I had actually finished up three stripes and was starting on the fourth when I decided that I really didn't like the color order of the stripes. Initially I was going with the last two blues in the photo below swapped, but then I decided that the most intense green and the most intense blue needed to be next to each other, so that got me through three stripes.
But when I started the final blue stripe I really didn't like those two blues next to each other. So, I swapped things around again. Which meant ripping back to my very first stripe, and picking all those stitches back up again. Fortunately the yarn tends to stay put, and I always pull that last row out one stitch at time, picking up that stitch in the process. It is slow going, but generally keeps me from losing stitches.
And what I find so very cool is how the neighboring colors are impacting each other. The blue that was looking so dull as the fourth stripe is really popping as the second. I know, basics of color theory, right? But I still love seeing it in action.
Pattern: Traveling Zebra Shrug by Carolyn Blakelock
Yarn: Biscotte & Cie Bis-sock
Needles: US 2.5 (3 mm) and US 4 (3.5 mm)
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