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Technique Tuesday - February 17, 2015

Technique Tuesday: Fixing Mistakes in Lace

Fixing a mistake in a lace pattern is a process of unknitting a set of stitches and reworking them in the correct pattern. This can be tricky with Lace since the pattern can be more complicated but essentially all you need to identify is what row is correct, rip back to that row and reknit. For the sample lace we have worked a swatch using the chart on the left, the chart on the right indicates...

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Technique Tuesday - February 10, 2015

Technique Tuesday: Fixing a Miss Crossed Cable

Fixing a miss-crossed cable is a combination of dropping a section of stitches, unknitting them for a series of rows and then reknitting them in the correct pattern. To do this you need to identify the area that the mistake happened in and which stitches needs to be dropped down and reworked. For a sample cable swatch work up the first chart. As you can probably tell there is a miss-crossed cable...

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Technique Tuesday - February 03, 2015

Technique Tuesday: Fixing a dropped stitch in 1x1 Ribbing and Seed Stitch

Fixing dropped stitches in 1x1 ribbing uses the same techniques as garter stitch except you are working both a RS knit stitch and a WS knit stitch pickup on the same row (at least in this exercise you are).

Fixing a dropped stitch in 1x1 ribbing
With a swatch of active 1x1 ribbing stitches on the needle work across to the middle of the swatch, drop two stitches and allow them (or help them) to...

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Technique Tuesday - January 27, 2015

Technique Tuesday: Fixing Dropped Stitches

Essentially a dropped stitch is a loop of knitting that has been dropped off the active needle and is no longer being held, this enables it to unravel down the work. To stop this you must place the dropped stitch onto the left needle right leg forward and work the loops in order up to the active row.

Fixing a dropped stitch in stockinette stitch

With a swatch of active stockinette stitches on the...

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Technique Tuesday - January 20, 2015

Technique Tuesday: Tinking or Unknitting your work.

Tinking or Unknitting is a method used to go backwards a few stitches in your work to fix a mistake. This technique is perfect for a mistake worked in the current row, or to go back to an area that has a mistake lower down.

In standard knitting all stitches are placed on the needle with the right leg in front.

Tinking a Row

With a swatch on the right needle observe the 1st active stitch on the...

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