I just finished a cardigan. As I was pressing it ready to wear i noticed one stitch has broken in the a very visible part of the neckband knitted in stockinette. Too late to do anything like undo the knitting. If I leave it, it will unravel and a hole will appear. Any suggestions welcome.
I would do like this: I would unravel in both direction enough to weave in the tails. Then I would fix it with Kitchener’s stitch.
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Welcome to KH!
I’ve also used duplicate stitch to strengthen a thin stitch or a broken yarn strand.
I like engblom’s suggestion to undo adjacent sts to make the tail a bit longer. You could do this after working duplicate stitch.
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Salmonmac is right with her suggestion that one might do the duplicate stitch first and then undo in both direction. It becomes easier in this way. When you undo the original yarn in both direction the duplicate stitch becomes Kitchener’s stitch.
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Thank you salmonmac and engblom for your suggestions, they were very helpful. I have never done Kitchener’s stitch, and I see why it’s used when making socks! As it’s a fairly narrow neckband with fine variegated yarn, I thought working with 2 needles and a darning needle might be a bit tricky. So I had a go at the duplicate stitch idea which worked fairly well as a clever bit of patchwork! Weaving in the ends at the back wasn’t easy, but at least now the hole has been covered and hopefully won’t unravel. I had never done duplicate stitch before either so I learned something today. I will remember that in case it happens again.
The Lockdown Cardigan can now be worn!
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I keep all fabric glue around and apply with a tooth pick into areas that need strengthening…do all the said replies as you see fit, leave it right side out…then bit by bit apply glue…turn it inside out if this side doesn’t appear to be working…