I saw someone's recommendation to place stitch markers to see where each triangle short row was to end and that helped me so much. I think the fact that you're still going to end with the correct color means that you did this perfectly even if it's a different number of triangles. Embrace the uniqueness and it will still turn out so lovely.
Your shawl is beautiful ❤ you haven't made a mistake you've made it unique, that's what I always say when I've made a 'mistake ' and I still do after 40 years of knitting 🤦♀️ love your vlogs xx
Aww Martyn what a night mare, I love the way you showed up all your trials and tribulations, glad you have it sorted I would have locked it in a cupboard and never spoken of it again Well done for keeping going xxx
I am still on clue 2, brioche for the first time ever in my first shawl ever!! Couple of funky areas - sound familiar? Going slow as I have tendinitis in my elbow.
Hi Martyn, Mark is a sadist! First MCAL, you have to do brioche the designer made the shawl with brioche in mind! You knit it then Mark! 😂😂😂😂 Well done on your first shawl. It's amazing and no shows you however you have come on your crafting journey! I've been knitting since I was seven, brownies!, and I'm now on the wrong side of sixty and have never done brioche and at the moment have no plans to ever do so. 😂 I do love the grey stripes in the star flake shawl. It did need it to real up the pink. Another unique to Martyn feature. Happy Crafting xxJane 🐑🌼
Your shawl is looking stunning, Martyn! What a heart stopping discovery, to find a miscount like that. I watched the last clue video (and the finished shawl is stunning!), and i want to caution you to use stitch markers if/when you do the optional wave border. I think you may need to slightly adjust your stitch count, to match the scallops. Looking forwatd to eventually seeing the final reveal!
Such a lovely video as always. Goodness Martyn, I could feel the stress of it! Well done to you for sorting it out so well...phew! I agree I love this design and think it will be my favourite so far of my three, that's what's keeping me going, I'm way behind you though 😊
Seems like a lot of people made this mistake. This is why I put in stitch makers for every repeat before I started and it helped stay on track. I definitely learned my lesson before.
ps: The reason I ripped out and re-knitted the correct stitch count is because my edge was three stitches too short on each MC triangle. I read clue four and I really want to add a few fun rows to the edge, which meant I would have to find a way to add three extra stitches and M1's for each Mc triangle. I tried it and thought they looked quite cramped when I checked against Stephen's final shawl border, so I opted for losing a couple of night's knitting and doing my clue three again. Hope that makes sense and helps. It looks like you will be good to go on the edge because you've done the correct number of edge stitches. I'm sure you and Mark will figure it out but just thought I would share my experience as I have done the same thing. I'm sure we won't be alone ha ha. Happy Knitting from Australia. 🌷🧶🌷
Oh Martyn! Man you broke my heart had me about to cry with those sad faces. Mark is part angel I am sure. So are all of the partners we are blessed to have help us through those moments!!! Bless him. Embrace your translation on the pattern and make it your own. Your bravery inspires us. Thank you. J
Hi Martyn loving your shawl, I have done the same 🤦🏽♀️ on clue 3 I left it and will sort out the final edging. I love the shawl. Have a great week ❤❤❤
I love your videos Martyn, it’s so nice of you to show us around where you live, it’s looks lovely. Hi to Mark, it’s always great to see him in the videos. Loving your new shawl, colours are stunning. Cheers Chris 🇦🇺😁
Hello martyn, not doing mkal but definitely enjoying the ride ,feeling your frustration and all the joy. It’s going to be gorgeous. Love your starflake❤the colours are my favourite 😊
THANK YOU!!!! When you talked about how you made an error in the scallops, it made me look at mine. I discovered five scallops back, I had only done two triangles. Unfortunately my maths would not afford me the same luck so I tinked back and fixed it. That’ll teach me not to look back at my work - which takes but moments while tinking is a time suck. Love your Starflake - inspires me to make one.
I had the same thing happen. I ended up with 2 extra MC scallops and 2 extra CC scallops…so you and I must have read the pattern the same way. I did have to ‘create’ a few extra MC stitches to make the I-cord work at the very end. But it all worked out beautifully at the end.
