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Oh, for the love of all that’s holy…

I feel like the biggest dork in the world.

So this is the back of Torgeir, from Elsbeth Lavold’s Viking Knits 1. Cute sweater, and I’m knitting it in the 2 year old size. At least, I will be when I can stop swearing at myself long enough to rip it out. See the cables along the side, there? They’re supposed to be 8-row cables. And the very first one, down at the very bottom there, is. But for the rest, I somehow managed to convince myself they were a 10-row repeat. This despite thinking they looked too long for the entirety of the back. Gotta love it.

I realized this when I looked at the chart again as I started the front. So now, the front will be the back, the back will be ripped out, and I’ll get right on all of that once I’ve cast on a little palate cleanser. I was thinking that I should wind up my Sundara silk lace and either do Icarus or the Cleopatra Wrap with it as a palate cleanser. Any votes?

17 thoughts on “Oh, for the love of all that’s holy…”

  1. Kristy

    Does it *need* to be an 8 row repeat? Maybe the 10 row repeat could be a design choice….

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  2. desiknitter

    I had the same question – can’t it just be a 10-repeat? Love the colour!

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  3. Heather

    Icarus as a palate cleanser? You are an intrepid knitter…

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  4. Ashley

    Design element! Design element! It’s not a mistake if you do the front like that too!

    As for the palate cleanser, I am newly enamored with triangular shawls, so I’d vote Icarus.

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  5. jillian

    “palate cleanser” – hee hee! What a great use for that phrase!

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  6. Bella

    At least you’re brave to notice the mistake, curse a bit, and then proceed to rip and redo. Heck, you go the next mile and cleanse your palete with a lace shawl. Thats beyond brave and venturing into fearless. I’ll cast my vote for Icarus but both are gorgeous.

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  7. Michelle

    I’d go with the design element voters. 🙂 Or, if you are really bothered by the irregularity in the cables, rip out the bottom and redo that with the 10 row cable.

    If you’re bothered by the mistake itself, well… I guess that means ripping it out.

    I’d go with one of the easier fixes myself.

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  8. diana

    Dammit!

    I vote for cleopatra wrap as the palate cleanser.

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  9. Lin

    Oh no, what a pain. Never mind, go for Icarus!

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  10. tiennie

    Oh no! I hope it doesn’t take too long to get back to where you were. Icarus or Cleo – both lovely!

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  11. Rachel

    Uff da, how unfortunate! I’d classify this under the “only a knitter would know” category, and even with that in mind I wouldn’t have necessarily noticed! I think it looks great with the 10 row repeat, but on the other hand, I’m a firm supporter of fixing if you KNOW it’s going to drive you crazy whenever you see it. Good luck with whatever you decide!

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  12. Jessica

    Doh! Happens to the best of us. I think either shawl would be a lovely change from cables. 🙂

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  13. nova

    Design element! I think Cleopatra, since it’s so shiny and new.

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  14. Brenda

    I vote for the Cleopatra Wrap as the palate cleanser (great choice of words btw). Such a pretty blue in the sweater. It will be a beautiful sweater.

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  15. Elin

    That’s a gorgeous blue!
    And I vote for Cleopatra because that’s what I’m planning to do with the exact same yarn.

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  16. Octopus Knits

    Heh! I do things like that all the time!
    Either Icarus or the Cleopatra wrap would be beautiful…

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  17. Erin

    Cleopatra is my vote. Sorry about the sweater mishap…but it looks BEAUTIFUL.

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