Knowing how to fix mistakes makes knitting so much more enjoyable and relaxing. There's no fear that I might make a mistake because I know what to do if that happens. Thank you for all your videos.
Well you’ve come to my rescue again! While knitting socks two at a time, I discovered I’d missed a gusset decrease.🥺 And rather than tink rows from 2 socks, I was able to just drop down and put in the decrease. Thank you, thank you, thank you❣️
Thank you so much! I am literally on the last four rows of a 104 rows and made this mistake and as a new knitter I had no idea how to fix this. This is the ONLY video I could find that addressed it which was great, because I love this channel. Excellent!
Thanks so much for this!! You make it so easy. I’m knitting socks with a lace panel and did a ssk where there should have been a k2tog, I probably wouldn’t have ripped back to fix the one stitch but now I don’t have to!✨
Hi Staci. Thank you so much for all the videos and knowledge you share. I love learning to knit with you. It has made my knitting hobby fun and successful. Wish you all the best in your new home. ❤️🙏😊
Thank you so much! I have a RUclips folder just for your "fixes" videos. You've saved me more than once! I appreciate it so much that I actually watch any ads through without skipping them when it says I can. :)
Thank you!!! I was doing k2tog instead of ssk. Didn't realize until 3 rows in. Wasn't sure I could fix it, after watching your video it's fixed in seconds!!! Thanks again!!!
I can feel my fear of dropping stitches lessen each time I watch one of your videos. Now I don't have to grip my knitting needles so tight! Many thanks!!!
Thank you for showing how to correct these. I can't tell you how many times I've ripped out rows and rows of work just to fix one stitch. Love your videos. Thanks again.
Huge Thanks! It helped me figure out how to pick up a dropped sl1 K2tog PSSO. You're awesome. I love the way you explain things so simply and precisely. I watch so many of your videos, I should have said thanks before now!
Just had a huge calamity of dropped deceased on my first sock gusset. This video was hugely helpful. Thank you so much!! You're explained it so simply and the video was so clear to see.
Thank you so much Staci, the picking up ssk and k2tog and fixing mistakes has helped me so much. You explain things very well and a couple of times, which I really appreciate. I’m new to knitting and thank goodness I found your channel.
Thank you for posting this!! What a helpful resource, I've shared this on my knitting group's page. I thankfully have not yet run across this problem, but I sure wouldn't known how to fix it prior to watching this. You rock, Staci!!!
I knew it could be done! Thank you! I need to fix ssk's 6 rows below on a dress hem that is 240 stitches across and involves a cable pattern. The thought of frogging it all back, losing days of work, not to mention frogging cables.... I'd rather poke my eyes out with my knitting needles 😂 😭 THANK YOU!!! I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL! 💖💖💖
great video! thanks. my friend can use this. she's learning how to fix her own mistakes and I have a hard time explaining what I know into something she understands. now she can play this back over and over. yay!
This was the most wonderful video to watch on Christmas Eve making a hat. Thank you so much you did you your job and very well. Merry Christmas to you!
Thank you for your fantastic videos. You explain so nicely. My problem is a little different. I am dropping one of the 2 stitches in yarn over K2tog. Never realize it til a row or two later. I am watching so carefully each stitch going into my needle. Do you have an idea on what I am doing incorrectly?
Thank you, love the tips. I never would have know you have to go in through the left for k2tog, & through the right on ssk. How about a tutorial on how to take out a bind off, for circumstances that it could be too tight or too loose, and you want to re-do it?
I wonder what you would do if you only dropped one stitch of an ssk. I did this and just sort joined it with the leg of a neighboring stitch (or maybe the neighbors on both sides) by pulling the ladder through it and the dropped stitch...It saved my sock and isn’t super visible thanks to the yarn I’m using, but I have a feeling there might have been a better way to do it.
