Can you tell right away if you're going to like an item?

[slugmom]

I started knitting a poncho.
I'm knitting on circular needles, so it's sort of bunched up around them.

If I don't like the way it looks now, is that a good indication of continuing to not like it? Or do things sometimes look bad at first but really knit up nicely in the end?

What's your experience?

newbie knitter,
kim

[knitqueen]

It is VERY hard to tell at the beginning, especially when you have all the stitches squished together around a circular needle. I would say that if you liked the pattern enough to start it in the first place, that you should stick with it a while longer. Once you have a good bit done you can put all of the stitches onto a long piece of scrap yarn so that you can lay it out to its intended size and see then if you like it any better.

[slugmom]

thanks, knitqueen.

Turns out I had twisted the cast-on row and didn't realize it. So I've been knitting an irreconcilable loop this whole time.



I guess there's no choice but to frog it and start again.