Cheating

Pictured above are the two "netting" sections from each of the body panels of Bonbon arranged for comparison. I made a mistake in one of them along the top line of stranded stitches. I misread the pattern for that line and omitted the strands only to discover the error two rows later.

Rather than rip back I decided to try to fake the netting effect by weaving a single line of white yarn through the work in a way that would mimic the correct version. Can you tell which one is which?

How about across the back of the work?

I really can't tell the difference!

I'm not usually one for cheating. It always bothers me to know I've cut a corner and I tend to fixate on the error I know is there even if no one else notices.

Grumperina has a great post today with a video showing how she minimizes ladders when crossing between dpn's on socks and in it she shows some very minor ladders in her helical socks which she says are essentially inevitable. They don't bother her. It's time I stopped letting minor imperfections bother me and I'm going to start with my invisible cheat across the netting section.

I'm past the dotted section on the first sleeve with no problems in the netting after finishing both body panels...

Hopefully I'll finish that sleeve this weekend and cast on for the second. My little travel pack is ready to go wherever I do so a precious knitting minute is never wasted...

But where are the other colours? Clearly only a couple are fitting into that little sac of goodies...

No problem - check out one of the great features of the new summer bag My Beloved picked out for me! You don't even know they are they 'till you need 'em!