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As Sally said in March 2006:

From now on, I will read directions. Really. I will.

I made a mistake on Oregon — not a deal breaker, but a bummer nonetheless.  I was supposed to do several more decreases on the armhole shaping to the tune of 4 sts each side of the armhole.  I didn’t notice this because I am changing the neckline and it was embedded in the instructions for the v-neck shaping.  Not a big deal, but I still need to deal with it.

Options:

1) ignore it and add 4 sts to the shoulders

2) cast off the extra sts now, re-create the steek, and continue with an odd shaped steek that I will trim before I pick up the sleeves

3) rip it back 

Obviously, #3 is NOT AN OPTION — do you think I’m effin nuts?  “2” was the option I was leaning toward last night (or should I say , this morning at 1 am), but I am now leaning toward “1.”  I don’t think it would be that big of a deal to have an extra half inch of width at the shoulder — I am a large person with square shoulders and a need for extra sleeve length (which derives partially from the shoulder drop, as we know).  The other benefit to Option 1 is that the trees would be perfect little half trees along the armhole.  Does that sound like rationalization??  Mayhaps.

As long as I am coming clean about my knitting boo boos:

I screwed up on the Moebius Lace Scarf.  It has the simplest lace pattern known to mankind — out of an 8-row repeat, there are really only 2 lace rows and they are EASILY memorized.  As I was knitting on each and every lace repeat, I would check the rows before to make sure the pattern was lining up. 

There must have been a rift in the space-time continuum (or I spaced out for a few minutes) because I added TWO extra yarnovers in the previous lace row (!#$%@@&).   Now, I could probably fudge one extra yarnover, but two is an awful lot of extra yarn to deal with.  Add this to the fact that it is very tough to SEE, given the tiny (Kidsilk Haze) yarn and scrunchy texture of the knitting.  I don’t want to “k2tog” a bunch to get rid of the excess because the fabric is so sheer, you might see a “clump” of thicker knitting.  

In short, I need to rip out a couple of rows — 378 sts worth.  THIS might be a deal breaker: if the class does not go, I may not be inspired enough to continue. 

I am off today, so if I plan on knitting I will need to make decisions about the above — like I said, it’s a bit of a bummer!!

PS — thanks to all who purchased the Lace Tam and Scarf Set!!