Expert: Bea Harrell - 8/27/2008

Question
On my ripple afghan one end is beginning to grow shorter and the other end is beginning to grow longer what am I doing wrong?

Answer
Hey, Barb! My guess would be that you have extra stitches at one end, and not enough on the other. The reason this happens is often because when you do your turning chain, it starts a new row, and that turning chain counts as the first stitch, both at the beginning, and at the end.  If it's a chain one, you have to be very careful that you don't skip it when you come back around.  The only thing you can do is to see where it starts going wrong (too many stitches starting off, or skipping the turning chain at the end) hopefully your pattern gives you a stitch count at the end of each round for the first few rounds.  You'll have to find the mistake and unravel back to there, because once the stitch count is off, it just gets worse with each round.  Sorry to give you bad news, and hopefully it won't be to much extra work.  If you should need more help, just E me again, and I'll do what I can to help.

Best Wishes,   Bea