Oof. I got so far with this sweater and then last weekend when I was to the point where I was binding off to shape the back yoke, I realized I'd made a rather significant mistake. My side marker was placed wrong. Like 10 stitches wrong. Because I didn't read the right line of the pattern. O. M. G. This is the problem with a) multitasking, b) patterns that just go along and say "knit to marker" instead of giving a count, and c) not double checking marker placement. Darn.
I thought for a hot second (or two, or three) about how I could add columns of knitting to one side and remove them from the other and hope blocking was kind to me, but I decided that it would end up bothering me if the fit was even slightly wonky. I also talked it over my friend Madison who is a more experienced sweater knitter than I. While she appreciated that the approach might work in theory, she advised against it. She also shared a story of a time she had to redo a substantial amount of a sweater recently which was a bit of a comfort (misery loves company). So I ripped it back. 14 inches of knitting. So. Sad. I did not rip back the ribbing, that was unnecessary and would have been awful to re-do given my feelings about knitting 1x1 rib. I had just started my fourth skein of yarn and by now I have finished re-knitting the body to the end of one skein with just an evening of effort, so it will come back quickly, but wow. That was painful. Count your stitches, people. And then count them again.
