How to fix mistakes when knitting the Fisherman’s Rib stitch - So Woolly

Today, I’m sharing with you how to repair those annoying errors and little mistakes, when knitting the classic Fisherman's Rib stitch pattern.
You'll learn how to fix a dropped stitch, using a crochet hook, and how to pick up and repair all the stitches when you dropped all of them because your needles went off.
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[@lainieepstein7753]

THANK YOU!!! I just spent hours/days trying to fix half fisherman's over 300 stitch rows, unraveling about 5-6 rows each time and retrying twice unsuccessfully. This was a lifesaver!

[@indujaggi]

Bless you ! Of all the knitting videos I've seen this was the BEST...a life saver! ❤

[@sowoolly]

Thank you! I’m happy to help. Enjoy your knitting 😊

[@00moon]

Thank you so much for this. I had mistakenly purled a knit stitch and knitted a purl stitch about 80% into a project and almost a foot after the lifeline, your tutorial saved me.

[@KittenBowl1]

Thanks so much for showing us how to fix Fisherman's Rib mishaps! I attempted Fisherman's Rib scarf in the past but I just didn't know how to fix them so I gave up, and unraveled everything because I just didn't know how to undo and tinker back. Now I know how to fix some mistakes which are bound to happen for any knitters, I can comfortably knit the scarf again! You're wonderful and I love your show! Please keep up great work! 💟

[@emilybarrett1173]

Your tutorial has saved my hat! I’ve already had to start again once before and thought it was a lost cause but found you!! Thank you!

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to hear it! Thank you for letting me know 👍🏼

[@alip6338]

Thank you! This literally saved me from a frustrated cry! I was right at the end of my project and so scared I would need to re-start. You've saved me❤

[@sowoolly]

You’re welcome, I’m happy to help! Enjoy your knitting❣️

[@Emergency_Confetti]

You have literally saved my project! Thank you so much for your excellent explanation!!!

[@harrietyarmill2873]

Thank you for this video! A real lifesaver, I was able to fix 8 stitches at least 12 rows down, such relief!

[@sowoolly]

OMG! Well done! I’m happy to hear it. Enjoy the rest of your knitting 🤗

[@tanyayoung2872]

I wish I'd found your videos a few weeks ago. You explain it so well. Thank you so much 😊

[@sowoolly]

Thank you! I’m happy to help. Enjoy your knitting 🤗

[@sarahfatouros]

Thank you so much ! I almost thought my project was ruined

[@emilydont]

I really could NOT figure this out until I watched your video. Thank you!

[@marymulligan7201]

Just found this in the knick of time. Finishing up a long scarf and found a peculiar stitch. Laddered down and followed your instructions and in a minute - presto! All fixed. Thank you!

[@pinkTcraze]

So happy you made this tutorial!! This helped me out a lot when i needed to unravel my fisherman rib project to get a certain measurement since i made more rows then i should have lol! Thank you again!!

[@christinacruden886]

I asked if you could help me with this problem, and hoping you would reply. Well my Sweet Lady, you are a living Angel. You showed more than I expected, thank you so very much. I feel so lucky I found your Chanel, as I’ve asked others many times.God Bless you Lady. Now I will practice. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️

[@sowoolly]

Thank you and good luck!

[@lindabell2742]

Thank you! I’m right in the middle of working with this stitch. You saved my day!

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to help! Enjoy 😊

[@nancyisenberg6371]

Hurrah!! Thanks to you and your video I was abke to fix a hole in my scappy blanket project! Thank you SO much! I ready to rip all the rows back but even then I wasn't sure it could be corrected. Thank you!

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to help! Enjoy your knitting 🤗

[@caro1591]

Wow! Thank you sooo much. You really got me out of a pickle there. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Yasmee1987]

You are amazing! You saved my work. Thank you!

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to help! Enjoy your knitting 🧶

[@itan238]

Thank you! After watching this video I'm confident to start my project :)

[@sowoolly]

Thank you, and happy knitting 🤗

[@rozcoreyclark]

I never knew about the 'bar' as you call it! I would salvage my stitches but still see the bar. Now it makes sense. I spent Dec 17-18, 2023 knitting, unknitting, reversing, recasting stitches then finally unravelling it all but now I'm better prepared for my project. Thank you!

