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#FixingFiberFeb
One of the benefits of making your own accessories and/or garments is that you can fix them if something happens. One of the downsides of making your own accessories and/or garments is that you have to fix them if something happens. So far I have only made 1 repair of a knitted object, and that was a blanket I made for my grandma. I’ve avoided fixing a number of items that were made for me. My mending pile currently has 3 items in it: Moonstone Mittens, whose thumbs came undone Droplets sweater, which has a couple very noticeable ladders on one sleeve My Beginner Raglan, whose armpit came loose on…
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Fixing Knitting Mistakes by Laddering Down
You know that moment when you look down at your knitting and realize it doesn’t look right? It sucks. It’s terrifying. It’s frustrating. It makes you question what kind of knitter you are – will you rip the whole thing back? Will you accept the mistake and keep moving on? Or – how could you have been so stupid as to make that mistake? This usually happens when I’m talking too much and not paying enough attention to my knitting. Case in point: when I made this error in my Hot and Bothered Cable Dress I was at knit night. Often when I find a mistake, especially far down in…
