Extra extra

This is the second take for today's entry. Based on Donna's comment about aesthetics, I started writing about that issue, but I bailed on it when I saw that I might be up all night trying to say what I wanted. I'll save it for when I'm stuck or maybe spring a dual entry day on you. Who knows?

My sock knitting has hit a snag. I don't know how, but the lovely brown sock ended up with an extra stitch on the needle at the end of the round. It would have been the last thing I knitted at the coffee shop, so perhaps the yarn was accidentally wrapped around when I stuffed the project in the bag. Since I encountered this after already working 87 stitches in pattern, I purled the last two together, knitted three more rounds, and hoped that would take care of things.

No.

It looks like there's a dropped stitch in that spot. (I also might have dropped a stitch on needle 2, although I think I caught it in time.) This seemed like a good stopping point last night. I haven't been able to work on it today. Considering the hour, it doesn't look like I will. So, if you're going to warn me off doing something I will regret, now is your chance.

My instinct is to pick up the stitch, and have one extra on the end again. I'm working in a k2, p2 pattern. Before I k2, p1, p2tog to fix the problem that wasn't fixed. Now I'm thinking I should k2, p2tog, p1. Does that make sense? Will it make any difference?

The pattern looks fine, as far as I can tell. I really don't want to unknit hundreds of stitches. I won't have to, will I?