That Screeching Noise You Hear?
That would be me. Screaming. In anguish.
I had the back done on the CPH. Done. As in ‘did the bind offs for the shoulders’ done. Then I realized that I had too many live stitches to put on a holder.
I looked at the beautiful, almost complete, evenly knit piece I had before me and had a head-banging-into-a-brick-wall moment. When I began the decreases for the arms? I only bound off 4 stitches to make the armhole, not 8.
I had to rip back 9 inches of knitting.
No, really. I did. I tried to figure out some way to fix it without having to rip but I just couldn’t wrap my brain around making knit stitches disappear into thin air. I’m pretty sure it can’t be done. If it can? Don’t tell me.
Yay.
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Damn! i wonder if all of the frogged stitches of the universe were placed together how far they would reach. I know that I would have contributed my fair share to the amphibian super-stitch highway. Knitting is fun though and you didn’t really want to finish too soon.
Girl, it happens to the best of us – and you are one of the best :)
Ouch! That’s exactly the sort of thing that caused Jason’s green sweater to languish for so long. My deepest sympathies.
Oh. That sucks.
Ouchie. I’m sorry. That would make me throw things until something broke.
Argh! I’ve got to believe that it will all be worth it in the end, to have a sweater that you will be happy with and proud to wear!
Oh.My.God. *wince*
I’m sorry? :(
ARGH! that does hurt just to *read* let alone do – but we knit because we love it….*right*?
Crap.
Those are the times when you wish you had Mrs. Weasley’s wand!!!
Man I hate it when that happens and it happens here all too often.
Oh holy hand grenades. I’m sorry. *passes the chocolate*
No! I’m so sorry, sweetie. That just sucks.
Oh, crap-o-rama. I can so appreciate the feeling.
I hate that! I don’t know if I would have had the mental strength to rip it right back like that.
Oh No!
That is horrible.
Really dreadful.
I don’t know what to say other than, that really sucks!
Oh, I hear ya! I’m going through the same thing right now.
I swear this pattern is cursed. *sigh*
Oh yeah, been there before.
Dude, you and that sweater!! So many problems, but it will be worth it in the end, truly.
It totally sucks, but it could happen to anyone.
I bagged a Samus (much less intense than a CPH, but still), when I discovered that one front side was 9 stitches wider than the other. Unless I wanted to walk diagonally to create an optical illusion of symmetry, it had to go. I just didn’t care enough to save it.
You’ll get through it.
That sucks! By now you’ve probably finished the back but the thought came to mind…cigarette lighter would probably get rid of stitches REEEEEEAAAALLL good. :-)