a frogging I go....

[lynns]

I am making a jacob's ladder afghan for my DH grandparents for Christmas,

 

I have been working on it for a week now, I was 75% done and I was looking at it and I saw that on one section between the ladders I was two DC off....

 

I look and I saw where I made a mistake and I am frogging 50% of it...

 

If it was for me I would just leave it, it is a gift and I want it to be correct.

[Dextersmom]

I'm the same way - for me leave it, but for a gift, I always have to fix it. Although I'd be tempted since you have so much of it already done. Is it very noticeable? If not then I might reconsider. Good luck!!

[lynns]

not really noticeable, but I knew it was there... hehehe

[jeannej]

I feel your frustration, Lynns! Count me as a frogger too...Even if it's not that noticeable, the fact that I know means it has to go. Here's to making up lost ground with speed...er, accurate speed.

[CrochetinMama]

RRIIIPPPPPIIITTTT..That stinks..I feel your pain... :hug

[CraftyZone]

That really can scorch you when this happens I sometimes frog things but, when I giving it as a gift I like it the right way. I had to rip things many time I know your frustration. I always like Jacobs Ladder in fact I making one in the round and had to put it down for a while lot of counting in that one. I look forward to see your afghan when it is done.

[ReniC]

Oooooh- That always fries my ham when that happens! I do not mind a "no-see' error or two but when it goes as a gift, they have to be just that. Blessings that this time will not need the frogging.

[Island Girl]

I wouldn't frog it if I were you. A few years ago I made the same pattern for my brother who's sick (gulf war syndrome, the first one). I made so many mistakes on it but I didn't feel like ripping it. Plus I needed it done right away. Anyway, when you lace it up and put the edging on it, you can't tell anythings wrong. Try it out and see if you can spot it.

[Arlinka]

I feel your pain - been there/done it. I also like everything to be "perfect" in my projects, so if I see an error or something that I don't like, I frog and fix.

Would love to see the finished item.

[dewbaby00]

There have been plenty of times when I made a mistake on a project and others never noticed, but I knew it was there and it drove me nuts.

[classic crochet]

I'd fix it too If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right. I can't wait to see your pictures!

[fritzerbear]

I'm on the don't FROG it bandwagon. If it is possible to work around the mistake, I just keep going. Then I have fun challenging the receiver to "see if they can find the mistake."

[JHablinski]

You know before I took up crochet, I thought Sister Marcel, my first grade teacher, had taught me how to count. I have a project that was going to be a gift for a dear friend; it is, at least to me, a bit complicated. There is a section that changes colors every three stitches. It has become obvious now, that despite counting the base chain several times, I can’t count. The only solution is to rip it out and start it over again, and I just haven’t found the heart, or courage to do it. Poor, poor, poor befuddled John.

 

I just finished a Beret, and I bet I worked and re-worked the first, I don’t know, 10 or 15 rounds. The pattern was in one of the magazines I get. The mag. said it was easy, and I could nock it out in an evening. It took me 4 days. If it hadn’t have had a schematic rendering, I would probably still be at it, or somewhere where I’m only allowed crayons, and no sharp instruments, and have to take my medications from the nurse several times a day.

 

So yeah, if it is a gift, and the only thing I’ve ever made for myself was a potholder, then it has to be fixed, and what really gets me, is if I would have bothered just looking at it from time to time while working the project, I would almost certainly have caught the error when it was only 1 or 2 rows back.

John Hablinski, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA