In an earlier lesson you learned how to slip stitches purlwise at the edges of your work. Recall that slipping purlwise does not twist the stitch, but simply moves it from needle to needle. Slipping a stitch purlwise with the…
ktbl – Knit Thru the Back Loop to Twist Knit Stitches
Occasionally, patterns will ask you to “knit through the back loop” (ktbl) or “purl through the back loop” (ptbl) of your stitch. This is one way to twist your stitches to add texture to the pattern. Working into the back…
sl1pw – Slip Stitches to Neaten the Edges of Knitting
Slipping a stitch means moving a live stitch from the right needle to the left needle without working into it. You have already learned that this can be a mistake you need to correct. But, sometimes, a pattern will ask…
Frog
If you find a mistake that is too far back to easily correct, you can “frog” or unravel your knitting to reach and fix the mistake or to completely start your project over. What is Frogging? Unraveling worked yarn is…
Fix Slipped Knit Stitches
Before you can fix slipped knit stitches, you will need to know what they are and how to spot them. If you move a live stitch from needle to needle without working into it, you have slipped a stitch. When…
Tink
Before you will be able to correct your mistake, you will need to get to the column in which your mistake was made. You can continue working until you’ve come back to the column of stitches in which the mistake…
Fix Dropped Knit Stitches
Dropping a stitch simply means a stitch has fallen off your needles at some point. This is one of the most common knitting mistakes for beginners and advanced knitters alike. When a stitch slips off your needle, don’t worry. Even…
Fix Twisted Knit Stitches
To fix a twisted knit stitch, it helps to know how twisted stitches happen. A stitch will become twisted when you knit (or purl) into the back loop of a stitch. It is easy to knit into the back loop…
Bind Off in Pattern
After making a pattern of knits and purls, you will want to take your stitches off the needles in a way that matches the rest of your piece. Following the design of the previous row as you bind off creates…
Knit vs Purl
Did you make a knit stitch or a purl stitch? Learning to tell the difference between knits and purls will help you spot mistakes in your knitting. Then, you can go back and fix your mistakes before you bind off…
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