Then, I check the gauge and estimate the dimensions of various parts of the garment and compare to the dimensions given in body measurement tables such as those in "the Knitter's Companion". I am sure that similar tables are available online somewhere.

All of this takes awhile, but is is faster than frogging or having a UFO sitting there because something is wrong, and I am not sure how to fix it. It also give me a chance to make sure that I like these stitches in this yarn as worked with these needles.

Hi

I haven't seem the new changes for the needle size or the front triangle and I am still working on the shrug.

Darlene in Toronto

Have you looked at the Lion Brand website? The corrected pattern is there, as well.

sue

Hi

I looked on the Lion Brand site but the needle size is the same as the original pattern and the front is also the same. The changes to the site are the two sleeves that are changed from the original pattern.

Darlene in Toronto

The lines in red are corrections to the pattern. Maybe there are no other changes....

sue

Some of the errors I find in patterns can't be determined from a swatch. I think the one sheephurder mentioned was not a problem of guage, but that one of the components of a complicated set of separate pieces that fit together was not the correct size even if the guage was right.

I find a lot of errors in crochet patterns as well. Sometimes when I'm almost finished with something I find instructions for the last row or round that can't be reconciled with what has gone before. I have one book in particular that is full of errors. Some are egregious, such as telling you to look at a photo for the placement of something that doesn't appear in the photo, or telling you to consult a chart for a stitch pattern, and there is no such chart. Others I have been able to correct with common sense or devise a work-around. I have the whole book marked up now with my corrections, and before I start any pattern in the book, I work through all the instructions mentally, counting the stitches in each repeat on every row to see if they make sense.

Thank you SO MUCH for telling me about the triangles....I noticed that they were MUCH smaller than what the finished measurement in the pattern shows. I have all the pieces done, but have not put it together yet. I am going to RE-DO the triangles and go from there, with my fingers crossed, of course.