Apparently there is a correlation between knitting and that saying about the forest and the trees…
Remember how I mysteriously put my cables on the back of my Pasa Doble shaw? Well I took my knitting and the pattern to the wonderful folks at Knit Wits in Evansville, Indiana (a-not-so-local-yarn-store) and begged for help. The lovely lady (I believe her name was Chris – but I could be wrong because I’m horrible with names) dutifully checked for errata online, read and re-read the pattern and carefully examined my knitting. After about 20 minutes of these she turned to me and said… the cables are fine! It’s the bobbles that are on the wrong side… and she promptly pushed the back through to the other side.
DOH! DOH! DOOOOOH!
That’s what I get for not paying attention to the whole Right Side/Wrong Side bits of the pattern. In theory I shouldn’t have to redo what I’d already done but some of the stitches on the bobbles loosened up on their journey to the other side and they kinda stick out now. So I’m going to tie off this bit of folly and start again. I may even frame it as a reminder that it’s good to get excited by a pattern but don’t get so excited that you lose your common sense – geez!
By the way – Cindy M and Paula D thought it was hilarious… or maybe they were just laughing at all my irritated expressions when I told them about it….