As always, this tutorial is wonderful & you give such clear instructions. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I never thought of this and it’s a lifesaver for me right now.
Thank you so much! ❤ I'm making my first ever project, which is a sweater and it is looking pretty nice and even but I'm a big perfectionist and have a few spots where I made this mistake and it was really demotivating.
Basic fix as you said, but while I thought that would work on my knitting, I was worried "what if I am wrong and end up making the fabric look worse?" so I appreciated seeing you do the fix. It was reassuring.
The way you describe is great, but you had started with correct tension to begin with and then you pulled on it for demo, but when you actually have a patch it does not disappear so readily. For some unknown reason I recently made a sweater with wool/alpaca/mohair blend and I have so many patches of uneven stockinette. I wasn't paying much attention being stockinette, my you tube watching knit project. It was so bad that it would not even out even after blocking so I added a front large pocket to cover some of it and just have to live with the rest of it. I love how you went about this because it is systematic, mine was just in a panic state of disappointment. I think the yarn which is very old may have contributed to my mess, or what??? I am a long time knitter and this is a new one on me Hope its not my "age", knitting 50 years already!!! Thanx for all you do, your work is beautiful and I love your hands too!
You are right, Barbara, I did cheat a bit by pulling the stitch to make it look like a mistake. It is not easy to make a mistake like that on purpose :-) If you have big clusters of loose stitches and they can't be fixed by redistributing yarn, then adjust the size of the stitches one by one releasing the extra yarn that created the slack, then move the loop of that extra yarn to the wrong side of the work, cut it in half and weave in the tails that appeared after you cut the loop. Make sure to overlap the tails as you weave them in to cover the hole between those tails. In fact, adding a pocket to a project is an even better solution. There is no such thing as too many pockets :-)
@@10rowsaday yes I have done that on reverse side, what a messy situation ... just a lot of wonky unsmooth patches I haven't encountered before ... so much for mindless knitting ... I learned a big lesson to be more attentive as I go along ... stockinette is not very forgiving! ... good re-affirming advice, thanx.
Thank you for yet another great tutorial! Very helpful! After I finished watching this I remembered that I have a pulled stitch on a wrap I am making out of alpaca and mulberry silk. I was hoping that it would fix itself after I blocked it. Now I’m going to use this technique! Many thanks!!
I've always wanted to know how to do this for years I don't believe I just clicked on utube An there was the answer absolutely I'm very pleased An you've made my day cos my stitches do sometimes go bigger than others I tried loads of ways to correct it. It none worked this method is fantastic An thank Nicole for bringing it up she's made someone a happy lady now I no I will never have big stitches again thank you thank you sooo much
Hello Elspeth. The process is the same for fixing any loose stitch. If a stitch is much bigger than the nearby stitches, redistribute the yarn between several stitches on each side of the big stitch. Then pull this section of the fabric sideways and along the direction of knitting, just as we do when we block our projects. This will even out the stitches. Good luck :-)
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For someone starting, this is not just a "simple" tutorial.....it's a life saver!! :) Thank you!
Màybe simple but very very helpful for novice knitters or those with perfectionist tendencies...like me. Your tip has saved me so much tinking!
Thank you, Theresa. I am very happy I could help :-) Happy knitting!
As always, this tutorial is wonderful & you give such clear instructions. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I never thought of this and it’s a lifesaver for me right now.
Thank you, Patricia. I am really glad I could help. Happy knitting!
Thank you so much! ❤ I'm making my first ever project, which is a sweater and it is looking pretty nice and even but I'm a big perfectionist and have a few spots where I made this mistake and it was really demotivating.
I am glad I could help you to fix loose stitches in your sweater. Happy knitting, Julia :-)
@@10rowsaday Thank you!
Thanks!
Thank you, Norma :-)
Basic fix as you said, but while I thought that would work on my knitting, I was worried "what if I am wrong and end up making the fabric look worse?" so I appreciated seeing you do the fix. It was reassuring.
