All knitters have questions about the best way to do things, why different things happen while they are knitting, how to fix knitting mistakes and more. Here is this weeks questions posed by several knitters.
Question : Can you explain how to pick up a dropped stitch?
Answer:No matter how careful you are when knitting, invariably you’re going to drop a stitch. Sometimes you’ll notice this right away and catch it within a row or two. Other times, you’ll see it hiding several rows below where you’re working. Either way, relax. It is fixable. Here’s how you do it.
Picking
Up a Dropped Stitch Down a Row—Knitwise
It
always happens—you put down your knitting only to come back to
dropped stitches that have loosened back a row or two. Never fear.
Here’s how you pick them up again.
Insert
your left needle through the front of the dropped stitch so it won’t
travel any farther.
Insert
the left needle under the loose strand directly above the dropped
stitch.
With
the right needle, pull the dropped stitch over the strand and tip of
the needle.
Now
knit the stitch on the left needle, and continue on.
Picking Up a Dropped Stitch Down a Row—Purlwise
Sometimes
dropped stitches are more obvious on the purl side in stockinette
stitch. It just pops out at you, and you can see the horizontal line
from each row very clearly.
Insert
the left needle into the purl st.
Insert
the left needle under the loose strand. It should now be to the right
of the dropped stitch on the left needle.
With
the right needle, lift the dropped stitch over the strand and the
point of the needle.
Pull
the strand through the stitch.
Transfer
the stitch back to the left needle and purl it.
Picking
Up Dropped Stitches Several Rows Down.
This
is where a crochet hook really becomes your best friend. When you
notice a dropped stitch several rows down, first things first, stick
a crochet hook into the stitch. You want to be sure the stitch
doesn’t fall any farther.
1.
Position your work so you’re above and at the same vertical point
as the dropped stitch on the knit side of your work. Pull the needles
apart very gently, exposing the horizontal lines from each of the
rows missing the stitch.
- Look at your work carefully, and assess how many rows the stitch has fallen. The sample shows 4 loose strands, representing 4 rows.
- With the crochet hook inserted into the dropped stitch, hook the strand right above the stitch and pull it through.
4.Pull
next strand through, and repeat until all the stitches are picked up
from the previous rows.
5.Repeat
this process until you’re at the same row as the needles. Place the
last stitch on the left needle, and continue in the stitch pattern.
Just
remember, any glitch in your knitting project is fixable.
Have fun,
and happy knitting!
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