#knittingfail

Lessons learned: Not all stitch patterns work for a circular yoke. After several tries, thinking long and hard and doing the math over and over again, I have learned that this stitch pattern is not suited for a circular yoke. Let me try to explain why... The first version I knit - pictured in the post from a few days ago - was way to small because I increased too little around the neck. The second version - pictured above - fits perfectly around the neck, but is 5 to 6 repeats too wide around the shoulder to bust area. In order to maintain the zigzag pattern, it is necessary to place a certain amount of increases in very specific places of the stitch pattern. But for the yoke to fit, I would need to place the increases differently. The zigzag pattern has too few increases around the neckband and too many increases in the last rows of the stitch pattern. 🤷‍♀️ So, what to do now? I am not ready to give up on this design idea, yet. As soon as I find the time, I will sit down and try to rearrange the stitch pattern - hopefully to look similar to what you see above but allowing for a better positioning of the increases. 🤞 I will keep you updated. Wishing you all a lovely Sunday! 🤗 #circularyoke #yokesweater #yokes #circularyokesweater #herbgardenknitwear #designer #designfail #knittingfail #knittingfailures #knittinglife #myLifeAsAKnitwearDesigner #herbgardenknitwear #herbgardenknitwearYokes #knitting #knitter #learnfrommymistakes #knittinghelp #knitweardesign #knitweardesigner #knitterslove #yokelove #circularyokelove https://www.instagram.com/p/Co1wSFqozYp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m glad it was short!

I have been knitting this alpaca sweater and when it's all done and I try it on the arms are like one cm to tight. 😭 I can get it on but it doesn't look as nice as it should be. Well, guess I have to give it away because I'm not redoing it. 😑 #knittingfail #stickångest #knitting #stickat

A Yoke Fail (aka Learn From My Mistakes) Last Thursday I cast on a new sweater. And to be honest it was the first design in quite some time I was absolutely thrilled about. I could not stop working on it. 🙌 Sadly I realised yesterday in the evening that I increased too little around the neck and the yoke is not going to fit. So, I need to frog it all the way to the neckband. But before I do, I wanted to show you how you can tell as early in the yoke as possible, if it is going to fit or not. Fold it in half like on the second picture and look at the shoulder slope. If it is curved inwards then it is going to be too small and cause the neckline to push up against you neck instead of lying flat. You can see that in comparism, on my other sweaters (which fit perfectly), the shoulder is curved outwards instead. This is what you want and it is achieved by increasing rapidly around the neckband. I hope this helps! Now send me the streng to rib back three days of knitting. 😱 #knittingfail #knitgonewrong #knittinggonewrong #knittingfails #knittingfailures #herbgardenknitwear #circularyokesweater #colorworksweaters #knitting #knitter #knitters #knittersofinstagram #knittinglife #designinglife #designerlife #holstsupersoft #holstgarn #colorworkknitting #colourwork #strandedknitting #strandedcolorwork #strandedcolourwork https://www.instagram.com/p/Cojy1Oeoes_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Nope...and this is the neater of 2 attempts. Going to crochet the tiny heart appliqué instead and THIS will get chopped up and added to the stuffing bag #knitting #knittingfail https://www.instagram.com/p/ChHbczHrgKY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Something didnt work out right... #knittingfail #knitfastdiewarm #knitting https://www.instagram.com/p/CUtT6HKDvNp/?utm_medium=tumblr

Got this book in a Browse Bag from my library and decided to try to make the only garment in it that I liked, the Cormac Cardi. However I found errors almost immediately and when I searched on Ravelry there’s notes on several more errors later in it. So I frogged about four hours worth of knitting but it did put me in the mood to knit myself a cardigan. Off to search on Ravelry. #knittingpattern #knittingfail #knitting #librarybook https://www.instagram.com/p/CLilXibDcst/?igshid=1pa86s4gq040a

At least, when you need to frog to the cast-on edge because you knit the hem with the wrong size needle, you can pick up the stitches with the right size needle and then frog down without a worry. #knittingfail #Imessedupknittingapatternthatiwrote #itsonlystockinette #hatknitting #knittersofinstagram #knitfixes #pickingupstitches https://www.instagram.com/p/CJRnQheDgMz/?igshid=xv00ssnb8c0