So I decided to pick up April Come She May again. I put a few more rows on it and discovered something disappointing. The pattern is only half done. The sleeve chart only goes to row 41 - but the raglan shaping actually continues on to Row 76. The only instructions are "Continues working rows 1 and 2 up to row 76".
But it's not that easy - placement of the flowers changes because of the increase of the raglan. So you can't just repeat those two rows without some serious forethought.
I sat down Sunday night and charted the remainder out
If I'd paid for this pattern, I'd be annoyed (I got it when it was offered on a free promo). If I wasn't a designer, or a less experienced knitter, I'd be really ticked off. Unless you have a decent amount of experience with charting and top down construction, it would be pretty darn hard to figure out. So a word of warning if this is in your queue - knitter beware!
5 comments:
The warning is helpful. I need very serious instructions with few errata. I am not an intuitive knitter.
Im taking a break too and going to work on some baby booties.
Yikes. Major hiccup! At least with your experience you could carry on... That would have been a headache for me!!
I HATE when that happens in a pattern. I had that issue with the Lillehammer sweater.The sleeve decreases were not charted out in Fair Isle so I had to figure out how to stay in pattern while losing my stitches. It was a nightmare.
I agree; it makes me crazy when a pattern has errors, especially if I paid for it. Don't like knots in my yarn either. That does look like a pretty shawl though. Glad you figured it out and glad I found your blog!
Thanks for the warning, I will also have to do this when I get to it in my queue. I'm sure the brain will kick in, it usually does even if I don't expect it to
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