Help! I dropped a stitch at the end of a row!

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charli2shoes — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:06:04 GMT

Thank you so very much! The method of knitting both the top and bottom of the loops worked perfectly. I desperately did not want to rip back 5 or 6 rows of a sweater I'm knitting with mohair.

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angellisa — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:42:30 GMT

I wish I could post a photo of my mistake. The demonstration chart is a different type of yarn from what I am using. I am using yarn that looks like ribbon. It says 97% Nylon and 3% Polyester with a size 17 needle. I wish I had someone near by to help me with this issue. I am new to knitting, and I have learned to cast on, knit stitch, and Purl. I have been knitting for one week, and I want to learn how to fix this mistake. Help!

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jammeyechi — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:18:35 GMT

Thanks so much! I was unfortunate enough to not notice I'd dropped the edge stitch until the run had worked it's way across 4 stitches and down 4 rows. A lot of patience and this tutorial saved my sanity, and it was worth not having to rip out 4 rows at 233 stitches each! Pinning out the loops on a blocking mat really helped, since I was working four stitches up through each of those messy loops.

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SarahY — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:52:10 GMT

Whew! Good to know! Thanks!

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LindaML — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:20:38 GMT

Kathleen,

I am a brand new knitter working on my first sweater and this post SAVED my sanity today! I had dropped a stitch and remembered your post. Grabbed the crochet hook and managed to fix the loopy mess. Thanks for the help!

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Zoe — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:36:22 GMT

When you use a crochet hook to pick up the dropped knitting stitches, it doesn't come out looking like crochet. It all looks knitted the way it should be.

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CGJ — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:39:04 GMT

if you slip the first stitch, knit to the end. Slip 1, knit to end, s1 knit to end. Drop the last stitch. Your edging is 1 stitch for every 2 rows. Your design show crochet every row. This does not work.

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bdurst — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:51:57 GMT

Got online to order book and DVD and it is out of stock. Cannot order it! Any info on availability?

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SandraA — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:01:48 GMT

More posts like this in the KD newsletter please, actually would've preferred to see this version complete with parenthetical aside at the end re TECHknitter's blog. It's nice to see more of your authentic writing voice, Kathleen, rather than trying to sell us the Knitter's Companion for what feels like the millionth time.

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Kathleen Cubley — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:39:10 GMT

Hi All!

Take a look at Techknitter's blog (techknitting.blogspot.com). She has a version of the fix which I think replicated a slipped stitch edge.

In the illustrations above, the crochet hook is inserted front to back, I think the shading on the pulled-through loop on Step 1 makes it look a little like the hook is coming from the back, but it's going from front to back as noted in the written instructions below the illustrations.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Kathleen

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JanL — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:32:03 GMT

I think that's happened to us all! Thank you for the helpful tips!

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sewalaskan — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:37:45 GMT

Enjoyed your post - but mostly enjoyed that you also watch Big Bang Theory - one of my favorite shows.

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Zoe — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:51:34 GMT

Hi peet, yes the stitch looks like you will be twisting it the way the crochet hook is inserted into the stitch. If you are off setting the purl stitch from the row beneath and this is ok. What a thought -- you can fix the dropped stitch from the edge. I would assume that every other row, you will off set the purl stitch from the previous row when you do this. Knitters are never done learning new/old things!!!

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peet — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:36:45 GMT

Kathleen,

Thanks for this tip. I have had this problem more than once and didn't realize that I had to work each "loop" twice. One question: in the diagram for step 1 it looks to me like the crochet hook is going in back to front. Do I believe the picture or the text?

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montanaibu — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:17:26 GMT

Does the dvd set with Knitter's Companion have captions or subtitles? I'm deaf and would love to be able to understand it. Thanks for posting how to do this!