Hi, please could you help me. I’m confused about the last instruction for this Popcorn Stitch. I understand each instruction except for the last one. Does it mean K5 stitches together?
K 5 in the same stitch and turn your work (I understand this)
P5 and turn (I understand this)
K5 and turn (I understand this)
P5 and turn(I understand this)
K5 and pull yarn through all stitches
Thanks
Yes, although instead of knitting them together from the left needle, you’re knitting all 5sts onto the right needle then joining them together. It’s like this:
Thank you, that’s great 
I am going to do a trial one now using this technique, as my previous trial popcorns have holes in the back, behind the popcorn. I will report back!
There may well be minor holes behind the popcorns which are somewhat like hollow balls. They sometimes want to pop out to the back although you can push them out to the front if they do.
I have been practicing and one tutorial says to knit front and back 5 times into the same stitch rather than K5 into the same stitch. They say it makes it tighter and reduces the hole a bit. I tried this but there’s still a bit of a hole. Am I being too fussy about the hole and is there a way of getting rid of the hole? Thanks
You’re stretching out that stitch so it’s not surprising that there’s a hole. I have made bobbles on sweaters and not found a small hole distracting but I suppose you could go around after the fact and close it up with a yarn strand if it bothers you. Washing and blocking may also help.
There is another way to work the k5 into the same stitch. You can k1,yo,k1,yo,k1. That isn’t as bulky and it may work to lessen the strain on the stitch.
Thank you 
Hi I’ve been having a meltdown. Having picked up stitches to knit the sleeve using DPN’s, I realised a dropped stitch after two rounds in. When I tried to pick it up, it got worse and worse. It was such a mess! Eventually after much exasperation I pulled it all out, (by now the dropped stitch was several rows down) as I had no choice. I was hoping to restart at the dropped stitch row but I’m not confident I can fix my biggest mistake yet as it has impinged on the raglan. I’m so disappointed with myself as a silly dropped stitch has caused so much aggravation! I was so careful to get the raglan neat and correct (M1r M1l) and now I’m facing having to match it all up 
Argh, so frustrating. It happens to all of us at one time or another (and sometimes more than once!). It’s difficult to drop down and fix a stitch especially one involved in a raglan line. A lifeline can sometimes help in these circumstances when there’s nothing
for it but to rip out.
Thank you, it’s good to know I’m not alone and I will have to try and work my way through it. I have the chiaogoo needles and could use a lifeline. When I got the pattern I wasn’t aware it was ‘top down’ and ‘all in one’. It has been a challenge.
Sometimes Ravelry can be a help here. The tags mostly give a useful idea of the direction of knitting and the techniques, mostly. Sometimes not.
I finally finished the popcorn cardigan in a different yarn. I unpicked the other one and the yarn is now being used in the King Cole 4548 pattern
That is perfectly darling! The bobbles worked out beautifully. Very nicely done.
