knitting doom
OK... I am knitting this shawl: Rambling Leaves. It is the worst charted piece of lace I have ever knit. Mind you, I am not a very experienced lace knitter, but STILL.
The pattern is made up of 4 repeats of a lace panel. Every other row the pattern changes, so far, so good. Except, EXCEPT! The pdf provided of the lace chart is different from the chart shown on the website, and the pdf is WRONG. Conveniently, each row, the panel has the same number of final stitches as the row number; as in, row 1, 1 stitch, row 3, you end up with 3 stitches. Great idea. Except that if you do that, row 3 is totally unworkable, as you end up with 2 YOs next to each other. So I solved that by adding a simple edge stitch between panels. No probs.
Ok, onto row 21: on row 21, I added a k2tog between the second yo and the third. That evens out the stitch count, otherwise you end up with too many stitches in that section.
On row 35 and 37, I put a k2tog between the first and second yos. That seems to work, too but now I'm on to row 45
Row 45 is difficult as well. If you follow the chart, there isn't room for a yo, k2tog, a knit, then a ssk, a yo and 3 k stitches... Not sure how to resolve that yet. Maybe a M1 after the yo?
It's obvious that this chart is really half-arsed, and yet and yet! I'm in too deep to just pull it all out. It's a CHALLENGE, and I took a bloody degree in genetics cos I knew it would be a CHALLENGE. No steenkeeng lace knitting is going to better me!
Ahem, sorry, what I meant was, anyone have any suggestions about how to deal with row 45? Has anyone contemplated this pattern?
I'm tracking the notes as a I go on my ravelry page too, but I thought I would consult LJ first too.
The pattern is made up of 4 repeats of a lace panel. Every other row the pattern changes, so far, so good. Except, EXCEPT! The pdf provided of the lace chart is different from the chart shown on the website, and the pdf is WRONG. Conveniently, each row, the panel has the same number of final stitches as the row number; as in, row 1, 1 stitch, row 3, you end up with 3 stitches. Great idea. Except that if you do that, row 3 is totally unworkable, as you end up with 2 YOs next to each other. So I solved that by adding a simple edge stitch between panels. No probs.
Ok, onto row 21: on row 21, I added a k2tog between the second yo and the third. That evens out the stitch count, otherwise you end up with too many stitches in that section.
On row 35 and 37, I put a k2tog between the first and second yos. That seems to work, too but now I'm on to row 45
Row 45 is difficult as well. If you follow the chart, there isn't room for a yo, k2tog, a knit, then a ssk, a yo and 3 k stitches... Not sure how to resolve that yet. Maybe a M1 after the yo?
It's obvious that this chart is really half-arsed, and yet and yet! I'm in too deep to just pull it all out. It's a CHALLENGE, and I took a bloody degree in genetics cos I knew it would be a CHALLENGE. No steenkeeng lace knitting is going to better me!
Ahem, sorry, what I meant was, anyone have any suggestions about how to deal with row 45? Has anyone contemplated this pattern?
I'm tracking the notes as a I go on my ravelry page too, but I thought I would consult LJ first too.