On the other side of the galaxy.. ([info]jellho) wrote in [info]knitting,
@ 2006-08-02 00:46:00
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I need Heeeeelp!
I made a boo boo in icarus and I need your help



This is what my knitting should look like
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I am in chart 2. From the right. There is a ssk then k3 YO k1 YO

Well, I made a boo boo, forgot a YO and somehow missed two stiches. I tried to drop sts to fix it and I end up with this

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Can anyone help me out. I have no clue how to fix YO's. I really dont want to rip these 3 rows because I have something like 400 sts and well I was dumb and forgot to put a lifeline in the begining of chart 2. My last lifeline is right at where you do a half repeat of chart 1 the nstart chart two.

Help!!!

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[info]esmerel
2006-08-02 04:53 am UTC (link)
How many stitches should there be in there? Figure that out, and make sure you have the right number. It looks like you just need to pick up a couple of stitches maybe. I'm sadly too tired to be super coherent :(

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[info]jellho
2006-08-02 04:55 am UTC (link)
okay, from the right by my finger moving towards the left.

It should be p1 ssk k3 YO k1 YO.

I know how to pick up the knits and fix those, but I have no clue how to carry a YO up.

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[info]esmerel
2006-08-02 05:02 am UTC (link)
Let's see if I can do this and make any sense.

I think that really, you don't want to just pick up 1 YO.

Since you have a K1, and you are supposed to have a K3 - go one stitch at a time. Figure out where the second and 3rd knit stitch should have started. Pick each one of those up. I think you probably need to go down two rows from where it -looks- like it starts. Pick up a stitch from there, and go up to where you are now. Then do it a second time. If you pick them up right, that should actually create the YOs - you won't be 'carrying them up', you will be making them and leaving them there.

When you get to the plain YO, go down two rows, and pick up a stitch.

Darnit, this makes so much sense in my head, and I could -show- it to you, but I don't know if it makes any sense written out. :(

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[info]jellho
2006-08-02 04:56 am UTC (link)
I mean to add this.

What I have now is a p1 ssk k 1

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[info]sleepsong
2006-08-02 04:57 am UTC (link)
It looks like you dropped a stitch and it laddered down.

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[info]jellho
2006-08-02 04:59 am UTC (link)
no i intentionally dropped it to fix it

what happened was that i forgot a yo soit had no hole.

bah i think i might just frog back tomy lifeline.

why is frogging so painful?

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[info]sleepsong
2006-08-02 05:05 am UTC (link)
Bah. I read that you tried to drop stitches and then forgot again in the milisecond it took me to look down at the picture. This is why I'm not normally online at 1 AM.

That said,

a) Frogging isn't painful if you look at it the right way. It's just an opportunity to knit more.

b) It might be a better learning experience if you stop and try to figure out how to fix this rather than ripping back every time.

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[info]tashabear
2006-08-02 05:02 am UTC (link)
Oh! Just pick up the bar between stitches! Took me a second to figure out what the issue was.

I did this alllll the time when I was knitting the Song of Hiawatha stole. Easy, easy fix.

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[info]djinnj
2006-08-02 05:04 am UTC (link)
picking up a yo is very simple. Just loop the strand above where it should go through the loop below. It's the same principle as picking up a ladder of dropped stitches. If you're adding one where there is none, it may end up being a little smaller than usual, but I find that blocking later helps. Also, easing it across the row keeps it from pulling noticeably.

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[info]allichaton
2006-08-02 05:06 am UTC (link)
I don't have that pattern with me, so I'm not entirely sure what you need to do, but if all you need to do is make a row of knits starting with a yarnover, try this:



Pick up the strand labelled 1 -- this is your yarn over. Draw the strand labelled 2 through it, then treat that stitch as you would any other dropped knit stitch and pick up the run to the last row of knitting. Do this for however many stitches/yarnovers you need to make up, picking up the lowest strand for your yarnover and picking up the ladder up to the last row. It might get a little tight if you have to do this with several stitches, but your tension should work out all right in the end, after blocking and such.

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[info]dragonintherain
2006-08-02 05:10 am UTC (link)
hahaha. same thoughts. :)

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[info]tashabear
2006-08-02 05:51 am UTC (link)
That is an awesome explanation. Good show.

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[info]allichaton
2006-08-02 04:48 pm UTC (link)
Thanks. :) I've had to do that many times with my lace, so I've got a fair bit of experience with this particular technique. *grin*

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[info]dragonintherain
2006-08-02 05:09 am UTC (link)
tink back to the split if it's not too far. it will make it easier to pick up the YOs.

pick up this thread with either a crochet hook or knitting needle.


then treat it like a regular dropped stitch.

once that one is on the needles, move to the next thread up, and repeat.

(hopefully that makes sense.)

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[info]jellho
2006-08-02 05:31 am UTC (link)
it does make sense.

but i got impatient and frogged!!!!!

but now i know how to fix a yo

Thanks so much

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[info]whimcy
2006-08-02 03:05 pm UTC (link)
Sorry, I'm not much help but I had to say that I LOVE that yarn! What is it??

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[info]jellho
2006-08-02 03:48 pm UTC (link)
www.handpaintedyarn.com merino laceweight in shocking pink.

i <3 it emmensley!!!!

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[info]_cassette_tape
2006-08-02 04:05 pm UTC (link)
Lifeline? huh? I am working on Icarus now. That might come in handy. What is it?

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[info]danmakine
2006-08-02 04:44 pm UTC (link)
A sturdy, strong, slick thread pulled through a row of stitches (crochet cotton is good for this) so that you can pull back to that row in case you make some unfixable mistakes, and the stitches will be right on the thread, ready to pick up. Thread a darning needle with your thread, and run it through all the stitches on the needle. Leave there, careful not to knit into it on the next row :)

PS: I have _once_ put in a lifeline - never used it, it never regretted it, but YMMW *Grins* (PS: I have knitte both shetland shawls, stoles, circular shawls, triangular shawls.. you name it. But they are good for building confidence!)

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