I wanted to make an Advent project this year using yarn remaining from a previous Advent. And as December came around I had just one project left in the WIP challenge so a new project was not going to prevent other projects being finished. I had already made a hat, socks and mittens from this particular set and I had considered making a cowl, although I had made two recently and I am not really cowl wearer. In scouring upcoming make-alongs I came across a mystery pair of socks with a different lace pattern over 24 days. This seemed ideal for me; I like knitting socks and I had enough yarn left from the advent for another pair. The problem with the pattern first started on day 3. A simple yarn over, decrease pattern that moved around the sock but the pattern did not line up. It seemed as if the designer had not taken into account shifting stitches. I picked this up on day 3 and other days and by the time we got to the second sock the designer had started putting a note on those patterns that shifted. One thing I have learned from knitting mysteries is that I don’t start a clue until the end of the day it is issued, hopefully any mistakes will have been found by then and in this case not only were there mistakes in the lace patterns but the designer published the heel pattern a day early. This was picked up by one of the participants as the designer had said on what days, cuffs, heels and toes would appear. So someone did question the clue that day and a revision was published. Luckily for me I hadn’t started on that day’s clue but many people had.
These mistakes were annoying but nothing I couldn’t handle, but what was supposed to be a relaxing 24 day knit now required checking of each section.
The knit-along for the socks was hosted in a group I did not know and one day a new person asked a simple question:- this was their first mystery knit-along and they wondered if they were usually this confusing? A not unfair question based on all the challenges so far. Somebody kindly responded that there can be errors but not to the extent experienced with this one. But then the moderator told off the poster and was rude to them and the poster ended up apologizing obviously befuddled in what she did wrong. (I have shown the exchange to other people and they cannot believe what was written by the group administrator.) The administrator also said in a separate post to just deal with it, enjoy living on the edge.
That ruined the group experience for me. I stopped looking at the posts and didn’t show my finished socks as the group did not feel welcoming to new members.
Despite the problems, I really like my finished socks but that is mostly because I like the yarn colours. And I still have yarn remaining.
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