Two knitting fiascos to fix

When I was making my car seat blanket, I hit a snag. I knit the pattern eight rows too far! I knitted the eyelet pattern instead of just straight knitting and purling to make the border. I really didn't want to rip out and knit eight rows again, so I decided to try to go back and take out just the eyelet pattern (which takes place over 6 of the 8 rows), like dropped stitches, and pick them up as knits....

Here are the eyelets that shouldn't be....



I carefully dropped all five stitches involved and put them on a spare DP....



Then I picked them up one by one with a crochet hook, and brought them up the ladders...



Ta-da!...

I did that about 6 times all the way across the blanket and I'm pretty sure it saved me time. You can't even tell in the finished/blocked product!



Also, what is wrong with this picture?....


...I welded the new ball to the tail! Luckily, a very quick fix. But still.... der.


Customer Show and Tell:

Kathy in her gorgeous February Lady Sweater made with Cascade 220 Heathers:




Mary Jo's adorable baby hats made with assorted yarns: