I hate it when that happens August 31, 2007
There I was. Knitting happily away. And I dropped a stitch. Not just any stitch, mind you, but one of those tricky knit, yarn over, knit, yarn over, knit all in the same stitch things. Great. No way I could get it back. Had to rip back two rows to recover it. Well, three rows. So, I picked up all my stitches, knit one row to settle the stitches into place, inserted a lifeline, and started knitting again. I was a stitch short. Huh? With all those extra yarn overs and things going on it was impossible to see where I’d messed up. I ripped it back to the lifeline, knit the row again. Still off by a stitch. Ripped back to the lifeline again.
This time before picking up the stitches from the lifeline, I made sure everybody was safely on the lifeline. Aha! There you are you sneaky little stitch. I grabbed the stitch, picked up the whole mess, and headed for Dave. Oh no! I won’t understand what you’re doing. Don’t give it to me. Don’t worry, Dear. You don’t need to understand a thing. Just don’t let this stitch get away. I’ll be right back.
I ran downstairs, grabbed the fabulous little stitch markers that Robin bought for me earlier this year with the lobster claw ends, and raced back to the family room. There was Dave, sitting there with a pained expression on his face. I took the stitch back from him, attached the lobster claw to it so it wouldn’t run away, and tossed the thing on the couch. That was it for knitting for the night.
I fixed that bugger today. Thank goodness for cute little lobster claw doo-dads. I hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend.
Karen B. August 31
Bless the little lobster claw. And Dave for patiently holding the errant stitch. Enjoy your weekend, Laura!
–Deb August 31
Poor fellow, I can just picture him sitting there, worrying about that stitch . . . what does a stitch DO when it escapes? How tricky and wily are they? Are they dangerous? Do they bite? How fast do they run? (That one’s easy–it just depends on the yarn.)
Glad you rescued it! Those stitches . . . they look so innocent lined up on the needles, but they’re tricky little buggers!
Mikki August 31
I drop my power tools all the time. But only when I need them most…
KarenJoSeattle September 1
I’ve pretty much given up regular stitch markers for the locking ones or for coilless safety pins. Whew!
I’ve made it a habit to walk myself through the row I just ripped back to in lace. Way too often I find I don’t actually have everything on the needles correctly. In the class I took Wednesday on fixing mistakes in lace, my LYS owner advocated doing the walk-through-the-stitches bit before you rip, after you rip, and after you think you’ve fixed it.
Robin September 1
I’m so glad you had those stitch markers on your wish list!!! Poor Dave, I can just imagine what he was thinking, wondering how you would react if he drop that poor little stitch?? BTW, thanks to you and Kristie for the sock advice the other day. I think it was the problem, I’ve finished the first sock and started the mate.
~Kristie September 1
I’m just giggling thinking of Dave holding your stitch. Too bad there’s not a photo of that to share!
Angela September 2
Love the progress you have made. So intricate!
I was hoping, as I am assuming that it’s not there already, that you could show a very close up picture of the marker you used. Esp how it attaches.