Note taking is critical if you're going to work without a pattern. Unfortunately I am always over-confident about what I'll remember and lazy when it comes to writing what I'm doing down. This really becomes a problem when you are trying to make two identical objects (like mittens) the first of which you didn't think through thoroughly and had to redo, thereby confusing the first and second knittings of it in your head.
Thankfully when you are working with ridiculously big yarn you can easily see your increases and decreases. Big yarn is my savior. I can count my stitches and figure out exactly what I did. This helps, but does not ensure an exact replica of my first mitten. Luckily, close enough is good enough for me.
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