Arghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! I have been doing several stitched the wrong way round forever. Ssk - I passed the stitches purl-wise. Ditto sl, and probably a whole host of others I haven’t realised yet. I am hoping that I haven’t screwed up anything previously made with this schoolboy error, and am not entirely sure what difference it makes. However I am concerned re the lace scarf, as this will literally be riddled with mistakes. As I’m making one for my mum (the right way), I’ll be able to compare. I feel so p*ssed off with myself, but I guess it’s better to realise now that at the end of a full length cardi or double bedspread 
Glad to have got that off my chest!
Knitting traumas >:(
January 6, 2008 · 3 Comments
Categories: Knitting
3 responses so far ↓
Becca // January 7, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Eeep! Gosh that does sound frustrating! Being left handed I bet I do all manner of things backwards or wrong with crochet. If you consistently do it the ‘unique’ way I imagine it turns out okay right? I’m curious to see how the comparison looks between the two lace scarves.
Jenny // January 15, 2008 at 2:01 am
It’s very likely just fine, maybe a slightly different twist. Don’t be hard on yourself! You could just consider it a special design feature
My own knitting has plenty of those! I do empathize; it’s no fun when I realize my mishaps.
My understanding is that for slipping a stitch, the default is purl-wise. When a decrease is involved that’s a different story.
“If they don’t specify, slip the stitch purl-wise…Unless you are decreasing: then, slip it knit-wise on the knit rows, and purl-wise on the purl rows. (According to Vogue Knitting.)”
http://www.thedietdiary.com/blog/lucia/588
It wouldn’t hurt if a pattern would just state which way to slip since there may not be one accepted standard. Who knows, you may end up liking your version better!
flissy666 // January 17, 2008 at 9:52 am
Jenny, THANK YOU so much for that advice! It really is appreciated. Now it all makes complete sense. I’ve ended up frogging something I was working on, as it was based around a slip stitch pattern, which had ended up horribly twisted because of my error. It’s sat in a draw now until I can remotivate myself, but like you I hate knowing that I’ve made errors and would rather start again the right way! Thanks so much xxx