it wasn’t rhonda, it was turtlegirl.
I obviously have very mixed emotions about this, but YAY!! Thanks to Turtlegirl, I got it. I got it, I got it, I got it. Hallelujah, thine the glory, hallelujah amen. I get it, I know where I went wrong and how simple it is to do this correctly. The mixed emotion is that of course I have to start over. From the beginning. Frog a whole skein’s worth of work. Now that I’m such a mature knitter, I’ll just think “yay! I get to do this correctly!” 
Thanks, turtlegirl.
it's nice to share! mom was right!
Oh great news! I tried to figure it out this morning but I hadn’t any coffee yet
On her own blog, Laura just wrote a post titled..FO Central Park No Hood
And don’t forget “Yay! I get to work with this gorgeous yarn even more!”