Yarn over!

[afuna]

I was doing yarnover wrong!

So... yarnover is basically adding an additional loop (which will end up making a hole for decorative purposes) before making another stitch. I thought that yarnover was adding another loop and then making another stitch to anchor the new loop.

So, when the pattern called for (yo, k1), I ended up doing (yo, k1, k1), which threw me off the count completely.

(This post probably won't make sense to you unless you knit *g*)

(Thank you synecdochic and hobbitblue for providing suggestions to make the pattern line up, until I got my EUREKA\o/ moment.)

Comments

[jackalibis]

I end up doing stuff like that _all the time_. It doesn't help that I don't have constant access to the books that make sense to me on how to knit, so I often end up using the info in the back (or sometimes front) of the pattern book I'm working from. And 8 out of 10 times, it only leaves me more confused. This is why I'll usually crochet whenever I pick up the yarn. It's what I learned as a kid, and it's practically second nature. Knitting is still difficult for me. Except on double-points for some strange reason... o_O

BTW, hi! *waves* You were on my network. ^__^

[afuna]

I usually end up following along on knittinghelp.com, because I've gotten used to continental style, and the book I have seems to be using something else *rueful* So I hear you on getting confused when switching between sources!

And hi back! Pleased to meet you *grin*