This is why I should check patterns on Ravelry before attempting to knit. Because when over 16,000 people have knit the same shawl, surely SOMEONE has some good advice.
I have been working on Color Affection, and everyone and their mother made this shawl years ago. I just started the second color, but I am starting to have my doubts. The inside edge is simply too tight. The part that would rest around my neck and drape around my shoulders is very tight.
So today, I got the bright idea of going on Ravely to check people's comments. Sure enough, a bunch of people mentioned the followed Yarn Harlot's advice and added a yarn over at the beginning/end of the row, then dropped in the next row, to make a looser edge. A number of people also change the type of increase to something far simpler.
So now I have a decision. Do I plug on? Or do I rip out and start over, with the modifications? I know what I SHOULD do. I should start over. I hate that idea, but I know that it will always bother me. It isn't just an extreme curling edge, the edge is so tight that the increases are puckering. Maybe those puckers will be hidden by my hair, but I would know that they are there.
Today, it is all about the dilemma.
