Hello, any suggestions on how to remove and Reknit the ribbed waistband on a bottom up cardigan? Something tells me unpicking and reknitting in the opposite direction of the original knit direction isn’t as simple as it sounds. I need to reknit on a smaller needle for a tighter rib. Any help would be appreciated.
Welcome to KH!
It wouldn’t be easy to take out ribbing from the bottom but if you cut the sweater at the join of sweater body and waistband you can re-knit a new ribbed band. Here’s a tutorial for just that. I’ve done this to shorten sweaters and replace ribbing, and it works very nicely.
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Thank you so much for responding so quickly. I’m up early knitting so this is very timely.
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Me, too. Perfect way to start the day.
Good luck with your ribbing fix.