A couple of weeks ago, June 28th blog post, I wrote about a small blanket (and included the pattern) that I had knitted using two Caron Cakes without manipulating the colour changes. While I was happy with the finished blanket in general I did not like where the one colour change from the lightest colour to the darkest happened.
I did not notice this row until I was much further along in the work and, being me, I just kept knitting thinking that I could live with it. Well, when all was done and ends woven in, I decided that, no, I could not live with the obvious stripe across the middle of the work. I like the blanket and, after toying with should I just leave it alone or fix it, thought I would give the fixing a try.
The light to dark actually made the repair much easier as I could see where to follow the knitting. I took a blunt needle so that I didn’t catch any threads of the existing yarn and cut a long piece of the dark yarn. I started at the end of the row and worked backward, weaving in and out following the stitches formed originally. As it turned out, the dark yarn piece was too short and as I neared the end I had to stop and take it all out (my choice instead of adding another piece!). Read curse, curse, and curse here.
The gauge was a little tricky but I think I did a pretty good job of matching the original. I finally made it to the end (beginning) of the row and the moment of truth arrived. Did I have enough courage to cut the work in the middle? If I had made a mistake in following the original stitches I would have created a massive mess. Well, nothing ventured, nothing gained and as you can see, the scissors were in place. Eyes closed, I snipped.
Pulling the old yarn out carefully and checking for mistakes, I proceeded across the row each way from the centre snip and success!!! I pulled the work across and up and down to even out the stitches and, after I weave in those ends, it is finished and ready for blocking.
I am so much happier now with the way this little blanket looks and with myself for not giving in to the easy way and just leaving it as it was.
Thanks for looking and I hope that you have a lovely crafting and safe week ahead. Remember to be kind.
Wow! You are very brave. I don’t think I would have the courage to cut it! I didn’t mind the lighter stripe, but agree it looks even better now that you fixed it. Well done!!