I started a Lelah shirt for my daughter this weekend. My goal was to work on it all weekend and hopefully finish it or be close to finish by Monday. I'll add straps since she's only 12, and make a one skein wonder out of the same cotton ease to match it. I want to give it to her for her 13th birthday in a few weeks. Well it's now Sunday evening and here it is.....
yea nowhere. I've frogged twice and tinked back once. No matter how many times I count stitches, by the time I end the round, I have 2-3 extra stitches. I can't figure out where I'm going wrong. It's sooooo frustrating. So now I put it down. I'm working on Branching out. I'll finish it before I start again. I have until Sept 22nd to get it right.
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What I found helpful when I did my Lelah was to put in stitch markers between each repeat of the lace so I could see where I had added the stitches. The lace pattern is actually quite forgiving so that if you forget to YO, you can just pick up the strand between your stitches when you come back around it. I also found that I sometimes forgot to PSSO on some of the decreases and I'd end up with an extra stitch. Again, it's pretty easy to remedy when you come back around and notice it, so you doon't have to frog. It's a pain in the butt to frog, so I don't suggest doing it. Just make sure to check you gauge for the top carefully. I didn't swatch on circulars for the full 4 inches and ended up off by a total of 4 inches and had to frog the whole thing! Best of luck with your Lelah!
Thanks, I plan to retry again this weekend. I'll try the stitch markers as well. I have a month to get it rihgt. My daughter really loves the pattern.
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