April 14, 2004

Happy Mistake

I've never been so happy to find a mistake in my knitting . . . I realized about halfway through beginning the sleeve knitting that I had started the yarn from the wrong end of the Calmer skein. I finished the rest of the first 6 sleeve rows and found this:

An Audrey boo-boo. NOTE: This is <b>TIRED KNITTER</b> error -- not a yarn malfunction

Now that I have a visible boo-boo, I have an excuse to start over from the CORRECT end of the skein!

I still love the way this knits and as I knit these rows, I'm noticing that I certainly chose a deep shade of PURPLE! Within the very FIBER (heehee) of my being, I really wanted to knit this in white, but people gasped when I said that. Ah well. I figured I can make the purple one first -- then the white.

Posted by JanetR at April 14, 2004 07:03 PM
Comments

Janet, may I ask you what method of casting on you used here? I like it, and I've tried two different methods that I didn't like so much, and have gone back to square one, and was hoping for some advice. Thanks!

Posted by: Norma at April 14, 2004 07:18 PM

I used a two-tail cast on; however, on my 2nd try at the sleeves, I cast on extra-tight. I hope that makes sense.

Posted by: JanetR at April 14, 2004 08:18 PM

Yes, it does....thank you.

Posted by: Norma at April 14, 2004 08:19 PM