Fix a dropped stitch or change a knit to purl or purl to knit // Technique Tuesday

[@arlenephillips9606]

Thank you so much for this excellent video. It should be a must watch for all knitters.

[@happygoatknits]

It's one of the most needed and often used maneuvers! Ladder Up.....like in life. Thanks

[@elizabethseakins4602]

Great idea to have a swatch on the go for quickly trying a new technique 😊

[@penihavir1777]

Thanks! I had this situation yesterday when I was swatching to choose a stitch for my next project. I used a crochet hook, but it was a pain. I’m still not done swatching, so I’ll definitely have this technique in my pocket going forward… for the rest of my life!!♥️♥️♥️

[@80sgma10]

When I saw this I thought: I don't need to watch this, I know how to do that. Then I learned something new! Thanks Rox!!

[@MissHoyden]

I hadn’t thought of the 1st way of getting a purl back, thanks!

[@louisalowry6229]

I just did my first lot of brioche knitting ever in the Stephen West MKAL this year. Your videos have given me the confidence to really read my knitting so that with a little help from a video I was able to drop down and fix seven dropped stitches in a row where my circular needle came apart. Thank you ☺️

[@thaisoneon]

This video has helped me so much! I often can’t tell which is the leading leg of a stitch. It’s spoken of so often that I felt really stupid about my uncertainty. Your clear explanation on this video helped the penny to finally drop. On top of that, I now know how to fix a dropped stitch from the purl side. I have always had to turn my work over to the knit side and fix it that way. Usually that’s not a problem but sometimes it is. I now have both arrows in my quiver so I can decide which side to correct my errors on. Thank you so very much for all you do to help me be a better knitter.

[@cheryldemea2509]

Thank you. This was so wonderful as I just dropped a stitch while knitting in the car! Thank you, again

[@karenb136]

Thanks SO MUCH for these tips. I always get a crochet hook and it’s so fidgety with having to handle it all at the same time without loosing more stitches. This helps me a lot!

[@vadec5909]

As usual this was just great! And a great hint was saying to create a swatch for practice, that’s a very good idea. And I used your hack to do my tubular cast on for a hat. It worked great, when you are new at that cast on you need something easier to start. And the funny thing is I just got a free pattern off Ravelry and the cast on was the tubular cast on, but it was your way of doing it, written out for each row. The only difference they didn’t join in the around right away(which I did- from your video). And after having done it from the video, it was easy to understand it written out.

[@sheryltisdale]

Thank you Roxanne!

[@StickToYourKnitting]

This was enlightening! I always have a crochet hook at hand, but it is good to know this technique. It’s even better!

[@bonniewerner4121]

Excellent!!!

[@batya7]

Very clear!

[@Sequoya]

Great episode! Perfect timing too, I just picked up hundreds of sts from a provisional cast on, and wasn’t sure how to fix the wonky/dropped ones. Thank you Rox! :Edited for spelling

[@billotoole1563]

I've done this with the knit stitches on the right side, but when I encountered a purl stitch that I wanted to pick back up, I had just been turning my work so I could address it as a knit stitch. I'll try this out from the purl side without turning because my method gets really awkward when laddering back up in garter stitch. Thanks, Roxanne!

[@janiceparsons1000]

Me too! Rox, I so appreciate this helpful explanation. Thank you!

[@shirleemohiuddin7305]

Thank you Roxanne, such good tips!

[@laurabrowning7973]

This was great; so helpful! Thank you!

[@janetdressing39]

Oddly enough, I had mistakenly purled 13 stitches that I should have knitted early in my border rows of my project. I just dropped down to each - about 10 rows down for each and changed them to knit stitches. So easy and nobody will ever know. I just don’t know how I did the purls in the first place and didn’t see my mistake. That’s the real mystery.

[@andreamiller6200]

Very nice! If you have not yet done a video on fixing twisted stitch knitting, especially patterns that involve twists and cables, I would love to see a "drop em and fix em" kind of video that focuses on how to rescue a section of twisted stitch cables and traveling cables stitch by stitch over a few ladders of rows that were pulled out.

[@RoxanneRichardson]

I've done videos on laddering down basic cables (but not traveling cables, for that, you the more rows that have passed, the wider the span of sts will be that has to be laddered down). That video is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWLTgqWLj9mnsM0 I have done a video on laddering down a column of twisted sts, which is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4XOnqJ7ms6Amdk

[@andreamiller6200]

@@RoxanneRichardson I will look! I am eager to learn to see whether I want to tackle the "re-zipping" of all that goes into twisted, crossed cables. I am starting over now since I am making twisted knitting fingerless mitts and had not gotten too far into it but on try #2 I will use lifelines and really pay attention to how the cables are getting constructed.

[@ritagraham6703]

This is so helpful. Thank you! Do you have any thought on how to repair dropped i-cord edge stitches. OMG! Mine dropped down several rows. What a disaster. Thank you in advance.

[@ivaniamarinho]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼😘❤️

[@melbahall4564]

Thank you. I’m a beginner & terrified of making those mistakes & how to fix them I pulled a sock apart a few times before I got the hang of it. Your video helps so much. You make it look so simple.