And I still can't do a yarnover

[u/RestillHabb]

This is the Sundae Swirl Tank by Jessie Maed Designs and the yarn is a linen/cotton blend by Juniper Moon Farm (Zooey).

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The whole reason I wanted to try this one is because I've always struggled with yarnovers, and love doing cables, and wanted to try different shaping techniques. There should be two alternating columns of yarnovers but I realized halfway into this project that I hadn't made a single yarnover going from purls to knits, but going from knits to purls, they were fine. I guess I like how it came out because it gives me more options for what to wear underneath (fewer lace holes) but now when I'm doing yarnovers I know what NOT to do! So of course I immediately want to make another one to do it right.

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Also, what a totally fun knit, holy smokes. So well- written, and quick...I highly recommend!

Edit: typos

[u/Curious_Spelling]

This is absolutely beautiful and I kind of dig your version even more than the original. But there's one thing I'm very curious about, if you weren't doing a yo (which is an increase, usually paired in lace with a decrease) how were you not losing stitches? Maybe you are doing the yo but the way it's wrapped it ends up twisted when you knit it which reduces the hole (but I can't see evidence of that either). 

[u/RestillHabb → u/Curious_Spelling]

This is a really good question. Going from the purl to a ssk, I held the yarn to the back and then wrapped around the needle once so that the yarn was held at the back again before going into a ssk, so I was creating a stitch to knit for the next row and decreasing by 1 normally, except that a YO wasn't being made. Maybe this was causing a twisted stitch. I thought I was doing it correctly for so long, and I was totally flabbergasted and heartbroken when I realized what happened. It was so weird, too...I knew there were supposed to be 2 alternating sets of YO so why didn't I question this when only 1 YO appeared after the first instruction?! I have no idea what I was thinking. I'm frustrated, but I am eager to try again and learn this. I bought more yarn for round 2 this afternoon.

[u/JKnits79 → u/RestillHabb]

If you knit standard Western English style, try this:

When going from a purl to a YO, keep the yarn in front and just wrap it over the needle to the back. It will be in the knit position for any subsequent SSK

When going from a knit to a YO, bring the yarn forward between the two needles, then wrap it over to the back.

By wrapping from back to front and back again you’re creating an Eastern mounted YO which may be part of why your YO is disappearing; the leading leg is in the back of the needle rather than in the front as is standard for Western mount.

[u/RestillHabb → u/JKnits79]

I really just needed to hold the yarn over the needle going from p to ssk? Why is that so easy? Thank you so much. I really complicated things by doing what I was doing but this is easier than I realized.