I'm in MN now for a friend's wedding (no, i didn't knit any wedding gifts, though I'm thinking of making the fiestaware tea set from interweave for my new sister-in-law as an extra wedding present). Sometime during the travel/flight/etc. I managed to royally drop some stitches.
After much consternation and a few glances at some websites, I managed to get it all fixed up. And now that I understand how to pick up stitches better I almost want to fix some mistakes I made earlier. But I think I'll leave close enough alone. I didn't have a crochet hook, so I'm glad it worked out alright!
Anyone have exciting stories to tell about major knitting fixes?
Hey there. I usually just leave mistakes in my knitting. It adds to the "homemade" quality, afterall I don't want the recipient to think it's store bought! Ha ha. Maybe this is one of the sites you checked out... http://wolfandturtle.net/Yarnpath/archives/000301.html
Very instructional.
That's what I'd always thought too, but I think mostly I was just too lazy to fix things because I didn't know how. But you're right, I'm still happy to have a few mistakes. It's like the old Native American thing that if you finally weave the perfect piece, it's time for you to die or something? Maybe I'm making that all up, but I've heard that before ...
That isn't the webpage that I used. I should have given credit to the one I did use, but now I don't remember what it was!
Posted by: kristi at May 28, 2004 9:16 AM