I have been knitting the same pattern a few times now and I think I understand a mistake I made.
My pattern requires a provisional cast on to knit the lace around the chest of the jumper. Once the lace is done, I normally bind it off after the last row and, in doing this, I always find the left over of wool located at the bottom of my lace when it should be located on the top of it (rounded shell is the bottom of the lace on my design).
I think I just figured out my mistake as I believe I should bind off while knitting the last row of the lace design. Would this make sense?
One lace design is made of 22 rows and I have repeated that 13 times. I am adding a picture as it may help to see (I knitted the last row though which I think I will have to unknit now ).
Bind off so that the yarn end is where you need it to be in order to pick up sts for the yoke or the body of the sweater whichever comes next in the pattern. But if you work a provisional cast on, aren’t you grafting or working 3 needle bind off to join the lace panel in a circle? You would still want the yarn end to finish the join on the edge nearest the following pick up of sts.
There is a seam or graft visible on the back of most where the two ends of the lace join.
This one has a photo with a comment about learning how to graft in pattern for a seamless join, it’s an impressive detail https://www.ravelry.com/projects/SilverNeons/lorelei
You can post a small section of the pattern directions, so we can more easily see what it wanted, but I agree with @salmonmac and @Creations–you don’t bind off that edge separately. You’ll attach it to the edge with the provisional cast-on using 3-needle bind-off, so that you have circle of the lace pattern. I assume you’ll then pick up on one edge and work to the neckline, and pick up the other edge for the body.
I have been knitting the jumper for a little while now and I am at the bottom.
I found a mistake in the reverse side where it looks as if I have lost a couple of stitches. However on the right side, it does not show. What shall I do? I have knitted about 4cm since…
I am attaching some pictures for you to see. I have put a marker on the reverse side where this happened and a needle on the right side of the jumper where my mistake happened. I am worried to make things worse
It looks like a couple of sts weren’t completed but no dropped sts. You could ladder down to fix the missed stitches but it’s probably not worth it. The knitting looks lovely and even with that slight mistake unremarkable. I can be compulsive about fixing mistakes but I’d let this one pass.
It’s worth working a swatch sometime where you can make a mistake then ladder down several rows to fix the error. It’ll give you confidence when you do come upon something in a project that needs changing.
Love the color you’re using!
It looks lovely.
I think you accidentally slipped a couple of stitches so now they are slightly elongated and the yarn strand is remaining on the wrong side of the fabric.
I agree it’s not noticable and can be left.
I also think you could fix it after a couple of practises on a swatch first. Do you have a crochet hook to fix with? It’s a skill well worth practising.
Ultimately it’s personal choice, only you will know the small error is there, no one else will know, but if it will bother you knowing it’s there then do the fix. You’ve put a lot of effort into this lovely top so perhaps it’s worth this extra step?
I second figuring out how to fix it. This is quite simple on stockinette.
Knit a small swatch with any handy yarn…maybe a thicker yarn and larger needles so it’s easier to see what you’re doing. Then drop a stitch, pull on the swatch so it ladders down, and then pick it back up with a crochet hook.
Hello,
Thank you for all your advice.
I am about to start knitting the sleeves on circular needles. I need to pick up 4 stitches from the underarms. What would be the best way to do that?
Last time I have done this, the stitches I picked looked larger after wearing the jumper. How can I avoid this happening again?
Thank you
Celine
Pick up the sts in the center of each of the underarm body sts. (It looks like you may have to pick up more than 4 but the pattern should tell you. Sometimes it’s pick up of 4, place a marker and pick up 4 more.) You can always use the yarn tail to tighten up these sts even if it means a slight tug on each one until you reach that yarn tail. That tail can take up the slack.
One other thing to avoid a hole at each end is to pick up an extra stitch on each side of the underarm then work ssk and k2tog to decrease the extra sts on the next round. This is a nice although slightly different way to close any gap.
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