grrr don't you love pattern errors?

[luckyleah]

I am working on a fairly intricate afghan pattern, at least it has lots of components that must line up perfectly and now that I am close to done there were two MAJOR misprints.  I think I have it figured out now but boy it is extra time doing so, not to mention stress.  Who wants to scrap a lengthy project towards the end?!  OR even redo and redo components?  Grr!  It wouldn't be as "advanced" as they labeled it if they wrote the pattern right!  LOL

[Carol Ann]

    I'm hearing ya!  SO frustrating and time consuming!  Maybe it is just me but it seems like the last few years I find more and more errors in patterns.  I know I am not the best pattern reader but some of the errors are  .  It sure takes the fun out of the project.  Sounds like you have a handle on things but good luck anyway in completing it.  Sure will be anxious to see a picture of the afghan when finished! 

[tweed]

I'm feeling your pain

[LaraKN]

Some mistakes are easy to pick up on, like when it repeats itself one too many times or the ** for repeats are in the wrong place. 

My biggest peev is when you following the instructions for a row/round to the letter & they made sense, but the next row/round (or sometimes several later) you discover it was wrong because it tells you to crochet in next 4 chain spaces & there are only 2, or crochet in the next 3 stitches & there are 10!!

[mimimia]

Errors are not necessary when there are so many people out there willing to test patterns.
It's an insult to the consumer   

[cis4crochet]

That's true...I've one time tried to make a blanket and it wasn't so good. But I somehow made a pillow case and I didn't tell anyone what it was! So no one was insulted and it was a pretty awesome project. (even though I have to make a new one )

[luckygal813]

Oh No! I'm sorry that happened! I hope you were able to fix it! At least in the end it will make up for it right? well maybe, HA I hope so anyway! What are you working on right now?

Well at least I know I wasn't the only one who had a dumb pattern.

[cis4crochet]

Yeah, I attatched it to a pillow. It's living as a pillow case, although I hope I can make a more real pillow case though. I'm working on a new afghan now to make up for the mishap. Of course, that was a cool save. As soon as I get my digi to work, I'll take a picture and post it!

[mamarose22]

I just finished an amigurumi pattern of of a dog for a swap.  I cut the pattern from an old magazine years ago.  It said to crochet the brow (or what I would call an eyelid) 6".  Well, if I did, it have gone down his face and part-way down his body. I made it 3 " and it was still too long so I made it about 2 1/4" and now it seems about right.  Also the shaping of the top of the head made it look like he had a silo on his head.  After it was all stuffed and put together, I ripped out the top a few rows and adjusted it.  It looks much better now.

[Lynn]

If your pattern is in a book then you can e-mail the publisher and ask for all corrections in the book. I did this with a Leisure Arts book and they e-mailed me back corrections for all the patterns in the book! Almost every pattern had a correction!

[mamarose22]

It was from an old magazine.  Unfortunately I didn't save the name of the magazine or the designer's name.  It was one of those newspaper type of magazines.  You know how they always say cont'd on pg #XX, well I cut out all the pages referring to the pattern and pasted it on a standard size sheet of paper and put it in a plastic sheet protector.  That's how I store all my patterns, regardless of where I get them from, and then I have binders with different categories where I keep all my patterns.

[Lynn]

Oh thats too bad. If you had the neame of the designer then you could possibly get the corrections.

You keep your patterns like I do. I have all my crochet books on the shelf and all loose patterns such as ones I have found on the internet and printed out in a big binder in sheet protectors. They are divided in catagories.

[mamarose22]

I did manage to fix the shape of the head and the little puppy came out cute. 

[cis4crochet]

Glad THAT happened!