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Post by Jen in NCal on Oct 16, 2016 1:33:13 GMT
I have been working on a project for my mom off and on for a couple of years. It's a beautiful entrelac ruana. I'll try to post a picture below. Anyway, the entrelac squares are supposed to be 12 stitches by 12 rows. At some point, early on in the project, some of the squares ended up being more rows than they should be. I didn't catch it until I was rows beyond those points. Right now there is a huge offset when I fold it in half. Can that be fixed by blocking? I haven't worked on it in weeks because I am so worried it's permanently messed up. Frogging it at this point would be hard, but not out of the question. ETA: I have no idea how to post pictures, so here is the link. It shows the differential. |
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Post by pjaye on Oct 16, 2016 1:45:12 GMT
Firstly it's gorgeous...love the colors.
But you say "huge offset" so I doubt that can be fixed by blocking. Blocking is there to even out the stitches, straighten the work and give it better definition, but it really isn't there to correct large mistakes on counting.
As this is a gift, I personally could not gift it knowing it was less than my best work. I'd have to pull it back to the mistake and redo it from that point.
Are you really happy to give something away that you already know has major flaws?
Just pull it out and redo it and chalk it up to a crochet 'life lesson' of always making sure your stitch count is right every few rows.
ETA: I just looked at the picture again, that's the actual difference...not just folded creatively? Then no, no way blocking can fix that. |
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Post by Jen in NCal on Oct 16, 2016 2:02:09 GMT
That's the actual difference. I think I have been in denial about having to start it over. There are a couple of other errors that I see constantly. I think that is why it has been an off and on project. If I was really happy with it, I wouldn't be able to put it down.
The cats love it so I think I will give it to them. If I make it a throw for DH and I then it will still get used. I'll start a new one for my mom.
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momto4kiddos
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Post by momto4kiddos on Oct 16, 2016 13:55:29 GMT
Seems like you have a plan... Where do you see the difference - when you fold it, does it not line up? Or are you seeing that some of the blocks seem to be longer than others?
I think we can always see our own errors best and they seem huge when they may not be. With that said, I guess it depends on your feeling... If you were making it as a gift, i'd probably redo. If say my dd just liked it, i'd probably just let it go and give it to her.
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Post by gillyp on Oct 16, 2016 14:15:27 GMT
Good advice from the ladies above ^^ . I've never done entrelac so am not sure of the construction but reckon you have up to 4 remedies. 1. If it were like knitting, you would be able to put in a row like tacking stitches below the error, to hold the stitches in place, then snip and pull out the extra rows and graft the remainder together? I don't know if that would work? 2. Do more areas with too many rows and make a design feature of the error. 3. As has been said, frog back and continue with the correct number of rows. 4. As you said, use it yourself and start a new one. I agree blocking will not fix it and as it's an item to be worn, rather than a throw, I would have to make it right if it were my work.  Such pretty colours! |
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Post by spitfiregirl on Oct 16, 2016 17:17:46 GMT
just frog it. Frogging is part of the game. Once you frog and restart you'll feel so much better. No big deal. I frog all the time, then i redo and I LOVE it when there are no errors.
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Post by Mary_K on Oct 16, 2016 18:00:17 GMT
I don't do ANY yarn work of ANY kind so I don't have any advice.
That doesn't mean I don't appreciate beautiful yarn work though.
That is stunning!
Mary K
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Post by redshoes on Oct 16, 2016 20:12:32 GMT
I love the colors....I'm in the camp of starting over unless you can frog just the parts that are wrong and correct those...not sure if that is possible with the techniques you've used (I'm not familiar with entrelac).
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Post by **Angie** on Oct 16, 2016 20:16:25 GMT
What does it look like unfolded?
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Such pretty colours!
