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Buckeyeknitter
Gabber Extraordinaire
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 Posted - 05/19/2007 : 09:05:33 AM
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I am making a cardigan out of cotton yarn - I finished the front two pieces, the back, had knitted together the shoulders and it was time to put on the button bands. I counted, was so proud of myself when I ended up with 58 stitches on two sides. Unfortunately when I finished I realized instead of putting the bands on the middle of the front pieces I had very neatly (some of my best picking up and knitting ever) put them on the underarm seams - somehow the pieces got twisted. I am blaming Six Feet Under season 5 as I was evidently paying much more attention to that than I was my knitting. aaaggghhhhhhh
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ozknitter
Permanent Resident
Australia
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Posted - 05/19/2007 : 09:22:25 AM
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Oh Pam,
Bummer!!!
Knit in peace and harmony.
Rose in Melbourne, Australia. |
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LJ
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USA
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AngieSue
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USA
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lucylocket
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fiberlicious
Permanent Resident
1637 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2007 : 7:15:29 PM
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| Hey - you're stealing my tricks! Thus sayeth the idiot who completed the front of her Einstein jacket in record time. Too back I had picked up the stitches on the wrong edge. That was a lot of frogging! |
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jrhutch
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
412 Posts |
Posted - 05/19/2007 : 7:26:20 PM
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I can relate ... that's why I never knit while watching Six Feet Under.
Jackie Hutcherson
The Knitting Hutch
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Queen Knitsalot
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 05/19/2007 : 8:11:06 PM
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Whenever I make some kinda weirdo mistake I try and rationalize it---at least you have the pleasure of knitting it again!
Suzanne
I'm not crazy.....I'm colourful. Sounds better on a resume. |
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RobA
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 05/19/2007 : 8:27:47 PM
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Will you hate me if I laugh? 'course I can laugh because I have never yet made a cardigan without knitting the left front twice.
Rob http://roberta.typepad.com/robknits/ |
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Chemcats
Permanent Resident
3337 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2007 : 05:44:28 AM
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Oh, I can sooooo relate! Cardigan..perfect fit for the buttons (6), perfect buttons, all marked, quadruple checked...picked up stitches, knit the buttons bands, nice button holes....
How in the hell I had 7 holes, I will never know.
Then there is the sewing-shoulders-picking-up-stitches-knitting-turtle-neck-then-find-back-is-wrong-sided. Not everyone can do that twice!
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sgoldfried
Seriously Hooked
Canada
769 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2007 : 06:46:45 AM
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a little bit of the same
made a lovely neck down shawl
finished it loved it
tried it on upside down
frogged it and later on found out i tried it on the wrong way
STUPID
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sgoldfried
Seriously Hooked
Canada
769 Posts |
Posted - 05/20/2007 : 06:49:07 AM
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a little bit of the same
made a lovely neck down shawl
finished it loved it
tried it on upside down
frogged it and later on found out i tried it on the wrong way
STUPID
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sandyt
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 05/20/2007 : 4:21:59 PM
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| You'll only make that mistake once!!!!!! I have made huge mistakes--but never repeated the catastrophes!!! I feel your pain! |
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Mama Cat
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 05/21/2007 : 03:59:12 AM
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| Hey, I've done that one (knitted the button bands onto the wrong side, under the arm)!! I'm glad you posted about it because now I feel better about it. :-) |
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AuntyNin
Seriously Hooked
USA
771 Posts |
Posted - 05/21/2007 : 06:11:14 AM
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Similarly, the last time I sewed a cardigan together, I sewed the right front to the back left shoulder, not once but TWICE! (sigh)
Somehow, I suspect moments like these are as much a part of knitting as yarn and needles. At least, they are for me.
AuntyNin
Everything happens for a reason, except possibly football. --- Terry Pratchett
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COgirl
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 05/21/2007 : 09:59:12 AM
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| I make it a rule never to drink and knit, no matter how little the glass is. Seems as though the least number of stitches can take forever to get through. Knit one, sip two. |
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Let me vent about how spacy I am!
