I got about 1/3 of the way through the second row... and I think it was untwisting... but it was just too hard to work with. So I gave up on the pretty little braid and ripped back. My shawl will be braidless (because there's a total of 3 braids on the shawl - and if I have that much trouble with the first one...)
I've got the first two rows of lace done and I think the transition is going to be just fine...
Uh oh.....nice recovery though!
ReplyDeleteI was skimming through the FOs for this shawl and lots of people hated the braids. I cannot see them very well in the FO projects (so either they don't show up very well in the knit or the people don't have great and/or closeup pictures to show them off). My mantra -- don't knit it if you hate it. Knitting is supposed to be fun (relatively) so knit what you enjoy and too bad about the braids. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that lovely yarn doesn't need braids to showcase its beauty!
ReplyDeleteYikes...I don't blame you for coming up with an alternative plan. I bet you'll like it.
ReplyDeleteI am all for the path of least resistance. You had me in an earlier post when you admitted despite the logic, you don't always read through a pattern or check gauge -- swoon. My hero. Your shawl will turn out awesome, I'm not worried for ya.
ReplyDeleteOh no, that's a shame. I did that braid thing once at the Knitters Guild, even when it works I still think it was a PITA. Boo! And I wanted to knit that pattern ... didn't realize that was part of it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous color! WOW!
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