Today's work on the cardigan was a day of slow progress, frustration, and of learning. I attended a small knitting group at my work for an hour at lunch and completed "Separate the sleeves" without issue, and then was promptly stumped by the following decrease row.
The pattern did not quite make sense. Basically, it was vague and asymmetrical. So, I planned to visit a local knit night where several people gather at a local cafe to knit. My hope was to find out how I was misunderstanding the pattern. However, the discrepancy stumped even the more experienced knitters there.
On returning home, I looked over the Ravelry pattern page for the project and found a list of corrections to the pattern which the author has posted to her website. These corrections are not integrated into the pattern. The section I was having issues with appeared to have had a correction posted about two years ago which was not integrated into the pattern I purchased a few days ago. So, using these updated directions I was able to complete the decrease row. I wonder how many more of the "Errata" items are needed to successfully complete the pattern?
Ah well, time to press on and continue knitting the body of the cardigan. The trick will be getting a good fit when the recipient is not living in the same city. I think I'll be calling her and asking for a few more measurements!
There was learning. There was frustration! There was PROGRESS.
So, todays Adventure in Knitting leaves me wondering how other people handle it when the pattern doesn't work? Let us know!
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