[@sowoolly]

Thank you! Happy knitting 😊

[@ingridrodenbeck5413]

thank you! thanks you! for this wonderfully clear video! I was literally in the last five rows of my scarf when I dropped and unraveled five stitches at the end of a row. I thought I was doomed, even after watching the first part of your video which shows how to repair one stitch. But then when you showed how to unravel and pick everything up again, you literally saved my day.❤❤

[@sowoolly]

I’m glad to hear it! Thank you for the comment, and happy knitting 🥰

[@lisamcinnis9238]

Oh my goodness! You make it so slow and clear . Thank you 8:35

[@sowoolly]

Thank you for your lovely comment 😊

[@withlove_nikki]

twice this month I've come back to this video to help me fix my scarf. I want to be a little mad about the fact that I've been clumsy twice this month, but mostly I'm very thankful to you for making this video

[@aidahakimi1141]

This was really helpful! I really enjoy your calm, methodological voice. Thanks again!

[@janetcutajar1160]

Thank you so much.. I have been days trying to fix it without success till I found this.vedio...❤❤❤❤ u r the best

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to help! Enjoy your knitting❣️❣️❣️

[@AbbyBrooklyn1]

this is excellent. now I have to apply this to working the stitch in the round.

[@adanalindsley4071]

Thank you 😭😭 you just saved me from undoing 2 months worth of work

[@freitano]

Thank you! I needed this information tonight!

[@alexandraabraham6698]

Gargh! I wish I had found this video a week ago! But it's an absolute bonus seeing it now - I am right in the middle of knitting a FR snood for someone, and this will be so useful if I create a mishap! Thank you!!

[@cecelyholliday7170]

Excellent demonstration. Thank you.

[@sowoolly]

Thank you so much! Enjoy 😊

[@jessicaolney4900]

This is perfect--my first time with this stitch and the horror of finding dropped stitches had me trying figure it out. Very clear explanation and easy to do--thank you!

[@barbaraherbst-vv3ul]

So incredibly helpful! Thank you so much!

[@Saintjeanne456]

Thank you so much for this video! I was able to rip back, pick up and knit forward! Very clear instructions! Nice pacing.

[@ReneeWardRealtor]

Thank you You're a genius. I've resorted to live with the mistake lol but I'll definitely will overcome this nightmare now ❤

[@rozcoreyclark]

I am ok living with flaws but I find it impossible to continue if I cannot find or drop the stitch(es) I inadvertently added or picked up! This was so helpful.

[@sowoolly]

@rozcoreyclark8173 I’m happy to hear it! Enjoy 😊

[@gwenclark9016]

I was pulling my hair out trying to find a way to repair wrongly made Fisherman's Rib stitches in my hat. Luckily I found your video and my hat was saved. I will now subscribe to your KZbin. Thanks so much.

[@elisabettaschiavo1117]

Just what I needed! Thank you so much!

[@VickiLorraine]

Brilliant and easy to follow. Thank you so much

[@carmeltarquini2458]

Hi I love your instructions so simple to follow. Thank you. I would like to know if you could show me how to pick up stitches on a shaker stitches please?

[@julierogers2322]

Thankyou so much for your guide to fix fisherman's rib...was so easy to follow, didn't think it was possible.

[@mariacruz2952]

Thank you so much, for this video😃

[@sophiazafeiropoulou8427]

Thank you!! You saved me!!

[@traciseville]

Thank you for sharing this! It saved my project 🙏

[@tigerosie]

Excellent tutorial, I have been scared to death to pick up my project of a fishmerman's rib sweater as I had no idea how to correct mistakes but this video with it's clear instructions have spurre me on. Thank you.

[@Novemben]

Thank you so much for this video tutorial!!!

[@marilynparker2092]

Thank you so much for this video! Started the Bits & Bobs blanket & made those mistakes so I’m happy to know how to fix them.

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to hear it! Thank you for your comment 😊

[@amycole8974]

Many, many thanks for his tutorial, it is invaluable and has saved me many hours of frustration, . it is now at the top of my knitting favorites so I know where to find.

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to hear it 🤗

[@sowoolly]

And thank you for letting me know

[@janeCate1]

You are a lifesaver! Thanks so much for this - I thought I was going to have to pull out my entire knitting and start again because I couldn’t work out how to pick up the dropped stitches. Thanks for working out how to do it!

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to help! Thank you for watching 🤗

[@melindahirsch9100]

Thank you so much!! Fabulous save!

[@J8940lm1]

Thank you so much! This video is a project saver! 🤗

[@firstclassspark85]

Thank youuu for this absolute lifesaver 💜😅

[@gloriaquinn9995]

Brilliant easy instructions to follow thank you 😊so much

[@sowoolly]

Thank you for your lovely comment! Happy knitting 🤗

[@reannaalder6230]

Saved me so much work!!

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to hear it!

[@martindalton6928]

Thank you - you saved my grand daughters jumper! That was so clear it was perfect!

[@sowoolly]

Thank you for letting me know! Mission accomplished then :)

[@JimiMoore-kl5vv]

Thanks, most helpful!

[@mariannekapoulitsa2327]

Thank you. You are a live saver. For a moment I thought I need to unpick all my work. Easy fix 🙏

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to hear it! Thank you for letting me know 🤗

[@ginnylynn1]

Thank you, you are awesome ❣️🧶❤️🤗🙌

[@boulbon08]

This is genius! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge! ❤

[@sowoolly]

Thank you for your lovely comment 🤗

[@franziskamarz6637]

Thank you! This was super helpful!!

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to help!

[@Msnita275]

I love this and thank you for the awesome video.

[@sowoolly]

Thank you 😊!!!

[@qdmknhan]

Oh my goodness! When you unraveled to demonstrate what to do when multiple stitches were dropped - I nearly died! Gah!! But now I know how to pick up a dropped fisherman’s rib stitch. Before today I would just cry in despair! 🥲thank you!

[@sowoolly]

Thank you for letting me know 🤗

[@alisonwinsborough3613]

Thank you so much! Really helpful and clear x

[@sowoolly]

Thank you 😊

[@jaklew7995]

Brilliant!

[@debb7329]

Brilliant. Thankyou very much. 😊

[@sowoolly]

Thank you! Happy knitting 🤗

[@junethapa5889]

Thankyou so much!!! Didn’t have much hopes but it worked perfectly! Even when I used a knitting needle for the correction instead of crochet 😂

[@peggyhendrickson4280]

Thank you for doing this video.

[@sowoolly]

You are welcome as the flowers in May 😉‼️

[@kathyferneau]

Thank you!

[@lisanelson851]

Thank you❤️

[@nc6491]

You are so clever!! ❤

[@sowoolly]

Thank you 😊

[@Linda_James]

Repairing lace stitches would be greatly appreciated ❤

[@lambyem]

This is perfect, just what I needed. Wish I’d looked for this sooner for a previous project, I just lived with the mistake but it always bothers me! 😂 wasted so much time and frustration trying to work it out before too! Very clearly explained that following this was a doddle and no indication in the work of a mistake now. Thank you!

[@sowoolly]

Thank you, I’m happy to help 🤗

[@moniquefoissard5907]

merci beaucoup, vous avez sauvez mon écharpe. explications très claires. thank you very much

[@sowoolly]

Heureux de l'entendre. Profite de ton écharpe!

[@MrDrMurphy]

GOD. BLESS. YOU. I thought my sweater was toast.

[@prasiddhimhatre5650]

Helped. 🙏

[@amandadonaghey7540]

THANK YOU 🙏 😅

[@notyves7512]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU 😭❤️

[@sowoolly]

My pleasure 🤗

[@M322233]

Many thanks for posting this manual. Fisherman Rib i sbeautiful and easy to kniw, but I did not know how to reastore it after I made a mistake.

