The left front piece of the Enchanted Forest cardigan has 136 rows.

I was just on row 134.

I looked down at the stair-step rows of bind offs, and thought, “There has to be a better way.” I’ve done a 3-needle BO on shoulders before, but not with short row shaping for the bind offs on the sides, just on the remaining sts on top. I thought, “This won’t be too hard!” and decided to use my book on finishing to walk me through the short rows in preparation for a 3-needle BO. I was so proud of myself. I was invisioning how nicely my shoulder seams would be, and how clever was I for coming up with this?!?

I looked down to where the BOs started. At row 111. I thought, “That’s nothing. I can frog down to row 112, tink the row to put the sts back on the needle, work the short rows and be finished the front with the piece on a st holder before dinner time.”

I frogged down to row 112.

I tinked down to row 111, putting the sts back on the needle.

I looked closely at my pattern.

That’s when I noticed that the BOs I was planning to short row were the NECKLINE decreases. Last time I checked, neck openings weren’t seamed shut.

Oh well. At least I had the idea, that’s what counts right?

Now to redo the next 25 rows. Again.

I can’t believe I ripped from row 134. For nothing.