Lesson Learned

This is so cliche that I can't even begin to fathom WHY I did it.

I freaking ASSUMED. o.0 Yup.

I made an ass out of ME and ME. Double Whammy Baby!

See yesterday I made a post about a few things. One of them being that I needed to practice my yarn overs. It's a really SIMPLE technique so why on earth would I need to practice it?

Well I just ASSUMED that I was supposed to make a knit stitch at the end of a yo. Um no.  *falls over*

Why do I have to over complicate things? This has been bothering me for a WEEK and it only just occurred to me yesterday evening when I was playing around with some stitch patterns that I shouldn't be making a knit stitch after the yo UNLESS it says so. *light bulb*

I finally caught on after frogging the damn row back a few times. I cast on my play swatch for 35 stitches.  But when I was only halfway through the pattern stitches I only had 1/3 of the stitch's on the left needle to work with. Obviously the designer was crazy right? I mean just because a million knitters have likely done this pattern before me and have done it without complaint doesn't mean that they didn't just luck out and that I am so detailed and clever that I was the one to find such a tragic flaw. Right? I mean just because I've only been knitting a little over a month doesn't mean that I might be the one with the mistake. I freaking know everything there ever was to know about everything. :P

So yeah I wondered about the designers sanity for about 1.5 seconds before looking at the chart she provided and that's when it hit me. Hmmm some of the YO's further along in the pattern have purls after them. Maybe I shouldn't be putting a knit stitch behind the YO unless it says so. Then I counted up the stitches per row and saw that yup, that's what it was. Heh. *does a happy I learned something dance*

I was adding an extra stitch every time I did a yarn over. No wonder I thought I couldn't do yarn overs. I made this all so much more complicated than it needed to be. I undermined my confidence in my ability to learn new stuff and I didn't think such a simple situation through.

This leaves me wondering. Why did I just assume that the yarn over needed a stitch at the end. It doesn't say that. o.0

So after having the yarn over epiphany the rest of the stuff like the ssk and the sk2po all just seemed so simple. If I take the stitch at face value and don't think there's some secret all knitters but me know and just do it the way it reads then it will be okay. Or mostly okay. *L*

I did 20 rows of the pattern in question last night. I'm pleased. I like it a lot.

It will be the project I take with me on the plane. :D

It's a lacy scarf called Liesel  from Yummy Yarn. I like it a lot. Looks like Elm Leaves. :D

I've been playing around with lacy patterns for a week now but the who not getting that a yarn over is simply that and not some yok1 or something has really kept me from making any real progress.

It all seems so much easier to understand now. I can do this!

I just need to select which yarn I want to use for the actual scarf. I would prefer to use a natural animal fiber yarn since it's supposed to block the best and I've never blocked an open pattern before.

I think I actually want to use a solid color or at least variegated within the same color range for this so that the pattern of the leaves will be the main eye catcher. :D

This is going to be so fun!

Comments

[Cookie]

You learned a good one, sweetie.

Overthinking can land us in trouble. YOs are a good example. I'm proud of you for working it out and getting it figured out.

[Janey]

Each person has their own Everset - including with yarn overs.
My particular faux pas was not caring whether I "yarned over" in a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction - because I figured it would all come out right in the end.

Ha!

My mantra now is "yarn over clockwise".
Can't remember where I read it, but it has certainly been a life/pattern saver.

[findingher]

Liesel is so pretty. I had a hard time understanding it at first, and then it clicked. My mom got it for her birthday :) (Damn, I never keep anything, it seems).