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Mistakes Happen!

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everyway_wrapRecently I started the Every Way Wrap, from Interweave Fall 2009. I love cables, and the moss stitch part was pretty also. I chose a silk/merino blend handdyed from Yarn Hollow and happily cast on! (is there any other way to cast on?).

And then frogged. Was I suddenly incapable of cables? Did I forget how to read a chart? What in the world…..And re-started. And frogged. And re-started….. take 2 aspirin and repeat! (I think I restarted this 5 times, not the sharpest knife in the drawer…), when it occurred to me….. ERRATA!

So I http’d over to Interweave Knit’s Errata page, and sure enough, the charts were mixed up. I don’t see this as a flaw in any publisher’s system, I see it as a wonderful resource, and I thank Interweave Knit (in this case) for this service.

Now that I’ve got my a’s and b’s all crossing correctly with my c’s and d’s, it is beautiful, and some day I shall wear it! Lesson…. don’t assume it’s you, go to the publisher’s web site and see if there is a correction published. Well, ok, usually it is me, but in this case I was indemnified and it all worked out! YAY!!

Comments

  1. Thank you for letting us know about this. I’m getting ready to cast on this project in January and would be pulling my hair out.

Have you read?

Knit Little Fish to Use Your Yarn Scraps

I rarely understand why something becomes a trend in crafting. Gnomes and geese are both cute I guess, but I never thought we’d be making them for all seasons. (See, for example, this collection of gnome knitting patterns, or these knit geese.)

Another one I don’t totally understand is sardines or little fish more generally. Sure, they’re cute, and the shape is fun, but I had no idea when I was sharing this pattern for a fish-shaped pouch last year that it would become a hugely popular pattern that people are still searching for on the site. It is pretty cute, though, so if you weren’t around then or don’t remember you should got check it out. 

Recently another fishy knitting pattern crossed my monitor: the little knit fish from Classical Songbird Designs. 

Just as the name suggests, these fish are little, about 4.5 inches or 11 cm from end to end. They look like little sardines and take about 12 yards of sock yarn to make. 

You can even make a two-tone fish and use just 6 yards of each color. 

This sounds to me like just about the perfect use for the yarn that’s left over after knitting a pair of socks, or a mini skein or several that have been sitting around unused in your stash. 

The fish are knit flat in one piece, which makes it easy to stitch on the eyes with more yarn or embroidery floss before stuffing, and you can stitch up the sides while you stuff (though it’s not a very big piece so you could probably stitch and then stuff, finishing with the end of the tail). 

Because I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one wondering, I measured an Altoids box and as the pattern is written the fish are a little too big to fit in it (the box is about 4 inches/10 cm long). But you could make the fish a little smaller if you want to make a box of them. Or just make a fishy bag to put them in!

You can grab the free pattern for the little knit fish at Classical Songbird Designs. 

[Photo: Classical Songbird Designs.]