Originally Posted by
DaylilyDawn
This blanket I am working on is for one of my daughter's co-workers. I just spent the entire evening unknitting the progress I had made to correct a big mistake I made. It is a lacework pattern called Faux Braid. It has 14 rows to the pattern that starts with Row 1 and once all 14 rows are done the next repeat starts with Row 3. All even numbered rows are wrong side. Wish me luck on finishing it.
I feel your pain! The only way I can do a lace pattern is to put each row on a separate index card then progress through the stack card by card (row by row). Also putting in life lines (thread a piece of thinner yarn of a contrasting color through all the stitches in a row -leave the stitches on the needle) as a marker that everything below the marker is correct. If you have to rip back, the life line will hold your stitches so you can pick them up again. Lace is so beautiful it's worth the effort, I think! Good luck!