The start of the Pinwheel Purse from Iris Schreier's book.
I tried to follow the instructions but either I'm reading them wrong or there are some errors. When I picked up and cast on as per the written instructions I got a strip on knitting. The shape is made up of 5 of these triangle sections and is described as an octagonal when the diagram clearly shows a Pentagon.
I got the exact same results as you, and also noted the incorrect use of the work "octagonal." Should have been a tipoff. I thought I was going crazy! The 4-sided result was, of course, disappointing. I, like you, seem to have gotten this far by picking up the stitches in the opposite direction from the direction the book says. I stopped at 3 triangles like your photo shows. I declared, "Enough!"
Posted by: Donna at February 7, 2008 01:47 PMI got the exact same results as you, and also noted the incorrect use of the work "octagonal." Should have been a tipoff. I thought I was going crazy! The 4-sided result was, of course, disappointing. I, like you, seem to have gotten this far by picking up the stitches in the opposite direction from the direction the book says. I stopped at 3 triangles like your photo shows. I declared, "Enough!"
Posted by: Donna at February 7, 2008 01:46 PM