The One Tutorial I Really Need…

April 27th, 2007 · 11 Comments

… I can’t find.

The question I need answered is exactly how do you rip out twenty-six rows (450+ stitches) each of lace? Do I ….

Discover mistake. Ignore mistake. Be annoyed by mistake. Tell myself that a severe blocking will hide the mistake. Continue to be annoyed by mistake. Count the stitches to see if the mistake has miraculously disappeared. Be annoyed that mistake is stubbornly staying put. Thread a lifeline just below the mistake. Cuss at the annoying mistake. Rip out the rows. While still annoyed, drink a whole bottle of wine. Prepare to begin again, two charts completely undone, tomorrow after the hangover has left.

Or should I move the bottle of wine up between discover and ignore? And will one bottle be enough?

Somebody should really write a tutorial on this. I want to make sure I do it right.

Tags: peacock shawl

11 responses so far ↓

Donni // Apr 27, 2007 at 7:39 pm

One bottle will never be enough. BUT! You will know the mistake is always there if you leave it. Sadly. I Fear. My Dear. You have no other option. Other than to open that second bottle.
beth // Apr 27, 2007 at 7:42 pm

Leave it and say no more. take it from experience here. Block the thing and in 6 months after blocking even you will no longer be able to find the mistake.
Unless you are too …too then rip you must.
LaurieM // Apr 27, 2007 at 9:03 pm

I think you just did write the tutorial. I say sleep on it. Maybe you’ll have a brilliant idea in the morning.
Brenda // Apr 28, 2007 at 12:14 am

Tibetan Buddhist monks deliberately make a mistake in their sand paintings and rug making to remind themselves that they are human and not gods. Perhaps you should try to accept the mistake, although that may be harder than the ripping.
Larjmarj // Apr 28, 2007 at 8:39 am

Depends on the mistake, is it truly heinous or just a blip? I say ignore the blips and get a visual/verbal confirmation on heinous. One knitters heinous is another knitters blip. With me so far?
As for wine, never drink then decide to frog, save all alcohol consumption for post frogging.
Tina // Apr 28, 2007 at 1:10 pm

Bummer! For me, I would always rip it back. The mistake would always bug me and I might neglect the knitted object if I am not totally happy with it.
Nora // Apr 28, 2007 at 2:48 pm

Is it visible?? I say, leave it but drink the wine anyway - in celebration of NOT frogging!
Miranda // Apr 29, 2007 at 4:01 pm

I rarely frog unless the mistake is REALLY bad, or not far away. But then again, I don’t drink… so it may just be a way for me to protect my sanity…
Dana // Apr 30, 2007 at 3:41 pm

I’m with Ms.Larj, never FWI (frog-while-intoxicated). Only you can decide if it’s something you can live with. If it’s not screaming out loud, leave it. It’s probably minor in the grand scheme, but as a perfectionist myself, easier said than done. Good luck!
Ailsa // Apr 30, 2007 at 8:47 pm

Whether or not you rip, drink the wine anyway.
And you already know what you’re going to do, so open that second bottle and get cracking.
Ce’st la vie!
Kate // Apr 30, 2007 at 8:53 pm

I have no suggestions as to method… I can only offer my condolences at the stress of the situation, sigh, and reach for the - oh b*gger, no (acceptable) chocolate in the house 8{
Let us know how it goes