March 28, 2005
Better Late Than Never
This time last year I was watching everyone knitting their Audreys (Audries?) and drooling jealously---I was four months pregnant and knitting a tight-fitting sweater for my post-pregnant body was the farthest thing from my mind. But now I've started! And stopped! And started again. These decreases and increases are killers.
Last night I finished knitting the back and stopped right after the last set of increases. I think something funky is going on, and before I knit anymore I thought I'd run it by everyone here (if there is anyone still here).
Here's my photo: the first shot is the decreases at the bottom of the sweater (size large), and the top photo is the increases.
My dilemma(s): in the top photo at the #1, you can see the first decrease, which left me with a single column of purl stitches. At the #2, you can see where my last set of decreases left me with a column of three knit stitches. And all of this has led to my having at #3 (starting at the panel of three knit stitches and going to the left), k3, p2, k2, p2, k2, p1, k2.
Is this incorrect? I'm all about ripping it back and starting over with the decreases if I need to, but I think my fear is that I'll do it all over again the same way. I don't think I can tell where exactly I made my mistake. Can anyone else see where I went wrong? (If it's difficult to see, you can check out a larger photo over at my blog).