I had fun with my scallops, I saw on the ravelry group to use stitch markers 3 and 18, the trick is doing one extra turn on the contrast colour. Needless to say I've been backwards and forwards multiple times! You're not alone, big hugs xxx
With the outer boarder i think you are going to have to change the ratio of yarn overs and knit together for the wave but I think it will be fine. take a look at the mystery socks from this summer they use the same pattern but a different ratio in the main color of the first weeks clue. Your shawl looks amazing
I love it, Martin. You’re my inspiration to make that shawl at some point. It looks fabulous when you hold it up and when you wear it, you don’t have to examine it for those details. (Starflake)
Huzzah for bodgy maths 🎉 I've had to hibernate my mkal for a couple of weeks, I'm solo parenting and I don't have the capacity to follow a pattern and herd children. Does mean my garter abyss is getting some work, so technically I'm still west knitting in October 😊
Hi Martin, I don't think I've ever commented on your channel before. I've been watching since MKAL 2023. 😊 Clue3 was challenging for sure. I think the pattern should say to make sure you are joining the correct number of stitches for each scallop/triangle when you are k2tog with the border, if that makes sense because getting to the end of the row, then realizing you are way off... would be very sad. I started feeling concerned about that after about four triangles and had to go study the pattern to figure out the exact count... if I hadn't, I would have made the same mistake! I really like your scallops, alternating the mohair looks nice. 😊
Hi Martyn, I think I'm going to be on track with you and should start part 4 on Sunday evening. I'm loving doing this so far and can finally understand why people make more than one - second time must be quite relaxing! Thank goodness for Stephen's no stress approach!!!
Love love love your shawl, your colours are perfection!!! And you are human, thank you for sharing your”bonus” clue excitement, great save🎉 You are a delight, always inspiring, carry on🧡🧡🧡
i'm pretty sure i made the same exact mistake on my triangles. i have no idea what i did either but i think i wasn't repeating enough even though each section has 3 wedges. i ended up with 23 MC and 22 CC triangles. i fudged it and made it work phewww. loving clue 4!!! happy knitting
You did it! Yes, I have had to do some amending on patterns. I have also had to frog and re start. It's all part of knitting. I learn more from those mistakes than I do the projects that knit up perfectly. You shawl will be beautiful. Love the suri additions, they make it so interesting.
❤❤❤ Your border is going to be fine and lovely! Smaller scallops in your colours are just wonderful. It’s going to work out just fine! As Stephen says: ‘ keep knitting kitten’
So lovely to see the bay loved that walk when we were last there. Shawls looking good despite the yikes I’m still on clue one going into clue two I’ve messed up the stitch count lord knows how many times on the simplest bits brain went into mindless knitting mode and I’ve added m1 where I shouldn’t on a wrong side row. Glad you solved your shawl drama im kind of expecting more in mine as I go on Ive never done brioche before but I don’t want eyelets. Enjoy your shopping new store sounds interesting hopefully you will show us. Thanks for the inspiration
Hi Martin , just sitting here laughing to myself as I did exactly the same thing as you!! I ended up with 2 extra but still managed to make it work out with the colours. I will be seeing how you go with the long border before I give it a try. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
i have also done something strange in my short rows and managed to finish on the correct colour by sheer good luck! i have more yriangles than the pattern says.
Sorry to see you stress so much over knitting. It sounds like many people have knit the scallops the same as you did. I have seen the finished shawl and it is glorious. Sending positive knitting vibes as you carry on.
Wow, I never thought of doing the border symmetrical! But - I have the right amount of those triangles, because I used stichmarkers. Somebody told that in the Ravelry group and it worked. I was on a quarter of the border and then counted the stiches from the end... and had to fudge just a few stiches. Love to see your videos - greetings from Austria
Hi, fun you’re still at it after all these years 😊. We both started with the Starflake and chatted a bit when you started this channel. I am also participating for the sixth time. Must say I love how simple it has been until those triangles -that tripped you up. 🥴. Hope your solution works when you get to the wavy part. You might have to adjust the numbers on each wave😮. Hope your weekend is productive and calmer, and looking forward to seeing your progress. 😉☺️ I am on section 9 -still contemplating doing the large border, as I think I have enough yarns 🧶 🧶 🤫🫣🤗
I had the same mistanke with my shortsroads - I did not recognise it to near the end. AND witout math everyting ended with a maincolor, and the stiches was perfekt. I ended with 23 maincolor and 22 contasr color. BUT maybe we have a problem when we want to knit the clue 4 s ekstra border, i Thing we have about 40- 60 stitches more then Stephen. Good Lucky to us on team not following the parterne ( by accident)😊😊
the problem you had with the scallops is similar to the first 4 of my main colour scallops Martyn. so with clue 4 i'm having to fudge some stiches for that extra border.
Love your videos and generosity Martin ~ if it's any comfort I have done exactly the same thing but on the outer edge Main colour. So I ripped out .....and it was my second time because I had completed the section last week, and had six stitches extra which I couldn't resolve. Oh well it's all fun and knitting and I wanted my final shawl to be not too wonky. Ha ha. knitting too quickly and tired and not watching video properly...😵💫
You live in a beautiful place. All that water and rolling hills. You are not the only one battling the shawl. I haven't started the brioche yet, and the last clue is already out. I'm kind of glad of that because I can look a people's finished shawl and see what it all looks like. I think it's a beautiful shawl. Stephen never disappoints. My first brioche was with the Exploration Station. I didn't know what it was so there was no fear. I just did it. Now it's like a thing and I'm wondering if I can do it again. Your shawl is looking wonderful. I don't think anyone will notice some extra scallops. We are all having fun, right? lol Yes we are! Have a good week. Can't wait to see what you get done.