I've just made the split-stitch mistake you saw toward the end, and while confidently dropping down to fix it, I realized I lost the K2tog below! Thankful for yet another of your amazing videos! However, I wonder if it is even possible if someone noticed a need to drop down more than one row. I suppose if you forgot to k2tog and didn't realize until later, it isn't possible to drop down to fix it since all the rows after would be incorrect as a result. Is that right? You'd have to "tink" back or probably even "frog" back. (I'm knitting my first socks right now, so the prospect of that is horrifying.)
Do you have a video (or instructions) for if I did a k2tog in the previous row, but the realized it was just supposed to be knit knit? Can I fix it in a similar manner without having to tink the whole last row?
Thank you for all your great tutorials! This is super info if you drop a decrease. My problem lately is that on my current project I have forgotten to MAKE the decrease. I've done the K2tog but then forgotten to do the SSK on the other side of the stitch marker, or visa versa. Then when I do a stitch count ( a few rows up-never same row!) I realize what I've done but can't figure out how to drop down, do the decrease and then ladder back up. Is there a way to do this? Thanks!
+wendi abeberry - forgetting to add an increase or decrease can't really be effectively corrected by dropping a column of stitches (as I've done here). If you've missed a decrease, the "rungs" of subsequent rows will have enough length for two stitches (and you've decreased down to one), and the stitches above will look very loose after a repair. If you've missed an increase, the "rungs" will only be long enough for one stitch, when you'll need two after a repair. I'm afraid that totally missing increases or decreases is best repaired by ripping back the rows and fixing them the difficult way. :)
+wendi abeberry - haha, "wonderfix". Yes, I promise to show you all of the shortcuts I know for correcting mistakes, but unfortunately there isn't a shortcut for everything.
Thank you I’m struggling with an ssk sliding off my needles. I am still not 100% sure I did it correct I’m still a newer knitter. I’m making a sweater with lace and in the lace round the 1st stitch is a YO followed by an SSK then k2tog then YO and then finally a k1 and I repeat that across. The next round is a plain knit round and that’s when my stitches fell off the needle. I am using markers to indicate my repeats and that’s how I knew I was off. Since the first stitch of the repeat is a YO. I just picked up the missing YO and knit that then did what you showed for a dropped SSK from right to left and using the slack from the YO I created the SSK and put it on the needle and then knit it. I guess it’s okay? Anyone?
No - I don't have that video. That gets a bit trickier than a dropped decrease, different things to do in different circumstances, mainly because an increase requires more yarn on subsequent rows. (Your best bet may be to rip back, no short cuts.) But it's a good idea for a video - thank you!
Is there a video for correcting dropped INCREASE stitches like this? In trying to fix a mistake I seem to have lost several increases down the rows. It gets worse with everything I try. (I think my son was signed in on youtube and I posted with his name before with this question)
No video on that...I believe I address dropped increases in the video. In subsequent rows after the missed increase, you won't have any yarn allowed for that increase (or those increases), and your knitting will likely be tight. It's usually better to either rip back, or make up the increases in later row.
If you made a decrease that you shouldn't have, you should rip back in that case. This is because subsequent rows will only have enough yarn with a decrease there...if you correct it without ripping back, those subsequent rows will look tight and different.
Is it possible to take down a column of decreases to correct? I'm knitting a pattern that is knitting on the bias going out from the center and I've got a column of k2to on one side of center and ssk on the other. I want to know if I can take down my column of ssk to correct. I'm worried that I won't be able to keep track of the double loops in each row. I hope my question makes sense. Thank you so much for your video help (and website and now podcast - yay!).
Laura - it can be done, but it isn't easy. If you've missed a decrease, it will never look "right" if you drop a column, because you'll have the extra yarn from the missed (the created) decrease running up subsequent rows, and the work will be loose and inconsistent. Regardless, it might be worth a try if the alternative is to rip back a lot of work.
