I think what you did here was knit partway across the piece, put it down, and when you picked it back up you turned it with the wrong side facing you and knit back across only the part you had already knitted, instead of the remaining stitches on the row. Does that make sense? Basically, you inserted an inadvertent short row.
There's no way to fix it, except to frog it back to that spot and see if that's indeed what you did. Just keep repeating, frogging is learning, frogging is learning...
Jesus, girl. Am I going to have to come up to Kentucky? ;)
Though, if you really did want to just chalk it up to experience but keep going, but bring it back down to 76 stitches... just knit two stitches together (take two loops on the needle when you make the stitch instead of one) and go from there?
Agreed. You accidentally made a short row about 5 ridges (10 rows) down. I'd just ignore it. If it's a blanket, it won't be noticeable. Heck, you pointed it out, and it took me a good five minutes to notice it. To get rid of the 77th stitch, just knit through 2 stitches together somewhere in the middle of the row.
I fixed the increase, right before realizing it was a switchback that had caused it.
My concern about not fixing it is that it will throw off the rest of the blanket, as it's a colorblock. It might work to ignore it, but Susan and lemon are right - it'll haunt me if I don't fix it.
What's funny with the stitch count is that, knowing i have it right from the start *should* mean it'll be fine throughout, unless I screw something up - like double backing on myself - But I go back to count on occasion.
The problem is, I'm so frizzled these days that I can't count past 25 without having to start over several times. Sometimes I get lost at 15!
Jehoshaphat!
(I've been reading Asimov again. It's good for picking up inoffensive expletives.)
Sure is. And in this case, I think you need to do it. I don't tear back to every mistake, but I do if it can't be fixed from a distance or will bother me. Frustrating as it is, I'd tear it out.
Slide the needle out and lay it flat on the table. Pull it out to where the mistake is, pulling gently. When you've passed the mistake, pick your needle up and slide it through the stitches again, making sure you get every one. If you keep it flat on the table the stitches are easy to see and pick up. Ideally, you want to pick up with the right leg facing you, but the most important thing is getting it back on the needle.
If you get any on there twisted (left leg in front), the way to fix that is to knit through the BACK leg of the stitch when you get to that stitch.
Ahhh... I think that's what happened when I tried to fix those dropped stitches farther down. I wasn't sure if I was getting the loops back on correctly.
Laying it flat is like a good idea. Thank you. And knowing that the right leg goes in front helps immensely. I was trying to guess before, and I obviously guessed wrong a couple of times.
Sometimes it helps to pick the stitches back up if you use a smaller needle (or a darning needle with piece of yarn) and then get that back on the needles, so that when you're trying to get your needle back in there you don't pull a stitch back out. Just stick your tongue out and go slow.
You're more stubborn than I am. I think I can tolerate frogging back to that switchback row, but all the way down to those imperfectly fixed dropped stitches? I dunno...
Well, it's just a couple more rows. But I think Lemon can probably tell you how to fix them correctly. Or when you're done, sent it here and she can fix it for you.
You'll get it. Yours looks better than a lot of new knitters' projects. Everyone has holes and weird ladders and twisted stitches at first. The way to learn how to avoid them, though, is to rip them out slowly enough to see why it happened. It looks like you do have a couple of twisted ones in there when you were picking up. It's not a big deal--I've seen people post whole projects where they had obviously twisted all of their stitches--but it's easy to avoid when you know why it works.
Thank you. I do like how the rows looks so tidy when they're done correctly. And it feels luscious. Susan picked out such nice yarn. I have to see if I can find it locally.
There's no way to fix it, except to frog it back to that spot and see if that's indeed what you did. Just keep repeating, frogging is learning, frogging is learning...
Jesus, girl. Am I going to have to come up to Kentucky? ;)
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Though, if you really did want to just chalk it up to experience but keep going, but bring it back down to 76 stitches... just knit two stitches together (take two loops on the needle when you make the stitch instead of one) and go from there?
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My concern about not fixing it is that it will throw off the rest of the blanket, as it's a colorblock. It might work to ignore it, but Susan and lemon are right - it'll haunt me if I don't fix it.
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The problem is, I'm so frizzled these days that I can't count past 25 without having to start over several times. Sometimes I get lost at 15!
Jehoshaphat!
(I've been reading Asimov again. It's good for picking up inoffensive expletives.)
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Aw, man. I just hope I can UN-knit without screwing anything else up!
And yes, you might have to come up here.
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Slide the needle out and lay it flat on the table. Pull it out to where the mistake is, pulling gently. When you've passed the mistake, pick your needle up and slide it through the stitches again, making sure you get every one. If you keep it flat on the table the stitches are easy to see and pick up. Ideally, you want to pick up with the right leg facing you, but the most important thing is getting it back on the needle.
If you get any on there twisted (left leg in front), the way to fix that is to knit through the BACK leg of the stitch when you get to that stitch.
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Laying it flat is like a good idea. Thank you. And knowing that the right leg goes in front helps immensely. I was trying to guess before, and I obviously guessed wrong a couple of times.
Dammit, I'll get this. I will!
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