I’m fudging mine too. I have marked out 21 stitches pick up per two triangles and am making sure I have the right number of stitches at the end I hope - just 3 I think
Hi, Martyn, I’m glad you were able to work out a solution that means you won’t have to rip out your work. I loved Clue 3, too. Have a relaxing knit-ful weekend! ~Brenda
I’m so glad you can get it to work out Martin. You must have been in total despair last night. I’m amazed at how confident you are with brioche. I need to knuckle down and learn to do it. ❤Angela
I did the same thing. Did 3 instead of 4 short rows. 15 per wedge instead of 18. So frustrating because I knew it should have been 18. I am taking makers liberties.
Holy cow Martin, I forgot how to breathe for the last five minutes. I'm on the first brioche section and I'm treading sooo carefully through it I might fall asleep between rows. Lol
Hi Martyn, so fun to see your episode😊 I have done the same „mistake“ and noticed it in the last quarter 😮, bold to myself 😂 Now I have 22 MC and 21 CC triangles and it looks great 👍🏻 ❤ So go on you will be happy and you are not alone 😂 Best to you have wonderful weekend
You are my hero! Yes I also got it wrong - had about 18 stitches over and sort of bodged it! However, I am now going to frog from the end and then knit two more triangles. Thank you! I was not happy with it - but will be soon!
I noticed halfway through the scallops that all my CC scallops are too small, missing one repeat. Really didnt feel like frogging them, and I was consistent in my mistakes so all the CC scallops do look the same so I decided to leave it as is. In the end it turned out fine :)
Congrats on your progress and the excellent good luck of your error having absolutely no repercussions (other than all that stress)! Someone on another podcast I was watching also must have done the same thing as you, because they also ended up with extra triangles to complete the border. I'm just on the home stretch of clue 2, so am grateful for those of you forging ahead and posting warnings!
You use up 18 stitches for cc wedges and 3 stitches for MC as the pattern is written If you are using up 16 and 2 for each 2 wedges, you can count your remaining stitches to see if it’s going to come out properly and if not fudge one or two wedges along the way to make the count come out properly. You can do it !!
Loving your colours Martyn! My goodness who would ever know it wasn’t exactly the same I wouldn’t have. I saw another RUclips channel yesterday where they must’ve done exactly the same thing as she had more scallops but seriously who would know (or care 😂). It looks fabulous and I think the top will be very striking in your colours 💓💚
Dear Martyn….Thank God!! I’m not alone! My shawl spent 2 days in time out because of a very similar problem. I worked out how to finish clue 3 and have it look okay but might not have the wherewithal to do the bigger border….I’ll be following your progress 😉. Thank you as always for sharing and reminding us we’re not alone! Looking forward to Christmas cake! (And belated Congrats on your first MKAL)
Bubble bubble toil and trouble lol. Nope i don't do the MKALS, definitely that shawl would be driving me crazy. I've done 2 west shawls, including the hiberknitalong and those were fine, and they took me 4-5 months even knitting on them several hours a week. I'll probably do a second shawl of the same hiberknittalong pattern i have. So no Mkals for sure. I plan on doing 2 sweaters instead this winter.
Wish you fun on last parts clue 3. Must be the spooky halloween 👻 season your scallops turned out "wrong" Good thing tho all's gonna work out fine! I already loved the shawl up to clue 3 but the final clue 4 is making thé AbFab GoGoDynamo gorgeous finish. Thanks for your lovely vlogs and happy mkal knitting y'all 🙋🏻♀️
The Main colour produces 18 icord stitches and I have 2 sections at the beginning with only 17 (both black). I thought the scallops were the edge and wouldn’t matter…. So I will pick up 2 stitches at the apex of those scallops. I started counting and had to undo 3 triangles because I mucked up and it impacted the number of icord stitches. I have 4 scallops left and I THINK the stitches left work out.
Oh my goodness! Star flake kit I bought then found Stephen West MKAL and it’s still waiting to be knitted up! It’s because of you I try to stay focused and get MKALs done (last year was 5 months - I enjoy seeing I could do it 😊) this year I’ve had to frog back the brioche section- So I will not be done the end of month - not so sad - excited for the outcome ❤
Don't feel bad, Martyn. Yours is the third video I've seen where someone has made a mistake in Clue 3. It's good that you caught it early and were able to work out a fix. Your shawl looks amazing!
