I’ve gotten to row 7 thanks to the help I got at Ravely, and I’m confused! This row starts off (looking at the chart) with two stitches that the legend says mean “no stitch”. Huh?What do I do here? Slip the stitches without knitting them? Knit them together? Meditate on the meaning of life?
I WILL understand this pattern if it kills me! I’m having fun with it, so that’s a good sign. I’m just stuck right now.
Well, I think these pictures are better. What do you think? I used my same light tent, but instead of lamps, I used natural sunlight and tinkered with the settings on my camera with each shot (the strength of the sunlight kept changing thanks to clouds moving over the sun).
The new and improved image is on the left. The old, not-so-great image is on the right. The Etsy listing is here 
Photography is difficult for me. I need to take better pictures of my jewelry, and I’ve got a good camera, but somehow my setup skills are lacking. Today I’m going to do some research on how to take GOOD jewelry pictures. One of my favourite jewelry business websites is Jewelry Business Success Tips. Unfortunately, they don’t have a whole lot of information on photography that I am not already aware of. Looks like I’ll be doing some hunting today. I wish I could get my hands on some brighter lights. I think that is a big part of my problem.
Okay, not an idiot. Just not familiar with yarn over increases in a lace knitting pattern! Thanks to the lovely people at Ravelry, I’ve figured out what my problem was. I thought that when a pattern said “yo” (no, not like Rocky says “Yo, Adrian!”) it meant to put the yarn in front and knit the stitch, which increases your stitches by 1. But no, it means to put the yarn in front. The pattern says “yo, k1″, so I did yo plus k1, then another k1, so I was using too many stitches.
Problem solved. She can be taught!
