Hi! I’m a beginner knitter and decided to start the OZETTA winter’s pullover for my first project. I understand and have practiced all the techniques needed but can’t seem to get past these first steps.
The pattern says to cast on # sts. Break yarn. Slip # sts from left needle to right needle.
(This is where I’m stuck!)
It now says to join new yarn but I have no clue where and how to join it since there is no tail between the slipped sts.
If someone can help or send a reference video that would be wonderful! Thank you!
It feels a bit odd when first doing this but just put your needle into the stitch to be worked, and work it. You’ll leave a tail (of your working yarn) of 10cm or so to weave in later and you might like to anchor this in your hand along side the needle whilst you make the first few stitches, then drop it.
When you come back on this row the stitches will likely be too big and loose, just snug them up by pulling on the tail, anchor the tail again whilst working the last 2 or 3 stitches. The following row should be fine. The tail can be left alone until your project is finished. Then you’ll weave it in to the wrong side (resizing the stitch if needed by snugging up again) and itnwill be invisible.
We’d love to see progress pics as you go along and don’t hesitate to ask if you come across any tricky bits.
I was just practicing on some acrylic yarn before some wool comes in the mail but I will definitely send some updates once I start with the proper yarn thank you so much
While you’re waiting for your yarn, I suggest making a swatch in order to practice fixing mistakes, before you have to fix them in your sweater. It’s much less stressful to try this on something you don’t care about. Dropped stitches and accidental yarn overs are 2 of the most common things that happen to the best of us. For your sweater, I’d practice these in both stockinette and ribbing. You’ll be glad of it later!
Depending how new you are and what you have already practised you might look at Tinking (unknitting stitch by stitch so you stay in control) and life lines. These 2 things were an amazing discovery for me and i was so glad to learn them.
Do you have a crochet hook? Having at least one is very useful in picking up dropped stitches.
Yes, some people like a stitch (or a few) with both yarns when adding in a new ball of yarn. In this particular case there is no old ball, or old tail, to work with, it’s just the new working yarn.
There is another way to temporarily anchor the new yarn by making a slip knot with a long tail to go on the right needle, snugged up like a stitch, then working the first real stitch. It does help with anchoring for the first few stitches but it can cause confusion if it’s forgotten about because it needs to be dropped off the needle and the slip knot undone a few rows later. There’s a risk of accidentally working the slip knot as a stitch and resulting in an incorrect stitch count.
Very Pink also has videos on fixing stitches in garter and ribbing…that website is a wealth of helpful videos, many in slow-motion (though without sound).
