Thanks so much everyone for your encouragement! I think I will have a play and see if I can get used to a particular type. I get what you are saying about elastic hair bands - I was thinking that tiny elastic bands (that girls make bracelets with here, or used for orthodontics!) could work really well. I do like using the yarn but if it is contributing to tiny holes I could try something else… in any case the sweater is looking good, the holes don’t seem too visible now and it is knitting up very quickly as SalmonMac said 
I am amazed I am knitting this huge jumper all by myself! And I am sat here in my hand knitted socks as well. I think sock making will definitely be addictive, Lihn, and I will definitely be taking socks to make when I go away and need something small to carry!
On a related note, but possibly should be a new topic, I can see a bigger than just small hole in one place on the increases in the sweater and I am thinking I must have dropped a stitch or something. I ended up leaving it as it was a little way down. I wish I had tinked but it is way too late now… I was wondering… could I kind of darn it once I have finished?! I think I could pull it together with a single stitch and then work the yarn into the stitches and it wouldn’t be too visible from the front. Is that something knitters ever do?! 
Creations, thanks for the embroidery yarn tip. I am going to try that. Also, the sweater you are making looks beautiful! Are you enjoying making it?
1 Like
With regards the hole or dropped stitch - you need to inspect this thoroughly now. If it’s a dropped stitch it can ladder the whole way down your knitting which you won’t want at all. If you find a dropped stitch there fasten it with a lockable stitch marker, or a piece of yarn threaded through it and knotted into a loop, or a safety pin. Anything to prevent it going further. Then let us know and we can help fix it. For future reference a dropped stitch can be picked up and worked up a column without tinking all the way back, another skill to learn. A crochet hook is handy for this.
If it is just a hole or baggy stitch it may be a little extra yarn in that area, the extra yarn can be reasonably easily redistributed across a number of stitches making the hole close up and making the stitches on that row a touch larger. Usually they end up looking all the same size as the extra arn can be spread right along the row until it seemingly disappears. Let us know so we can signpost how to do this.
If it is some other random hole, for some reason, yes you can put in a duplicate stitch on the wrong side (also can be done one right side but I prefer wrong side when I can do that) with an new piece of yarn and weave in the ends. The duplicate stitch will help to close the hole and make it less visible or invisible.
I have done this before and no one ever knows.
Thanks for the compliment on my sweater. That pic has 2 different pieces in it, one is plain black sweater which is a bit of an experiment as I was given some yarn which is so fine I thought I could never use it (it’s called a number 1, i think this is lace weight, it’s barely thicker than embroidery thread used for cross stitch) but I’ve paired it with a fingering weight and it is starting to look like a sweater, front just binding off now, so I’ll continue with the experiment!
The other is a colour work swatch. I have made so many swatches and they are big too, I could just sew them together and have enough for 2 or 3 sweaters… but I am still undecided what I’m doing with this. I was designing a sweater with different sections of colour and cable but it isn’t really panning out at the moment, nice swatches but no progress! Ha! Still, it keeps me occupied.
This is the hole in question! It is to the left of the increases. I’m not sure what I have done…
Thank you for your help with this!
Well, it is certainly very pretty so if you do develop it into a design it will work very well. I like the brown and black together. The dedication to it is lovely
1 Like
Thanks for the pic.
I can’t decipher which way the yarn is traveling myself but I’m sure someone here will be able to help with it.
1 Like
Try pulling the stitches either side of the hole together with a length of your yarn. Do this with the RS facing so that you can see the effect and make sure that it’s as much a part of the fabric as possible. You don’t necessarily have to pull tightly on the repair yarn. Because of the texture of the yarn, you should be able to make this work so that it’s essentially undetectable.
I had to do something similar for a dropped stitch which could only be laddered up so far and then had to be tied off.
Your knitting looks very nicely done.
2 Likes
Ah, thank you so much. I actually finished the sweater and I am amazingly happy with how it looks. I can’t stop beaming every time I see it and I am wearing it all the time
This forum was so helpful. I honestly wouldn’t have finished it (or possibly even started it) without you all!
I am now knitting a Norwegian sweater with lopi wool and colour work. Another first! I will no doubt be back with a question sooner or later. Thank you jacksmith. Thank you everyone. Knitting is the most awesome hobby ever!
2 Likes