Thank you so much. The thing is that I didn't miss a decrease, I did my SSK incorrectly. My pattern said slip (knit) slip (purl) and then knit through back. As a novice, when I slipped kinit, I had the yarn in back, but then when I slipped purl, I put the yarn in front. Then I moved the yarn to the back for the knit through back. So, my decreases aren't laying very nicely. The decreases on the stitches on each side of the center on a long patterned scarf, and I'm about 50 rows up, so I could just start doing the stitch correctly now. The decreases are there, but they just look strange :-/. If I do take the column down how would I create two loops out of the ladder. I'm confused. Thanks so much again.
That is a bigger question than I can answer here in comments. I suggest visiting your local yarn shop and getting in-person help. Personally, I would rip back and not attempt it.
Knowing how to fix mistakes makes knitting so much more enjoyable and relaxing. There's no fear that I might make a mistake because I know what to do if that happens. Thank you for all your videos.
Well you’ve come to my rescue again! While knitting socks two at a time, I discovered I’d missed a gusset decrease.🥺 And rather than tink rows from 2 socks, I was able to just drop down and put in the decrease. Thank you, thank you, thank you❣️
OH MY GOD thank you so much, I'm decreasing for a sock and I got confused and missed an SSK and I really didn't want to rip out… you're a lifesaver.
Thanks for looking at my question. You are my go-to first stop for all knit questions. ❤
Thank you so much! I am literally on the last four rows of a 104 rows and made this mistake and as a new knitter I had no idea how to fix this. This is the ONLY video I could find that addressed it which was great, because I love this channel. Excellent!
Thanks so much for this!! You make it so easy. I’m knitting socks with a lace panel and did a ssk where there should have been a k2tog, I probably wouldn’t have ripped back to fix the one stitch but now I don’t have to!✨
Hi Staci. Thank you so much for all the videos and knowledge you share. I love learning to knit with you. It has made my knitting hobby fun and successful. Wish you all the best in your new home. ❤️🙏😊
Thank you so much! I have a RUclips folder just for your "fixes" videos. You've saved me more than once! I appreciate it so much that I actually watch any ads through without skipping them when it says I can. :)
Thank you!!! I was doing k2tog instead of ssk. Didn't realize until 3 rows in. Wasn't sure I could fix it, after watching your video it's fixed in seconds!!! Thanks again!!!
Once again you saved my project! ❤️❤️❤️ thank you for making these videos. As a newbie, I so appreciate the help.
I can feel my fear of dropping stitches lessen each time I watch one of your videos. Now I don't have to grip my knitting needles so tight! Many thanks!!!
Thank you, I was struggling to pick up a yarn over followed by SSK and you came through as life saver; Please do not stop knitting tutorials.
I've been putting out a new knitting video every week - I'll keep going!
Thanks SO much...I don't know why I was making this so complicated in my brain!!! It's actually simple.
Thank you for showing how to correct these. I can't tell you how many times I've ripped out rows and rows of work just to fix one stitch. Love your videos. Thanks again.
Huge Thanks! It helped me figure out how to pick up a dropped sl1 K2tog PSSO. You're awesome. I love the way you explain things so simply and precisely. I watch so many of your videos, I should have said thanks before now!
Saved ALOT of time and stress - THANK YOU!!!
Just had a huge calamity of dropped deceased on my first sock gusset. This video was hugely helpful. Thank you so much!! You're explained it so simply and the video was so clear to see.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️This is fantastic! I'm now calling myself an intermediate knitter. Couldn't have learned all I have without your help!
Thank you so much Staci, the picking up ssk and k2tog and fixing mistakes has helped me so much. You explain things very well and a couple of times, which I really appreciate. I’m new to knitting and thank goodness I found your channel.
Thank you for posting this!! What a helpful resource, I've shared this on my knitting group's page. I thankfully have not yet run across this problem, but I sure wouldn't known how to fix it prior to watching this. You rock, Staci!!!
I knew it could be done! Thank you! I need to fix ssk's 6 rows below on a dress hem that is 240 stitches across and involves a cable pattern. The thought of frogging it all back, losing days of work, not to mention frogging cables.... I'd rather poke my eyes out with my knitting needles 😂
😭 THANK YOU!!! I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!
