Fix dropped stitches like a pro. Every knitter has been there. You pick up your work and notice that a stitch, or two, has slipped off the needle at the end of a row and started to unravel. It looks messy and a little alarming, but this is one of the most fixable mistakes in…
The Kitchener stitch is a grafting method that joins two sets of live stitches together so there is no visible seam. When done correctly, it looks like continuous stockinette fabric. That is why I use it to close the toe of a sock. This tutorial walks you through the Kitchener stitch for stockinette stitch step…
You’re purling along and suddenly notice something looks off. A stitch has dropped and started to unravel. Fixing a dropped stitch on the purl side is a little trickier than on the knit side, but once you understand the one key difference — which direction you pull the ladders through, the repair makes complete sense….
You dropped a stitch knitting. It happens to every knitter at some point and it does not mean your project is ruined. This is a quick recovery. You stabilize the stitch, roll back to where it fell, ladder it back up row by row, and keep knitting. No ripping out required. First things first. When…
Every knitting project starts the same way. Before you cast on a single stitch, you need a slip knot for knitting. This small adjustable loop is how your yarn attaches to the needle, and once it is on there you are ready to go. There are a few ways to make a slip knot but…
If you’ve ever looked at your knitting and realized a purl stitch went wrong a few rows back, the instinct is often to panic or start pulling needles out. The good news is that you usually don’t need to. But you are about to learn how to unpurl stitches. Unpurling stitches lets you calmly undo…
If you’ve ever finished binding off and immediately realized you weren’t ready to be done, that sinking feeling is familiar. Trying to Undo cast off row sounds scary, but it’s one of those knitting skills that’s far calmer than it seems once you know what to do. This guide shows you how to undo cast…
If you have ever finished a piece of knitting and needed to add a button band, a border, or continue knitting in a completely different direction, pick up and knit is the technique that makes that possible. It lets you attach new stitches directly to an existing edge without sewing anything together. When that edge…
Every knitter makes mistakes—dropped stitches, miscounted rows, or realizing you purled when you should have knitted. The good news? You don’t have to rip out (or “frog”) entire rows to fix a simple error. Instead, you can tink (unknit) or unpurl your stitches one by one to backtrack and fix mistakes without unraveling your entire…
Struggling with Color Changes in Ribbing? You’ve just switched yarn colors in your knitting project—only to find an ugly row of purl bumps ruining the look. Frustrating, right? So, let’s learn how to hide purl bumps when changing colors. Whether you’re knitting a striped sweater, a cozy scarf, or any project with ribbing, those bumps…