I am a new knitter and do not have a clue. I dropped a stitch about 6 rows ago. I was going to ignore it… but there is a big hole and I do not know how to fix it. I looked at the video about using a crochet hook to fix it… but it is further back than that and I don’t get it anyway. I tried to find a video about how to rip out your stitches and could not. I do not want to lose the stitches on the needle… How do I do that? I can’t remember how to cast on… will I need to? Heck… I do not own a crochet hook… I just bought knitting needles two weeks ago! I never thought I would need a crochet hook to knit!
Hopefully, this will help you:
You have the knitted work on one needle, right?
Use the spare needle and put it through the first strand of knit down at or near where the lost stitch has quit raveling.
Now, put that needle into the first stitch/yarn strand, over the next, under the next and so on until your needle point is at the other end of the knitted work. Be careful to stay on the same row of stitches.
You will have a needle up where you stopped knitting and the spare will basically be threaded through down near the run(remember how pantihose run and stop?) You will then be able to take the top needle out, pull the yarn and rewind until you reach the spare needle.
Your yarn may be at the wrong end to begin knitting again but you can switch it onto the other needle. Then you can pick up your lost stitch and :knitting: :knitting: :knitting: !!! Mary
P.S. It might sound complicated but it isn’t, just take one step at the time and remember to be patient with yourself.
It is really a mess and I just need to know how to rip out the darn thing. I tried to follow your instructions … but it didn’t do anything, so I must be doing it wrong. Do I put my needle through the loop ( the dropped stitch) and then try to weave it up? It isn’t working. Can You help me to rip out what I have done to the point of the hole and then start over from there. I took up knitting to relax and not finding it so… if you make a mistake. It is very frustrating because this site is sooo into expereinced knitters.
I am so sorry! Knitting mistakes are frustrating (I’m a newbie too, been knitting a whole 2 months now, lol!).
The only way to “rip out” your stitches back to the mistake would lose all the work you have - you be starting all over back at where ever the dropped stitch has run to.
Yes, the directions above are to help you get that stitch back up on the needles, without losing all your work.
If you look at your hole, you should see a “ladder” of yarn. At some point, you will see a “loop” or a not dropped stitch. You are going to put your needle in that loop. Then put the first rung of the ladder (the on right above the stitch) on the SAME needle. Now use another needle to pull the loop over the ladder rung. Now you have a loop on your needle, and still more ladder rungs in your knitting. Put the next ladder rung on the needle that now has the loop, and repeat.
However, I will say that my first be run had ME running out to buy a crochet hook! It is a lot easier, imo, to fix it that way.
I hope you recover from this set-back quickly! :knitting:
I agree with Melissa and you can probably do it with your fingers, too. Picking up that one stitch will be far less frustrating than having to reknit. ALL of us were once inexperienced and newbies.
The method I tried to explain just involves picking up the whole row of stitches at the point where your one stitch came loose.
Try GOOGLING this: [B]picking up dropped stitches[/B]
There are tons of sites with directions and one of them has a method that will be easy for YOU to understand.
You’re probably not going to save what’s on your needles, unless you use the methods described above to fix the st, but you don’t have to rip all of it out either. Pull out your needles and slowly and carefully rip back to the row where the stitch dropped to, then back to the beginning of that row. Take a smaller needle and thread it through the loops from the opposite side where the yarn is hanging from. Don’t worry if the sts aren’t all going the same way. Pick up the needle your’re using and begin to knit, fixing the way the sts on the left needle are seated if they’re twisted. At the end of the row, you should be all set and can use the other needle the same size to keep knitting.
There are many mistakes you can ignore, but not a dropped stitch. If you just leave one, it will eventually “run” just like a stocking and you’ll have a big mess with a big hole or run in it.
A crochet hook is wonderful for fixing things in knitting.