I was getting ready to bind a lovely scarf I made for a friend when I realized I had made a mistake a couple of rows back–no biggie or so I thought—this is where it’s ugly!!
I cast on 24 (shale pattern)
K–1 row
*k2tog twice, (yo, k1)4 times, k2tog 4 times, (k1,yo)4 times, k2tog twice
Knit—Next two rows
Purl next row. *
I ripped back and my stitch count was 28!! Ripped back some more—and got a stitch count of 26! uhg!
The Scarf looks great—I have kept count after my rows and haven’t had a probelm.
:doh: :doh: :?? ***???What am I doing wrong??? Where could I be getting the extra stitches.
I’m going to see my friend today and am hoping to give her the scarf—but, I need to little work first—it’s a bit short now :oops:
It’s hard to rip back in a lace pattern because of the yos and dec. I’d try to get it to one of the knit or the purl row and slowly rip it out one stitch at a time and get the needle in the stitch right away, also one at a time.
can i suggest that when you get to one of the knit rows you just knit two together to get down to your 24 stitches or will it completely mess with the look? i would think you could do it on one of those rows where you have to knit two rows without it being funky but maybe i am wrong.