It's also the point where the chart numbering jumps from 191 to 201 for no obvious reason. Indeed, there is absolutely no obvious reason at all, so I guess this counts as another chart typo!
I have only 10 rounds of knitting left to go, almost certainly less than 20,000 stitches. The rounds are steadily getting longer, of course. They're currently hovering at around 1200 stitches per round. Also, I'm done with the hex mesh area completely. The only double yarnovers left are the ones between the outer fan segments. The leaf garlands are on their final leaf. And the outer fans are growing.
It's kind of fun to watch what happens to the leaf motifs as there are increases on one side and decreases on the other. Yup, they start leaning rather quickly. I hope it all blocks out the way it's supposed to.
There haven't been any further chart typos since the last typo report, not counting the hex mesh area.
Here's my handwritten chart of what I ended up doing. You can see eraser marks from some of my previous charts. It's not like there's only one way of handling the issue, after all! Probably any of my charts would have worked, and even with this one, there are a couple of variations I could have done on particular rows.
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| Lavori 07/30 partial rechart variation |
I started this chart at round 171, when the Lavori chart transitions to 12 pattern repeats per round. Everything up through round 181 is the same as the published chart except that there is one extra hex mesh motif per round. Everything after round 191 is the same as the published chart. So my rechart mostly applies to rounds 183 through 191.
This only shows the hex mesh area, not the rest of the doily. Also, for some rounds, the hex mesh area is partly at the beginning of the pattern repeat and partly at the end, and I didn't bother to indicate that since I could use my own judgment pretty easily. There will be 1Mv moves (move the stuff at the end of the pattern repeat to the beginning) every now and then, which again, I didn't indicate, and ditto for the places where the pattern repeat begins and ends with a yarnover.
The rounds I've marked with stars are where leaf tips (which are double decreases) get incorporated into the hex mesh.
The little vertical lines below the center motif, below round 171, are to delineate the central motif so I could keep things relatively symmetric and lined up all the way up the chart.
I tended to do directional double decreases where it made sense, but didn't chart them out specifically.
Dunno if this'll help anyone, but I thought I'd share it anyway. It might go into my final post on this doily where I also list all the chart errors and typos.
I've already started thinking about future doilies.
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I finished the charity hat I started a few weeks ago. It's already been donated. On to the next one!
The above pic shows it with the brim down. The brim can be turned up to cover the ears, or the hat can be worn as a slouch hat. Since it's all k1p1 ribbing, the brim can be turned up as much or as little as the recipient wants.
I'm still working on the Miami Vice shawl. Tomorrow should offer some good travel-knitting opportunities. I'll have the shawl with me and also supplies to start the next charity hat. Plus other non-knitting things to do, though I'm pretty sure I won't bring a spinning project.
The sweater is still sitting as I dither over how I want to handle the neck opening (so that the back is higher than the front).
And that's it for me today!
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