Excellent video....fixing a problem that happens so often to hand knits. I sure appreciate having the "know how" on fixing the stitches now. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful, Dorothy :-) Happy knitting!
The way you describe is great, but you had started with correct tension to begin with and then you pulled on it for demo, but when you actually have a patch it does not disappear so readily. For some unknown reason I recently made a sweater with wool/alpaca/mohair blend and I have so many patches of uneven stockinette. I wasn't paying much attention being stockinette, my you tube watching knit project. It was so bad that it would not even out even after blocking so I added a front large pocket to cover some of it and just have to live with the rest of it. I love how you went about this because it is systematic, mine was just in a panic state of disappointment. I think the yarn which is very old may have contributed to my mess, or what??? I am a long time knitter and this is a new one on me Hope its not my "age", knitting 50 years already!!! Thanx for all you do, your work is beautiful and I love your hands too!
You are right, Barbara, I did cheat a bit by pulling the stitch to make it look like a mistake. It is not easy to make a mistake like that on purpose :-)
If you have big clusters of loose stitches and they can't be fixed by redistributing yarn, then adjust the size of the stitches one by one releasing the extra yarn that created the slack, then move the loop of that extra yarn to the wrong side of the work, cut it in half and weave in the tails that appeared after you cut the loop. Make sure to overlap the tails as you weave them in to cover the hole between those tails.
In fact, adding a pocket to a project is an even better solution. There is no such thing as too many pockets :-)
@@10rowsaday yes I have done that on reverse side, what a messy situation ... just a lot of wonky unsmooth patches I haven't encountered before ... so much for mindless knitting ... I learned a big lesson to be more attentive as I go along ... stockinette is not very forgiving! ... good re-affirming advice, thanx.
A simple technique, but still a crucial thing to learn. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you, Chris :-)
Thank you for yet another great tutorial! Very helpful! After I finished watching this I remembered that I have a pulled stitch on a wrap I am making out of alpaca and mulberry silk. I was hoping that it would fix itself after I blocked it. Now I’m going to use this technique! Many thanks!!
I've always wanted to know how to do this for years I don't believe I just clicked on utube An there was the answer absolutely I'm very pleased An you've made my day cos my stitches do sometimes go bigger than others I tried loads of ways to correct it. It none worked this method is fantastic An thank Nicole for bringing it up she's made someone a happy lady now I no I will never have big stitches again thank you thank you sooo much
So happy I could help, Rene :-) Happy knitting!
I love your tutorials! Thank you for this clarification! No one will ever know my imperfections... :).
Happy to help, Nancy :-)
This technique is very simple and thanks sharing it.
Thank you for the help! Would you consider doing a similar tutorial for garter stitches?
Hi Diana. This method is the same for all stitch patterns. Happy knitting :-)
I’m so glad you posted this. Going to check my first colorwork cowl right now. Thank you :)
Thank for sharing. Can this be applied to a non-mirrored letter when double knitting? Thank you for any help...
Yes, you can use this method to redistribute yarn between the stitches of a double-knit fabric. Good luck :-)
@@10rowsaday Thank you! I tried it and it really worked!!😃
@@upbags2 Happy to hear that 😊
Brilliant! Thank you for explaining this easy fix!
Simple and ingenious. Thank you
Thank you! Very informative tutorial. Take care🐚
Thank you! I forgot it ran horizontally! I had been trying to do that vertically! 🙃
No worries! I'm glad this tutorial helped you sort it out :-)
How do you fix a single large knit stitch in ribbing please?
Hello Elspeth. The process is the same for fixing any loose stitch. If a stitch is much bigger than the nearby stitches, redistribute the yarn between several stitches on each side of the big stitch. Then pull this section of the fabric sideways and along the direction of knitting, just as we do when we block our projects. This will even out the stitches. Good luck :-)
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very useful thank you
Great job! Thanks!
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I had No clue
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Thank you~!!🙂
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