I can't believe I did it!

#1

I am working on my first large knitting project. I am making great progress on this beautiful afghan and I notice about a 2 rows down there is a little mistake, I have a loop showing. Almost like a dropped stitch, but I am unable to correct it or at least it look corrected. So I looked here on the site and found the video’s teaching how to correct mistakes. It didn’t help, still looked off. I then looked at the video about placing the needle several rows down and frog to that point, (past the mistake) and then working the rows again.

I was very nervous:oo:
But it worked:noway: :yay:

I will try to post pictures later of the wip…this site and this forum are priceless. Everyone here has been so awesome.

Thanks

#2

WHOOO, good job! :slight_smile: Isn’t it exhilarating?

#3

YEs, it is so exciting. I was afraid I would end of having to frog the whole project. I am about half way finished. Friends said I was being to “picky” they couldn’t tell there was a mistake. It would have bugged me not to fix it.

#4

Good for you!!! yay!!!

#5

Great job! But don’t you hate it when you notice a mistake way after the fact? My first afghan, I went through five balls of yarn before realizing that I had made it twice as long as it was supposed to be!

#6

Excellent! :yay:

#7

That, dear friend, is the first step toward becoming a fearless knitter! Once you realize you can fix things, you don’t have to worry so much about making mistakes—and you’re free to try more stuff!

Great job! Congratulations!! :slight_smile:

#8

Here is a picture from the pattern book:

#9

I have included a picture of the afghan folded in half on my desk and a picture closer up showing the stitches (color is off on that picture).Here is my work:

#10

Gorgeous! You’re doing a great job!

#11

Very pretty

#12

Thank you, I really held my breath when I started pulling at the yarn and watched it unravel.

#13

That is a wonderful pattern. So, does this mean you finished it?

–Jack :guyknitting:

#14

Thanks, I really like the pattern. I am about half way finished.

#15

Glad you were able to fix your mistake !! I will have to look for that video technique as I am famous for noticing mistakes after the fact and unknitting back to the mistake - which takes a lot longer than knitting it in the first place

#16

I had never unraveled my work as I wasn’t sure I understood how to place the stitch back on the needle. I have learned so much from this forum and site. I am starting to feel a little more fearless.

Using the technique in the video it really took no time at all to get past the problem and start knitting it back.

#17

It looks beautiful! Very nice knitting.

#18

Congratulations on fixing the mistake. :yay: The blanket is beautiful!

#19

Very pretty.

#20

AWESOME:muah: :muah: :muah: Someday I too will tackle something like that.