The Hazards Of Holiday Knitting

 I hurried and scurried to put the pieces of Jack's pullover together in a hotel room, because I knew I had knitting time ahead, waiting around. Mmm. It's not a job to be hurried. I duly spent the waiting time knitting the yoke, decreasing at four points on every second round to create a raglan. The pattern said to keep decreasing until the top of the sleeves had 10 stitches. Right. Well, one sleeve top had 10 stitches and the other had 20! I put it aside until yesterday, when I had time to find the problem. Did I miss a lot of decreases in one spot? Could I fix it with a crochet hook? Not neatly, no. Could I unravel half the yoke until both sides were even? No. Eventually I discovered that on one sleeve I had simply left 10 stitches hanging unknitted and unsecured by a thread. Proof of Elizabeth Zimmerman's assurance that stitches taken off a needle won't immediately form ladders! 

On the left of the photo above are the stitches for the underarm, secured with a green thread. In the centre of the picture are the hanging stitches. There was nothing for it but to unravel the whole yoke and get back to armhole level. Being at home with my supplies handy, I could put each of the four sections onto a separate circular needle, which made joining the sections a little easier. There was a lot of counting and recounting involved. 

I hope I'm now on course!