I am way behind, just finished Clue 1. I’ve discovered my first row of bubbles didn’t work out quite right. So what? I’ll just do the next rows right later. I too hate when it goes wrong, but I don’t think your error will look “off.” I think it’s gorgeous.
Oh “…..”!!! Martyn!! I’m a perfectionist! My scallops only cover 3 1/2 bobbles!! Like you I’m at the halfway point. It will work out, but it I’ll definitely have more scallops. I wouldn’t have known except for your podcast 😂
Hi Martyn, I love your shawl. Now I have to tell you, you are not the only one who did this clue 3 individually. I did exact the same mistake. I endet up having 22 scallops of my main color and I decided I am fine with it. But now I am a little concerned how it will play out when I do the bonus border...
I never do a mkal shawl but i watch the clue video. First of all, i think i didin't love the shawl but when i see the final result i thinked : OMG i Want that! I have a long list of knitting i want do but i don't have enough time :(
Ive been looking at completed borders thinking ‘their scallops look bigger than mine’ and you’ve confirmed that they indeed are. But I will be bodging and fudging some maths bc I doubt anyone will know I’ve got some extras …
Honestly Martyn, I hated those bloody scallops. It took me forever to memorise the pattern. I kept going wrong and having to undo a couple of wedges. Then I managed to memorise it. Then I randomly started to do 4 wedges in some of the scallops…rip back again… then knitting cc instructions while holding mc… rip back again… I felt like pulling my own head off. It was a hellish combination of grindingly tedious and impossible to focus on anything else without messing up. Fortunately I love the rest of it. I may even knit it again when the memory of clue 3 has faded. With stitch markers every 18+3 live stitches. As I said in the first Humans zoom, this is my first Westknit, as well as my first MKal. I’ve already got plans and yarn sorted for at least 3 more. PS am I right in thinking Wednesday’s Humans zoom is 4pm uk? US clocks don’t go back until Sunday 3rd…
I hope your wedges work out, Martyn! I found it a bit confusing as to where you complete a wedge. Not sure mine are correct either!…do you know the podcast the Fairy Godfather Knits? If not, you should check out Episode 11. He did a blue Geogradient to die for! The starting section is entrelac. I thought of you as soon as I saw it. I am a blue girl and I need that shawl!
OMG! You gave me a headache with this one! I'm working clue 3 now and debating about just doing the middle short row portion of my contrast color wedges with mohair. You're so critical of your work! I think it's really TOO much! I can live with it not fully matching the pattern as I consider this my personal design element. Don't forget to breath knittin kitten! Stay calm and knit on!
I’m not sure what I did wrong ( didn’t count stitches end of section 2) I have 4 extra scallops also. I’m not doing final border because I did all scallops in mohair double all way across
I had to unpick quite a few of my edge triangles after realising I had been doing them wrong. In my case my main colour ones were taking extra stitches. I did find it easy to slip my border off the original live stitches to start again and I'm glad I did else the border in clue 4 would not be sitting right. I'm wondering how the wavy border might affect yours?
I have just started the first wedge last night, and I think the video doesn’t show that there needs to be another 2 rows once you get to 6 stitches, as row count wrong if I stop at 6 stitches, so needs a return row before stopping. Not sure how to describe it clearly.
Just to give you a heads up-- on clue 4 row 6 it is TERRIBLE!!! -- I’m somewhat of a tighter knitter and having to knit the three stitches through the back loop was just about impossible--- I had to use a darning needle to stretch the stitches before knitting them. Needless to say, it took me forever to finish that row. I decided not to do it again-- I’m just doing eyelets to get through and maintain the correct stitch count. Hopefully you won’t have the same problem, but I remember you saying you knit a little tighter than Irena. Good luck and Happy knitting !!!!!!
Hi You know how some crochet patterns try and replicate knitting badly, this MKAL is like knitting trying to replicate crochet? Am I wrong? Can’t deal with it all. Doing the crochet Gingerbread crochet Sirdar CAL. Easy & relaxing. X
I saw someone's recommendation to place stitch markers to see where each triangle short row was to end and that helped me so much. I think the fact that you're still going to end with the correct color means that you did this perfectly even if it's a different number of triangles. Embrace the uniqueness and it will still turn out so lovely.
Your shawl is beautiful ❤ you haven't made a mistake you've made it unique, that's what I always say when I've made a 'mistake ' and I still do after 40 years of knitting 🤦♀️ love your vlogs xx
Aww Martyn what a night mare, I love the way you showed up all your trials and tribulations, glad you have it sorted I would have locked it in a cupboard and never spoken of it again
Well done for keeping going xxx
I am still on clue 2, brioche for the first time ever in my first shawl ever!! Couple of funky areas - sound familiar? Going slow as I have tendinitis in my elbow.
Hi Martyn,
Mark is a sadist! First MCAL, you have to do brioche the designer made the shawl with brioche in mind!
