Lace Knitting! Advice on a post-block fix?
Ok, so I just finished this gorgeous scarf/shawl out of some handspun BFL/Silk. Pattern is the free Horai Scarf- super chill 4 row repeat.
As I was blocking (in 4 separate stages because I don’t have enough mats), I found these two “runs” in the pattern, and I’m not sure what happened. They’re in the first quarter of the scarf, which I already had to frog about 20 inches of earlier in the process. I’m trying to decide how to handle this. (First photo is the problem in the first quarter, second is further down the scarf, what it should look like. )
Do I try to pick up the stitches, unravel from my cast on and knit the other direction to fix it (and if I do that, should I reverse the row order)? I’ve only knit one other lace item, which is still a WIP, so I’m not sure how to handle this. Is there a world where I could stitch in the missing links with a needle?
I haven’t found any other issues with it, but I’m also trying to diagnose what happened- when I look closely, it seems like the stitches are all there, and my stitch count wasn’t off, so is it a funky tension thing, or maybe an issue with an accidental decrease or something? Like, the pattern is offset by 2 stitches every other row, did I somehow line the pattern up incorrectly in those spots? ‘
I’m pretty disappointed, because I was so pleased with it, and it’s always frustrating to catch a mistake back at the beginning once you’re done. But on top of that, this was supposed to be a commissioned piece (my first-not something I plan to make a habit of), and so I really do need to address this. It’s not a “no one but you will notice, so it doesn’t matter” situation.