I'm creating a pattern. Knitwise, that is. SUPER DIFFICULT, that is.
Here's the dilema:
It's a 2-row pattern. (Linen stitch, if you're interested.)
I split, at one point, to add a zipper later. But I'm having rejoining issues. When I get to the top, the two sides are at different stages in the pattern, and I can't figure out why. I can't join them at the same number of rows, so I have to do an extra row on one side, which, as you can imagine, causes issues. I don't know why this happens. It may be that I goofed when I split, did an extra row without counting it. But it's too late to take it all out and re-do tonight. I'll take it out ('cause it's done really tightly, so I don't want it to stretch out the yarn overnight), and just restart tomorrow. Boy, am I glad I'm doing a half-size prototype before the full sized one.
Also, I hear it's good to have more than one test knitter. Anyone interested in test-knitting this bag (large, big enough for a marble notebook & some books; or small, half that size), let me know!
2 comments:
Sign me up. How much of what weight do I need on hand? (I've heard sweater designers know the answer to that kind of question.)
I'll give it a try.
As for the two sides not matching, have you considered picking up an extra stitch where they join? I'm basing this on my experience with the linen stitch: a two stitch repeat where one is knit and the second is slipped w/yarn in front? If both stitches are the same where you join, you could pick up a stitch from the side and knit or slip it as needed. This assumes we are talking about the same stitch pattern, and that you wouldn't mind having an extra stitch...
P.S. Your senior chapel was wonderful. It made my day to be able to read that.
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