Stitch Control: When Your Stitches Aren't Doing What You Want

Sometimes knitting just gets away from you. The tension goes wonky, a stitch twists the wrong way, something looks off and you can’t quite figure out why. You’re not doing it wrong. You’re just at the part of knitting where you need a little more control over what’s happening on your needle.

Stitch control is less about following rules and more about understanding what your stitches are doing so you can fix it when something goes sideways. Once you have that, most problems stop feeling like emergencies.

The tutorials on this page cover the techniques that help you manage, correct, and adjust stitches as you work. Bookmark this page for the next time something looks wrong and you’re not sure what to do about it.