Sunday I was able to spend some time with the Wallaby sweater. Specifically, it was time to pick up the stitches for what will be the front pocket--the feature that makes it a Wallaby in the first place. I've never done this particular procedure before and it wasn't easy--picking up a proscribed number of stitches across a broad area.
I sectioned the area off, but still had trouble getting the right number of stitches distributed evenly. And I had even more trouble picking up the stitches from the correct row. I was reading the back section of the pattern, which is very wordy by the way, and see that a knitter had suggested carrying a contrasting piece of yarn across that row in preparation for the stitch pickup later. That's a good suggestion and I wish my eye had fallen on that paragraph before I started.
What's that they always say about reading the entire pattern through before you begin?
I sectioned the area off, but still had trouble getting the right number of stitches distributed evenly. And I had even more trouble picking up the stitches from the correct row. I was reading the back section of the pattern, which is very wordy by the way, and see that a knitter had suggested carrying a contrasting piece of yarn across that row in preparation for the stitch pickup later. That's a good suggestion and I wish my eye had fallen on that paragraph before I started.
What's that they always say about reading the entire pattern through before you begin?
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