I’ve been working on my first scarf (first knitting project in general) and got to the end and then messed it all up while casting off. I panicked because I didn’t know how to fix it and ended up making everything far worse than the initial mistake had been. It’s off the loom now. I tried to put it back on, but one layer in particular is more undone than the others. I tried to backtrack back to that layer, to try to put it back on the loom from there, but it’s all just a tangled mess now.
I tried to attach a picture, but it said it was too big, so I’m putting a twitter link to it. I hope that’s okay.
Is there any way to save it? I don’t want to loose the scarf :[ The rest of it is perfect.
Welcome!
I don’t loom knit and i couldn’t get your link to work but we’ve all faced a similar problem at one time or another.
It may make it easier to fix if you can put the stitches onto a knitting needle or a length of scrap yarn. If you thread a tapistry needle with the scrap yarn, you can thread it through the right leg of each stitch in a row. Pull out your stitches up to that row and then begin putting that row back on the loom. Use a smooth yarn in a contrasring color ( even dental floss might work in a pinch).
You can leave the contrasting yarn in place until you finish and then remove it after the cast off. It’s called a lifeline.
Here’s a tutorial that may help. See about 1/4 the way down the page under afterthought lifeline.
Thanks, salmonmac! It took me a couple hours of fumbling around, but I have completed the scarf! It’s looking pretty good, if I do say so myself ;]
Good going! Glad you got it to work.