hello everyone…longtime fan, first time poster, from Toronto, ON. I checked this section in hopes of avoiding a question that’s already been asked so I hope I’m not annoying anyone…
Making my first sweater, a relatively easy pattern from Suss Cousins (the tweedy cowl neck from Suss Design Essentials). In an attempt to keep my seaming to a minimum, I knit the bottom to underarms in the round. I am now working away on the back (back and forth on circulars), and pretty darn proud of myself…
Was, that is, until it occurred to me that I have no idea how to get the rest of my stitches “live” again once I start to work the other side of the garment. I will have bound off the cowl neck on the front, and there goes my live yarn.
Please help!
Half in-the-round, half not!
Once you’re finished with the back, knit the front the same way, just start with a new strand of yarn.
Assuming you put the other half of the stitches on a holder, it is simply a case of putting them back on a needle and then starting knitting with a new piece of yarn. Just hold the yarn with a few inches of tail hanging off to the side (to weave in later) and starting knitting with your yarn as if it was already attached. It may be a bit loose for a few stitches but you can tighten it up later or as you go along.