💖💖💖
You have done a fab job and kept me from frogging like a mad angry knitter!!!
great video! thanks. my friend can use this. she's learning how to fix her own mistakes and I have a hard time explaining what I know into something she understands. now she can play this back over and over. yay!
Staci, I am currently working on these dame decreases for a sweater, thanks for the tip!!!
Thank you!! Being a new knitter this information is so helpful.
It did indeed help! I missed a ssk in making a heel on a sock. Only my second pair. So this saved me!
This was the most wonderful video to watch on Christmas Eve making a hat. Thank you so much you did you your job and very well. Merry Christmas to you!
Amazing & so simple! This was sooo built up in my mind to be such a nightmare! Thanks for clarifying! ♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so, so much! You are definitely my go to for learning and fixing my knitting! Fabulous teacher!
thank you So much Staci. Your tutorials are so very helpful and so well done. I really appreciate that you do these.
What an excellent tutorial! Can you do a tutorial on how to pickup dropped basic cables?
Thank you for your fantastic videos. You explain so nicely. My problem is a little different. I am dropping one of the 2 stitches in yarn over K2tog. Never realize it til a row or two later. I am watching so carefully each stitch going into my needle. Do you have an idea on what I am doing incorrectly?
Thank you so much for sharing your terrific knowledge with us, making it easy to understand.
yes, your work here is done.....until we need more videos, that is....Thanks, Staci!
Thank you, love the tips. I never would have know you have to go in through the left for k2tog, & through the right on ssk. How about a tutorial on how to take out a bind off, for circumstances that it could be too tight or too loose, and you want to re-do it?
Thank you! I used this to correct a forgotten k2tog. Yay!
Appreciate your knitting tips so much. One day I will let go of the death grip on needles. Great manicure.
I wonder what you would do if you only dropped one stitch of an ssk. I did this and just sort joined it with the leg of a neighboring stitch (or maybe the neighbors on both sides) by pulling the ladder through it and the dropped stitch...It saved my sock and isn’t super visible thanks to the yarn I’m using, but I have a feeling there might have been a better way to do it.
You have saved my sanity. Thank you so so much!
I've just made the split-stitch mistake you saw toward the end, and while confidently dropping down to fix it, I realized I lost the K2tog below! Thankful for yet another of your amazing videos! However, I wonder if it is even possible if someone noticed a need to drop down more than one row. I suppose if you forgot to k2tog and didn't realize until later, it isn't possible to drop down to fix it since all the rows after would be incorrect as a result. Is that right? You'd have to "tink" back or probably even "frog" back. (I'm knitting my first socks right now, so the prospect of that is horrifying.)
Great tutorial, as always! Did want to let you know that your vocal volume level has seemed *really* low in your recent videos.
hi can you show an updated podcast on doing a twist stitches please.
Do you have a video (or instructions) for if I did a k2tog in the previous row, but the realized it was just supposed to be knit knit? Can I fix it in a similar manner without having to tink the whole last row?
Thank you for all your great tutorials! This is super info if you drop a decrease. My problem lately is that on my current project I have forgotten to MAKE the decrease. I've done the K2tog but then forgotten to do the SSK on the other side of the stitch marker, or visa versa. Then when I do a stitch count ( a few rows up-never same row!) I realize what I've done but can't figure out how to drop down, do the decrease and then ladder back up. Is there a way to do this? Thanks!
+wendi abeberry - forgetting to add an increase or decrease can't really be effectively corrected by dropping a column of stitches (as I've done here). If you've missed a decrease, the "rungs" of subsequent rows will have enough length for two stitches (and you've decreased down to one), and the stitches above will look very loose after a repair. If you've missed an increase, the "rungs" will only be long enough for one stitch, when you'll need two after a repair. I'm afraid that totally missing increases or decreases is best repaired by ripping back the rows and fixing them the difficult way. :)
Thanks for explaining that. At least I don't feel like I missed out on using the "wonderfix" all this time!