You knit it then Mark! 😂😂😂😂
Well done on your first shawl. It's amazing and no shows you however you have come on your crafting journey!
I've been knitting since I was seven, brownies!, and I'm now on the wrong side of sixty and have never done brioche and at the moment have no plans to ever do so. 😂
I do love the grey stripes in the star flake shawl. It did need it to real up the pink.
Another unique to Martyn feature.
Happy Crafting xxJane 🐑🌼
Your shawl is looking stunning, Martyn! What a heart stopping discovery, to find a miscount like that.
I watched the last clue video (and the finished shawl is stunning!), and i want to caution you to use stitch markers if/when you do the optional wave border. I think you may need to slightly adjust your stitch count, to match the scallops.
Looking forwatd to eventually seeing the final reveal!
Remember, you never make mistakes, you personalize!!
Such a lovely video as always. Goodness Martyn, I could feel the stress of it! Well done to you for sorting it out so well...phew! I agree I love this design and think it will be my favourite so far of my three, that's what's keeping me going, I'm way behind you though 😊
Let's just say 'Its a Happy Accident' like Bob Ross the painter❤😊 it is beautiful!
Seems like a lot of people made this mistake. This is why I put in stitch makers for every repeat before I started and it helped stay on track. I definitely learned my lesson before.
ps: The reason I ripped out and re-knitted the correct stitch count is because my edge was three stitches too short on each MC triangle. I read clue four and I really want to add a few fun rows to the edge, which meant I would have to find a way to add three extra stitches and M1's for each Mc triangle. I tried it and thought they looked quite cramped when I checked against Stephen's final shawl border, so I opted for losing a couple of night's knitting and doing my clue three again. Hope that makes sense and helps. It looks like you will be good to go on the edge because you've done the correct number of edge stitches. I'm sure you and Mark will figure it out but just thought I would share my experience as I have done the same thing. I'm sure we won't be alone ha ha. Happy Knitting from Australia. 🌷🧶🌷
Your colors are great! Your border will be fine. The wedges don’t line up evenly because the bubble repeat is multiples of 6 and the wedges are 21
I love that you’re the drama in our group chat xx hehe … so glad the maths mathed for you this time 😊🎉
Oh Martyn! Man you broke my heart had me about to cry with those sad faces. Mark is part angel I am sure.
So are all of the partners we are blessed to have help us through those moments!!! Bless him.
Embrace your translation on the pattern and make it your own. Your bravery inspires us. Thank you.
J
Hi Martyn loving your shawl, I have done the same 🤦🏽♀️ on clue 3 I left it and will sort out the final edging. I love the shawl. Have a great week ❤❤❤
Definitely not doing this KAL but enjoying watching yours! You’ve got this! X
I love your shawl - design features and everything. I also quite fancy casting on a Starflake - it may well be my New Years cast on.
I did exactly the same so I just did an extra repeat. I didn’t stress one bit over it. That’s what over 50 years of making mistakes does to you 😂
Well done on fixing your shawl. I’m sure I’d have had a meltdown 😂
I love your videos Martyn, it’s so nice of you to show us around where you live, it’s looks lovely. Hi to Mark, it’s always great to see him in the videos. Loving your new shawl, colours are stunning. Cheers Chris 🇦🇺😁
Hello martyn, not doing mkal but definitely enjoying the ride ,feeling your frustration and all the joy. It’s going to be gorgeous. Love your starflake❤the colours are my favourite 😊
THANK YOU!!!! When you talked about how you made an error in the scallops, it made me look at mine. I discovered five scallops back, I had only done two triangles. Unfortunately my maths would not afford me the same luck so I tinked back and fixed it. That’ll teach me not to look back at my work - which takes but moments while tinking is a time suck. Love your Starflake - inspires me to make one.
I had the same thing happen. I ended up with 2 extra MC scallops and 2 extra CC scallops…so you and I must have read the pattern the same way. I did have to ‘create’ a few extra MC stitches to make the I-cord work at the very end. But it all worked out beautifully at the end.
