So what do you do when you make a mistake, you can't figure out the mistake and it is such a mistake where you would have to think about altering the whole pattern the best you can? I was almost 3/4 of the way through the first page on a HAED design when I realized that my counting was off, buy about 6 stitches working r-l. I am doing tent stitches on 28 ct even weave, first time using all of this, so I am pretty sure it was a gradual mistake, a stitch here another there and in the end...well I couldnt handle it. I stopped, made a grid on a piece of fabric and restarted working l-r like I usually do. I dont know why I started r-l the first time. I am still trying the tent stitch on the 28ct evenweave, paying even more careful attention, I did make a small stitch mistake, but I caught it in time and altered my stitches and was back to normal in a flash.
But what do you do when you make a mistake like this. I know that if I had left it and went back to it later I would have been just as frustrated, its been 4 days since I re-started and it still bugs me (even though I am farther now stitch wise than I was on the original when I stopped). So starting over was my only option, but I cant imagine if this had happened farther along. I probablly would have cried.
What do you do?
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What do you do?
WIP:
HAED Ravene
Disney Princess Stained Glass
Planned:
HAED Mini Citrine Chrysanthemum
HAED Treasure Hunt Bookshelf
HAED Ravene
Disney Princess Stained Glass
Planned:
HAED Mini Citrine Chrysanthemum
HAED Treasure Hunt Bookshelf
Re: What do you do?
If I can keep working with the mistake, I'm okay with that. If the mistake is something I can't work around or will be noticeable, I try to frog it. If it's too big to frog, or if I can figure out how to stitch around the mistake so it still looks good, I start over. That happened to me recently with Puppy Love. I had miscounted in two directions and it would have taken way to long to straighten it out, so I ordered a new piece of fabby and started anew.
Debby
(main) WIPs
Angel of Love
History of Mythical Creatures
Cache la Poudre
Past Present Forever
Innocent Dreams
(main) WIPs
Angel of Love
History of Mythical Creatures
Cache la Poudre
Past Present Forever
Innocent Dreams
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Re: What do you do?
I walk away for a few days (or months lol). Do something else. Come back with a fresh mind and fresh working chart - mark off squares of ten checked and correct until the mistake comes out.
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