+wendi abeberry - haha, "wonderfix". Yes, I promise to show you all of the shortcuts I know for correcting mistakes, but unfortunately there isn't a shortcut for everything.
Staci to the rescue--again! thank you
Thank you I’m struggling with an ssk sliding off my needles. I am still not 100% sure I did it correct I’m still a newer knitter. I’m making a sweater with lace and in the lace round the 1st stitch is a YO followed by an SSK then k2tog then YO and then finally a k1 and I repeat that across. The next round is a plain knit round and that’s when my stitches fell off the needle. I am using markers to indicate my repeats and that’s how I knew I was off. Since the first stitch of the repeat is a YO. I just picked up the missing YO and knit that then did what you showed for a dropped SSK from right to left and using the slack from the YO I created the SSK and put it on the needle and then knit it. I guess it’s okay? Anyone?
What about multiple rows of dropped ask?
Do you have any videos on correcting a dropped INCREASE? I dropped a KFB & had a hard time recreating it, I'm not sure I did it right.
No - I don't have that video. That gets a bit trickier than a dropped decrease, different things to do in different circumstances, mainly because an increase requires more yarn on subsequent rows. (Your best bet may be to rip back, no short cuts.) But it's a good idea for a video - thank you!
Thank you ☺️
This is a sanity saver! Thank you!
So helpful. Thank you!
Is there a video for correcting dropped INCREASE stitches like this? In trying to fix a mistake I seem to have lost several increases down the rows. It gets worse with everything I try. (I think my son was signed in on youtube and I posted with his name before with this question)
No video on that...I believe I address dropped increases in the video. In subsequent rows after the missed increase, you won't have any yarn allowed for that increase (or those increases), and your knitting will likely be tight. It's usually better to either rip back, or make up the increases in later row.
Thank you so much! Saved a lot of frogging😊
Gràcies per tantes bones idees !!
Staci - if I made a decrease but should not have k2tog - can that mistake be corrected without ripping?
If you made a decrease that you shouldn't have, you should rip back in that case. This is because subsequent rows will only have enough yarn with a decrease there...if you correct it without ripping back, those subsequent rows will look tight and different.
@@verypinkknits thanks - sad but not a surprise - hope springs eternal.
THANK YOU ❤️ You saved me
Thanks a million!!! You saved me from myself :D
Is it possible to take down a column of decreases to correct? I'm knitting a pattern that is knitting on the bias going out from the center and I've got a column of k2to on one side of center and ssk on the other. I want to know if I can take down my column of ssk to correct. I'm worried that I won't be able to keep track of the double loops in each row. I hope my question makes sense. Thank you so much for your video help (and website and now podcast - yay!).
Laura - it can be done, but it isn't easy. If you've missed a decrease, it will never look "right" if you drop a column, because you'll have the extra yarn from the missed (the created) decrease running up subsequent rows, and the work will be loose and inconsistent. Regardless, it might be worth a try if the alternative is to rip back a lot of work.
Thank you so much. The thing is that I didn't miss a decrease, I did my SSK incorrectly. My pattern said slip (knit) slip (purl) and then knit through back. As a novice, when I slipped kinit, I had the yarn in back, but then when I slipped purl, I put the yarn in front. Then I moved the yarn to the back for the knit through back. So, my decreases aren't laying very nicely. The decreases on the stitches on each side of the center on a long patterned scarf, and I'm about 50 rows up, so I could just start doing the stitch correctly now. The decreases are there, but they just look strange :-/. If I do take the column down how would I create two loops out of the ladder. I'm confused. Thanks so much again.
That is a bigger question than I can answer here in comments. I suggest visiting your local yarn shop and getting in-person help. Personally, I would rip back and not attempt it.
Got it!! Thanks so much for the advice. Appreciate all the personal help.
Awesome I learned something
You saved me! 😁👍🏻