I had fun with my scallops, I saw on the ravelry group to use stitch markers 3 and 18, the trick is doing one extra turn on the contrast colour. Needless to say I've been backwards and forwards multiple times! You're not alone, big hugs xxx
With the outer boarder i think you are going to have to change the ratio of yarn overs and knit together for the wave but I think it will be fine. take a look at the mystery socks from this summer they use the same pattern but a different ratio in the main color of the first weeks clue. Your shawl looks amazing
😂OMG that was so stressful to listen to I needed a lie down 😂😂😂😂😂❤
I love it, Martin. You’re my inspiration to make that shawl at some point. It looks fabulous when you hold it up and when you wear it, you don’t have to examine it for those details. (Starflake)
Huzzah for bodgy maths 🎉 I've had to hibernate my mkal for a couple of weeks, I'm solo parenting and I don't have the capacity to follow a pattern and herd children. Does mean my garter abyss is getting some work, so technically I'm still west knitting in October 😊
Hi Martin, I don't think I've ever commented on your channel before. I've been watching since MKAL 2023. 😊
Clue3 was challenging for sure. I think the pattern should say to make sure you are joining the correct number of stitches for each scallop/triangle when you are k2tog with the border, if that makes sense because getting to the end of the row, then realizing you are way off... would be very sad. I started feeling concerned about that after about four triangles and had to go study the pattern to figure out the exact count... if I hadn't, I would have made the same mistake! I really like your scallops, alternating the mohair looks nice. 😊
I decided not to participate in the MKAL this year but it’s been lovely following along on your progress! Thanks for taking us along with you!
The Starflake shawl is beautiful, and the loose stitches are a design feature, not an issue!
Hi Martyn, I think I'm going to be on track with you and should start part 4 on Sunday evening. I'm loving doing this so far and can finally understand why people make more than one - second time must be quite relaxing! Thank goodness for Stephen's no stress approach!!!
Love love love your shawl, your colours are perfection!!! And you are human, thank you for sharing your”bonus” clue excitement, great save🎉 You are a delight, always inspiring, carry on🧡🧡🧡
i'm pretty sure i made the same exact mistake on my triangles. i have no idea what i did either but i think i wasn't repeating enough even though each section has 3 wedges. i ended up with 23 MC and 22 CC triangles. i fudged it and made it work phewww. loving clue 4!!! happy knitting
You did it! Yes, I have had to do some amending on patterns. I have also had to frog and re start. It's all part of knitting. I learn more from those mistakes than I do the projects that knit up perfectly. You shawl will be beautiful. Love the suri additions, they make it so interesting.
❤❤❤ Your border is going to be fine and lovely! Smaller scallops in your colours are just wonderful. It’s going to work out just fine! As Stephen says: ‘ keep knitting kitten’
You are doing a great job! 🫂
So lovely to see the bay loved that walk when we were last there. Shawls looking good despite the yikes I’m still on clue one going into clue two I’ve messed up the stitch count lord knows how many times on the simplest bits brain went into mindless knitting mode and I’ve added m1 where I shouldn’t on a wrong side row. Glad you solved your shawl drama im kind of expecting more in mine as I go on Ive never done brioche before but I don’t want eyelets. Enjoy your shopping new store sounds interesting hopefully you will show us. Thanks for the inspiration
Hmm..have made the same ”design”. Loving it anyway.
Hi Martin , just sitting here laughing to myself as I did exactly the same thing as you!! I ended up with 2 extra but still managed to make it work out with the colours. I will be seeing how you go with the long border before I give it a try. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
You are not an idiot, you just are taking a bit of creative licence !!! The pattern is so lovely, wonderful !
i have also done something strange in my short rows and managed to finish on the correct colour by sheer good luck! i have more yriangles than the pattern says.
Sorry to see you stress so much over knitting. It sounds like many people have knit the scallops the same as you did. I have seen the finished shawl and it is glorious. Sending positive knitting vibes as you carry on.
Wow, I never thought of doing the border symmetrical! But - I have the right amount of those triangles, because I used stichmarkers. Somebody told that in the Ravelry group and it worked. I was on a quarter of the border and then counted the stiches from the end... and had to fudge just a few stiches.
Love to see your videos - greetings from Austria
Hi, fun you’re still at it after all these years 😊. We both started with the Starflake and chatted a bit when you started this channel. I am also participating for the sixth time. Must say I love how simple it has been until those triangles -that tripped you up. 🥴. Hope your solution works when you get to the wavy part. You might have to adjust the numbers on each wave😮. Hope your weekend is productive and calmer, and looking forward to seeing your progress. 😉☺️ I am on section 9 -still contemplating doing the large border, as I think I have enough yarns 🧶 🧶 🤫🫣🤗
I had the same mistanke with my shortsroads - I did not recognise it to near the end. AND witout math everyting ended with a maincolor, and the stiches was perfekt.
I ended with 23 maincolor and 22 contasr color.
BUT maybe we have a problem when we want to knit the clue 4 s ekstra border, i Thing we have about 40- 60 stitches more then Stephen.
Good Lucky to us on team not following the parterne ( by accident)😊😊
Oho my gooodness, knitting is soooo humbling....and I can relate to this. I am so glad you figured a fix! so smart. Looking wonderful
the problem you had with the scallops is similar to the first 4 of my main colour scallops Martyn. so with clue 4 i'm having to fudge some stiches for that extra border.
