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Last night while I was working on this cowl I discovered a dropped stitch - EEP -  so I had to squirrel that stitch back up. Thank goodness it was only four rows and it was somewhat easy to work. I have no idea how that happened, but do we ever know when we drop a stitch?? 

Today is a rainy dreary day so I'm hoping for extra knitting time or reading time or both!

What are you working on this week?


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  1. AsKatKnitsMarch 23, 2022 at 7:48 AM

    Yikes! I am so glad you caught that dropped stitch. :)

    I am contemplating my next sock pattern!

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  2. VeraMarch 23, 2022 at 8:17 AM

    Your cowl looks so soft and comfy! Glad you noticed the dropped stitch before too many more rows had been knit. The sun is trying to poke out here, but rain is in our forecast. I'm hoping for knitting, stitching and reading time!

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  3. LeftycrafterMarch 23, 2022 at 8:18 AM

    Luckily you found the dropped stitch fairly quickly. I am trying to finish up a half sock. I have been busy doing some deep cleaning so knitting and other crafty endeavors have been suffering.

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  4. BonnyMarch 23, 2022 at 8:32 AM

    I always think I am being rewarded somehow when I find a dropped stitch just a few rows back and can easily fix it. We're lucky to just have cloudy weather since it won't start raining til this afternoon. My extra knitting time comes tomorrow as it's supposed to rain all day until Friday!

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  5. Judy S.March 23, 2022 at 6:06 PM

    So glad you discovered that dropped stitch before too many rows went by! I'm still working on that cowl, too, but you are much farther along that I am.

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  6. sustainablemumMarch 23, 2022 at 6:10 PM

    Ooh that was lucky, thank goodness you realised that you had dropped a stitch and only four rows down. My knitting is adding rows to my jumper.

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  7. MaryMarch 23, 2022 at 6:30 PM

    ooohh I was just thinking about using leftovers for another cowl - that is one of my favorite patterns! and meanwhile, I'm knitting Elorie and SSP.

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  8. JaneMarch 23, 2022 at 7:20 PM

    I'm glad you caught that pesky stitch. I never know that I've dropped a stitch. The work on the cardigan marches on - the second sleeve though. I did pull out some stash yarn to make a pair of fingerless mitts as a birthday gift for my niece. I wasn't going to cast on anything else until I finished the sweater but her birthday is in April. At least that's my excuse.

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  9. affectioknitMarch 24, 2022 at 10:49 AM

    Hi Karen,
    ...You are ROCKIN' that second cowl...and I agree...I think we always find the dropped stitch after the fact...and if the pattern is very complicated it can have disastrous effects...I'm glad you found yours so quickly...
    ~Have a lovely day!

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  10. kathy bMarch 24, 2022 at 12:49 PM

    YOUR COW1 IS PRETTY! I GASP WHEN I SEE A DROPPED STITCH. IHAVE FOUND THAT I DONNT DROP AS MANY STITCHES WHEN I USE BIGGER YARN . I'M NOT KNITTING ANY SOCKS RIGHT NOW A1THOUGH I HAVE SOME GORGEOS SOCK YARNS WAITING FOR ME. RIGHT NOW IM WAITING FOR SOME WORSTED TO ARRIVE....THEN I CAN START A NEW SHAW1.

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  11. StefanieMarch 27, 2022 at 6:00 PM

    Yay for catching the dropped stitch; I sometimes drop on during sock knitting. I like the soothing colors of your cowl. Is that a Joji Locatelli design?

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