Help! How to take out a row of half fisherman rib!

How-to Questions
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Hi everyone,

I am new to the forum but am desperately looking for info on how to take out a row of half fisherman rib. This is where you knit into the stitch below, thereby essentially dropping a stitch loose! I cannot find anywhere any info on how to undo a row and pick up those loose stitches!

Please, can someone help me?

Thanks!!

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Welcome!
You can work backwards stitch by stitch (tinking) fairly easily. I’m working a variation on fisherman rib right not and I’ve done that for a row or two (or even more) in order to correct a mistake. It may also be easier to insert a smaller size needle into a destination row, like this. Of course, using a lifeline is very helpful if you have to rip back.
Are you correctiing a mistake or shortening the knit fabric?

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Thank you!

I made a mistake so need to take a row back.

I’m a fairly experienced knitter but have never used this half fishermans rib before. Its amazing how much information you can find online about how to do stitches but never how to undo! since this stitch drops the above stitch (as you knit below it) I have no idea how to repick up that stitch when taking it back out.

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Try going back two rows (I know this isn’t fun) to the last row of all knit across the row. That way you won’t have to worry about picking up the k1b stitches. You can undo them and leave them as a double stitch on the needle. When you take out the following row, you’ll be back to single sts.

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Wow!!

Thank you, yes that has worked brilliantly. I thought I’d have to somehow pick those stitches up but by going back to the knit row there they are.

Thank you so much!

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I am doing the same stitch. new to knitting… thought i fixed it but now it seems like the stitch is backwards! I am supposed to purl one, then knit one below, and the way i put the stitch back one looks as if i need to knit first which would mess up the rest of my pattern… how on earth do i fix this without restarting?!? heelp

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Is it the orientation of the individual stitches tha’s wrong or is there something else? Maybe a phote would help.
If it’s the orentation, you can change the way each stitch sits on the needle as you come to it on the next row.
Another possiblity is to tink back one more row. You know that you’ll be able to put each stitch onto the needle correctly beause you’ll slip the new needle into the stitch below before you undo the current stitch. i know it’s more complicated than the video shows but this is the idea.