I never knew some of these existed!
I am learning the stitches you need to know to be able to knit lace, and I messed, up, so I ripped it out and I am starting over on my swatch. It is horrible, because I forgot what to do! It frustrates me, and I just want to buy myself some pretty green or blue or purple lace and start knitting my North Sea Shawl! Does anyone else get as frustrated as me when they mess up? Because I can’t imagine anyone else getting as mad as me at the yarn. Can they? I do wish that I could start…
My sister frustrates me even more than my yarn though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe all those exclamation points weren’t needed, but I am frustrated. Alot. Alot!!!
Excuse me while I remember how to be mature and adult…….
Hi yarnmonkey!! Don’t worry, I think we all mess up once in a while! What I have done is put stitch markers between every repeat (or every couple – up to you) – then, you only have little sections to worry about at a time. Count the stitches in each section to be sure you got that one right. After a while, it gets better, promise! I am currently working on a mystery KAL that has three sections on one side, a middle section, and then three on the other side. I put a stitch marker between each section. Now that the sections are getting larger, it is nice to have the stitch markers between each section so I don’t have to tink back so much if I need to.
When I first started to knit lace (January of this year), I did not know many of the stitches on the charts. Keep the legend close by so you can refer to it when needed. Now, I don’t have to pull it out as much to remember a stitch.
Lastly, LIFELINES!!! Lifelines are invaluable to me when I knit. Thread a non-waxed floss or thread through your stitches on the needles (be careful not to thread through any stitch markers). If you need to frog anything, you can rip out to your lifeline without fear of losing your stitches. Reinsert when you feel it necessary (I usually do it between repeats of pattern rows – it is easier to do it on a plain knit/purl row so you don’t have a chance of missing a yo.
Sorry that I wrote so much! Hope this helps – we all get frustrated now and then, don’t let it get you down! Happy Knitting!
Darla – Detroit