Protagitron's Folly

The Big Green Fuzzy thing has been reincarnated as a Boatneck Bluebell Sweater from Stefanie Japel's Fitted Knits. Look at the following progress picture to see if you can spot my peewee-level error. And, again, I apologize for the fact that my knitwear looks like re-fried ass in my photo. It's 9:30pm in the basement. I'm not brooklyn tweed. Things will return to normal soon.

No, it's not the part where my stitches go all wacky. That's from not steaming kinked yarn before knitting with it again (learn this lesson well, children!). How about we do a comparison shot with the book?

That's right! There are only two purl ridges instead of three. Two does not equal three, silly Protagitron! Here, I've made a handy clip n' save reminder so no one else makes the same error.Laminate it, tape it to the fridge, tattoo it to your body. Just remember it, folks. I had been knitting from a photocopy, but just reading the text, and not looking at the full body picture on the other page. There isn't anything wrong with the pattern- my brain just somehow skipped over the third purl 3 rows, knit 2 rows, and I didn't notice until 24 rows into the ribbing.

But all may not be lost. I have a short little body, and I'm wondering if maybe three horizontal bars will visually shorten and widen me even more. I think I'll try on the sweater, decide if it's more flattering this way, or whether I want the dramatic pop of three purl ridges. And if I like it this way, it was always meant to be so. Okay?