Love your videos and generosity Martin ~ if it's any comfort I have done exactly the same thing but on the outer edge Main colour. So I ripped out .....and it was my second time because I had completed the section last week, and had six stitches extra which I couldn't resolve. Oh well it's all fun and knitting and I wanted my final shawl to be not too wonky. Ha ha. knitting too quickly and tired and not watching video properly...😵💫
You live in a beautiful place. All that water and rolling hills. You are not the only one battling the shawl. I haven't started the brioche yet, and the last clue is already out. I'm kind of glad of that because I can look a people's finished shawl and see what it all looks like. I think it's a beautiful shawl. Stephen never disappoints. My first brioche was with the Exploration Station. I didn't know what it was so there was no fear. I just did it. Now it's like a thing and I'm wondering if I can do it again. Your shawl is looking wonderful. I don't think anyone will notice some extra scallops. We are all having fun, right? lol Yes we are! Have a good week. Can't wait to see what you get done.
I’m fudging mine too. I have marked out 21 stitches pick up per two triangles and am making sure I have the right number of stitches at the end I hope - just 3 I think
Hi, Martyn, I’m glad you were able to work out a solution that means you won’t have to rip out your work. I loved Clue 3, too. Have a relaxing knit-ful weekend! ~Brenda
Say yes, don’t stress! I would’ve been stressing too though! 😱 Kelly from Rowrow and kades mucked up her wedges too, so you’re not alone 🥰
I’m so glad you can get it to work out Martin. You must have been in total despair last night. I’m amazed at how confident you are with brioche. I need to knuckle down and learn to do it. ❤Angela
I did the same thing. Did 3 instead of 4 short rows. 15 per wedge instead of 18. So frustrating because I knew it should have been 18. I am taking makers liberties.
Holy cow Martin, I forgot how to breathe for the last five minutes. I'm on the first brioche section and I'm treading sooo carefully through it I might fall asleep between rows. Lol
Hi Martyn, so fun to see your episode😊 I have done the same „mistake“ and noticed it in the last quarter 😮, bold to myself 😂
Now I have 22 MC and 21 CC triangles and it looks great 👍🏻 ❤
So go on you will be happy and you are not alone 😂
Best to you have wonderful weekend
You are my hero! Yes I also got it wrong - had about 18 stitches over and sort of bodged it! However, I am now going to frog from the end and then knit two more triangles. Thank you! I was not happy with it - but will be soon!
I noticed halfway through the scallops that all my CC scallops are too small, missing one repeat. Really didnt feel like frogging them, and I was consistent in my mistakes so all the CC scallops do look the same so I decided to leave it as is. In the end it turned out fine :)
Congrats on your progress and the excellent good luck of your error having absolutely no repercussions (other than all that stress)! Someone on another podcast I was watching also must have done the same thing as you, because they also ended up with extra triangles to complete the border. I'm just on the home stretch of clue 2, so am grateful for those of you forging ahead and posting warnings!
You use up 18 stitches for cc wedges and 3 stitches for MC as the pattern is written
If you are using up 16 and 2 for each 2 wedges, you can count your remaining stitches to see if it’s going to come out properly and if not fudge one or two wedges along the way to make the count come out properly. You can do it !!
Loving your colours Martyn! My goodness who would ever know it wasn’t exactly the same I wouldn’t have. I saw another RUclips channel yesterday where they must’ve done exactly the same thing as she had more scallops but seriously who would know (or care 😂). It looks fabulous and I think the top will be very striking in your colours 💓💚
Dear Martyn….Thank God!! I’m not alone! My shawl spent 2 days in time out because of a very similar problem. I worked out how to finish clue 3 and have it look okay but might not have the wherewithal to do the bigger border….I’ll be following your progress 😉. Thank you as always for sharing and reminding us we’re not alone! Looking forward to Christmas cake! (And belated Congrats on your first MKAL)
Bubble bubble toil and trouble lol. Nope i don't do the MKALS, definitely that shawl would be driving me crazy. I've done 2 west shawls, including the hiberknitalong and those were fine, and they took me 4-5 months even knitting on them several hours a week. I'll probably do a second shawl of the same hiberknittalong pattern i have. So no Mkals for sure. I plan on doing 2 sweaters instead this winter.
Wish you fun on last parts clue 3. Must be the spooky halloween 👻 season your scallops turned out "wrong" Good thing tho all's gonna work out fine! I already loved the shawl up to clue 3 but the final clue 4 is making thé AbFab GoGoDynamo gorgeous finish. Thanks for your lovely vlogs and happy mkal knitting y'all 🙋🏻♀️
The Main colour produces 18 icord stitches and I have 2 sections at the beginning with only 17 (both black). I thought the scallops were the edge and wouldn’t matter…. So I will pick up 2 stitches at the apex of those scallops. I started counting and had to undo 3 triangles because I mucked up and it impacted the number of icord stitches. I have 4 scallops left and I THINK the stitches left work out.
