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Patsy - Sarah Dallas (Rowan 32) Pattern Error Solution

This pattern is lovely - but it has challenges. There is a significant error in the lace pattern involving the placement of the pattern repeats. You discover this only 6 rows in when you haven’t knitted enough to get a feel for the pattern as pictured. Despite extensive searching on the Rowan website and on various other sites I could not find an errata update for this. I spent a couple of evening trawling through lace pattern libraries and knitting swatches before I could see where the problem lay. The problems with the pattern as published begin at Row 7 of the lace pattern.  It seems to me that the issue is not with the actual pattern repeat but with the positioning of the repeat across the width of the piece.  The pattern asks you to start the repeat a stitch too soon.  I tried knitting a single additional knit stitch before commencing the lace pattern repeat on Row 7 and subsequent right side (odd numbered) rows and things worked out fine from there. Please note that I work