math fail

[wyomingnot]

Ever spend entirely too long working on a sock heel only to discover it's not right... then rip it all out and start it over only to discover it's still not right... rip it out again.. count, re-count... only to discover it's not working because 14 x 3 is not 52, it's only 42?

*headdesk*

Still have ten more rows to go before it's heel time.

*facepalm*

Here's wishing y'all better luck with your knitting tonight.

Comments

[medicalmouse]

Haha, definitely done that more times than I can count (er, pun not intended!). Of course, it's extra fun when you do that a few times, then realize the fourth time it happens that no, wait, it really is a math error in the pattern this time!

[wyomingnot]

Actually, the first thing I did was hit up the pattern on Ravelry to see if anyone else who'd done it mentioned anything. Alas, no. The problem comes from the fact that I count in threes. If I just counted one-by-one... bah.

[jenna_thorn]

My husband has given me wierd looks because when I'm doublechecking (and never the first time, no, I only check myself *after* having to tink) I'll count in threes, then turn right around, even if I get the right count, and count again in fives. If I get the same answer twice, I'm good to go. It's particularly silly looking when the count is short, like to 16 or something.

I think it was Beadslut taught me that trick, though, I can't claim it for my own.

[aedifica]

I do the recounting too, though not usually threes and fives particularly. That's a good idea, though.

But this comment is mainly to say I looove your icon.

[jenna_thorn]

A friend who crochets sent me that when she found it on LJ. 8-) I used to have a lovely one with a ball of purple yarn shaped like a heart, but really and honestly?
This one's more appropriate most of the time.

[wyomingnot]

That is an *awesome* idea! Thank you for sharing! :)

[jenna_thorn]

I miscount a lot, so I've developed a lot of tricks to help. I'm one of those people who pulls out a calculator for 8x7. Or says out loud, "Okay, 7x7 is forty nine so 50,51,52 ..."

[hugh_mannity]

I count in 3s and recount in 2s.

Works like a charm. Except when it doesn't. Then I count in 1s. If that doesn't work, I start swearing in foreign languages.