Oh my goodness! Star flake kit I bought then found Stephen West MKAL and it’s still waiting to be knitted up!
It’s because of you I try to stay focused and get MKALs done (last year was 5 months - I enjoy seeing I could do it 😊) this year I’ve had to frog back the brioche section-
So I will not be done the end of month - not so sad - excited for the outcome ❤
Don't feel bad, Martyn. Yours is the third video I've seen where someone has made a mistake in Clue 3. It's good that you caught it early and were able to work out a fix. Your shawl looks amazing!
I am way behind, just finished Clue 1. I’ve discovered my first row of bubbles didn’t work out quite right. So what? I’ll just do the next rows right later. I too hate when it goes wrong, but I don’t think your error will look “off.” I think it’s gorgeous.
Oh “…..”!!! Martyn!! I’m a perfectionist! My scallops only cover 3 1/2 bobbles!! Like you I’m at the halfway point. It will work out, but it I’ll definitely have more scallops. I wouldn’t have known except for your podcast 😂
Hi Martyn, I love your shawl. Now I have to tell you, you are not the only one who did this clue 3 individually. I did exact the same mistake. I endet up having 22 scallops of my main color and I decided I am fine with it. But now I am a little concerned how it will play out when I do the bonus border...
I never do a mkal shawl but i watch the clue video. First of all, i think i didin't love the shawl but when i see the final result i thinked : OMG i Want that! I have a long list of knitting i want do but i don't have enough time :(
Ive been looking at completed borders thinking ‘their scallops look bigger than mine’ and you’ve confirmed that they indeed are. But I will be bodging and fudging some maths bc I doubt anyone will know I’ve got some extras …
I also want to make another starflake! Let's just do it :-)
Honestly Martyn, I hated those bloody scallops. It took me forever to memorise the pattern. I kept going wrong and having to undo a couple of wedges. Then I managed to memorise it. Then I randomly started to do 4 wedges in some of the scallops…rip back again… then knitting cc instructions while holding mc… rip back again… I felt like pulling my own head off. It was a hellish combination of grindingly tedious and impossible to focus on anything else without messing up. Fortunately I love the rest of it. I may even knit it again when the memory of clue 3 has faded. With stitch markers every 18+3 live stitches. As I said in the first Humans zoom, this is my first Westknit, as well as my first MKal. I’ve already got plans and yarn sorted for at least 3 more.
PS am I right in thinking Wednesday’s Humans zoom is 4pm uk? US clocks don’t go back until Sunday 3rd…
I hope your wedges work out, Martyn! I found it a bit confusing as to where you complete a wedge. Not sure mine are correct either!…do you know the podcast the Fairy Godfather Knits? If not, you should check out Episode 11. He did a blue Geogradient to die for! The starting section is entrelac. I thought of you as soon as I saw it. I am a blue girl and I need that shawl!
OMG! You gave me a headache with this one! I'm working clue 3 now and debating about just doing the middle short row portion of my contrast color wedges with mohair. You're so critical of your work! I think it's really TOO much! I can live with it not fully matching the pattern as I consider this my personal design element. Don't forget to breath knittin kitten! Stay calm and knit on!
I’ve done exactly the same as you
I’m not sure what I did wrong ( didn’t count stitches end of section 2) I have 4 extra scallops also.
I’m not doing final border because I did all scallops in mohair double all way across
I had to unpick quite a few of my edge triangles after realising I had been doing them wrong. In my case my main colour ones were taking extra stitches. I did find it easy to slip my border off the original live stitches to start again and I'm glad I did else the border in clue 4 would not be sitting right. I'm wondering how the wavy border might affect yours?
I have just started the first wedge last night, and I think the video doesn’t show that there needs to be another 2 rows once you get to 6 stitches, as row count wrong if I stop at 6 stitches, so needs a return row before stopping. Not sure how to describe it clearly.
Just to give you a heads up-- on clue 4 row 6 it is TERRIBLE!!! -- I’m somewhat of a tighter knitter and having to knit the three stitches through the back loop was just about impossible--- I had to use a darning needle to stretch the stitches before knitting them. Needless to say, it took me forever to finish that row. I decided not to do it again-- I’m just doing eyelets to get through and maintain the correct stitch count. Hopefully you won’t have the same problem, but I remember you saying you knit a little tighter than Irena. Good luck and Happy knitting !!!!!!
Hi You know how some crochet patterns try and replicate knitting badly, this MKAL is like knitting trying to replicate crochet? Am I wrong? Can’t deal with it all. Doing the crochet Gingerbread crochet Sirdar CAL. Easy & relaxing. X
You know what? Who cares if your final scallop has another colour. Just pretend it was meant to be that way.