Hi everyone! I’m a beginner knitter. My grandmother taught me how to knit stitch when I was very young and I had forgotten how, so thanks to YouTube, I picked up a new hobby in honor of my grandmother. I had knitted small projects here and there so this was my first big project, an infinity scarf.
I worked on this for a month straight, maybe not every day since I work and go to school, but still. I finally completed it and I have no idea what happened. I’m actually really upset and I don’t think theres anything I can do to save this.
Does anyone know what went wrong? It seems like the yarn somehow stretched? if that makes any sense.
I attached a picture of how it turned out on this post. I know its not perfect and actually a bit messy/holey- thats my own fault from adding a new ball of yarn,etc. It was around 63 inches long with give or take 40 something rows/cast ons.
(my cat wanted to make an appearance )
Hi and welcome. I’m not sure what you’re asking about. Is it supposed to be the same length all the way across? If so it looks like you might have managed to do some accidental short rows by turning before you got to the end of the row and working back to the other end for only partial rows and that could account for some of your holes. Can you link to your pattern? That could be very useful in helping you figure this out.
Hello! Yes, it was supposed to be the same length across. Unfortunately, I didn’t use a pattern… I used various knit stitch infinity scarf tutorial videos on YouTube.
Hi and welcome!
Well all of us begin somewhere. There’s a lot of very nice garter stitch in your project and it’s not all that easy to turn out a nice garter stitch. Yes, maybe some accidental yarn overs and maybe some increases? Did you end with more sts than you began with? or fewer?
What is it you’re making? Which yarn and needle size?
I’d say, all in all, a good beginning. Knitting isn’t easy. like anything worth doing but you’ve made a good start.
There are some tips here for joining a new ball of yarn. http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knitting-tips
Could you have accidentally added stitches to make it wider? That’s very common with new knitters. If you started at the narrow end that’s likely what happened. Accidental short rows are also a possibility.
Hi! Thank you so much! You definitely boosted up my spirits, haha.
I ended off with what I thought was the same number of stitches that I started with I just followed basic knit stitch infinity scarf videos on YouTube for beginners. The yarn I used was Loops and Threads - I believe it was Impeccable Solids and the size needles I used are 13’’ to get the loose knit for the scarf.
As best as I can count and assuming you started at the narrow end, it looks like a cast on of about 36, maybe 40sts and at the left of the photo, about 65-70sts. It’s easy to make a mistake at the ends of the needle and add stitches. If you pull the yarn up when you start a new row, the first stitch can look like 2 sts. If you knit both, you’ve increased a stitch. When you start the row, pull the yarn down and to the back. It makes it easier to see that the first stitch is a single loop over the needle.
it may help to count sts after every row and also, to use stitch markers every 10 sts. If you don’t want to use stitch markers so often (these can be as simple as knotted circles of yarn) you could put a marker after the first 3sts of the row and before the last 3 sts. That will help remind you not to increase at the ends. Just slip the marker from left needle to right as you knit.
You may also be relaxing more as you become more confident of the knit stitch and that is loosening your tension. That’s all to the good.
Having read the other replies and looking at the photo again, I see that the cast on and bind off edges are the short ends. I thought it went the other way. Short row turns aren’t a likely culprit I think now.
I agree you do have some very nice stitches and for a beginner, it’s not bad at all. We all have had some pieces that didn’t turn out quite as expected. I find that every new project is another learning experience. I love it.
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I just followed basic knit stitch infinity scarf videos on YouTube for beginners. The yarn I used was Loops and Threads - I believe it was Impeccable Solids and the size needles I used are 13’’ to get the loose knit for the scarf.