kumara diamonds for kayla finished and lessons learned
I didn't finish it in time to bring it to Kayla last Saturday night. I blame work. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. As a relatively newby knitter (I learned when I was about 10 but stopped knitting for decades before finding a passion for it about 2 years ago), I learned a few lessons from this hat pattern. I am happy to share them. I got this one right. Knit a gauge swatch. I knitted a fairly big swatch with the recommended needles in the diamond pattern. M1 (make 1) stitches can make holes if you don't do them correctly. I started the M1 row and realized they weren't invisible new stitches as advertised. What was I doing wrong? I followed directions I found on a YouTube video, but I got little holes. I reread the directions in the pattern which state: "insert LH needle under horizontal strand between st just worked and next st, from the front to the back, knit through the back loop." Examining my method...