[@angelinaz9424]

Oh my goodness thank you! I was going to throw my knitting against the wall before I found this video!

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to help! Thank you for letting me know 🤗

[@elisabethslinkard8855]

Love this tutorial!! I haven’t done a deep search, but do you have one on fixing it in the round? I’m prepping to do a pullover sweater, but don’t wanna start until I’m very comfortable with fixing mistake

[@karenladwig]

Thanks!

[@sowoolly]

My pleasure 😊

[@emilyrln]

Omg you just saved my life 😂

[@sowoolly]

I’m happy to hear it 😂

[@triinu9996]

OMGGGG THANK YOU SOOO MUCHH❤❤❤❤❤

[@sowoolly]

My pleasure 😊❣️❣️❣️

[@namindersian1907]

Thank you mam how to correct the mistakes with this parttren will try to follow the way you showed.

[@sowoolly]

Thank you for leaving a comment 👍🏼

[@inajusnesnesheim5770]

Hi! Thanks for this video! Do you know if it's the same technique with half fishermans rib??

[@anmka13579111315]

Life saver! You have just become my favorite person!

[@juliehull3953]

Can you show how to tink back in half fisherman’s rib?

[@emanabdou5722]

Hi thank you for another fantastic video, I was just wondering if you can do a video on how to repair the herringbone stitch both knit and purl wise. Thank you in advance

[@sowoolly]

Thank you!

[@yvonneevans3856]

Ahhhh...I wish there was a way to attach what I did...this looks very close to what I did but I put it down not wanting to tink back so far🥺🧶 I may try again thanks to your video...

[@sowoolly]

Thank you and good luck 🍀👍🏼

[@karenstanton9134]

Thanks for this. Very helpful - as are all your videos. I stuggle to pick up ordinary rib. It always seem to have strands that I don't know what to do with. Could you also show me this?

[@sowoolly]

Thank you! Of course, I’ll do it! 😃

[@quernuscrafts]

Thank you so much for this - I'm just learning the Fisherman's Rib (which I prefer to the Brioche stitch), and your tutorial is so clear and has helped me to get things back on track! Every other tutorial I've watched on Fisherman's Rib basically says it's too hard to fix problems, so it's best to rely on lifelines. However, you've given me confidence now to keep going with my scarf project, after frogging back several rows and successfully getting all the stitches back on the needle! Thank you for all that you do - do you have a Buy Me A Coffee account, or something similar?

[@sowoolly]

Thank you for your lovely comment! You’ve made my day 🥰 I don’t, but I’m thinking about it… Please subscribe if you haven’t done it yet 😉

[@quernuscrafts]

@@sowoolly you definitely should set one up, or a Patreon account - some way where we grateful souls can say thank you for all your wonderful tutorials :)

[@sowoolly]

Thank you 😊

[@reannaalder6230]

KZbin now offers "super thanks" tipping.

[@sowoolly]

Thank you 😊

[@pathancock4678]

Does it matter whether you start on right side or wrong side. I am having trouble mastering this but trying to save this sweater. It’s knit with fingering yarn so very difficult to grab stitches even with size 1 needle. This is for picking up the whole row. Thank you so much

[@adrianagomez8749]

Woul this technique work to repair the 2x2 rib stich?

[@juliacannings509]

I’ve been making a fisherman’s rib pattern where first row is all knit second row is k1 then k1 below p1 repeated till last 2 sts last two knit 1 below k 1 , these two rows are alternating I’ve made a mistake trying to go back but getting confused ?, if I put a lifeline in how do I pick up the stitches ?, esp the pearl ones ?

[@adrianajb]

I love your instruction and the visual in your tutorial. You have so many lessons in this tutorial. However, in the first part if the tutorial, picking up the stitch you skipped only one knit stitch and did something different. I’m a newbie so I’m a little confused by the beginning. I’ll continue learning from you though ❤

[@brendacornell7481]

Does this repair work with two colours? I am having trouble getting it to work. I will keep trying until I hear from you! Very good tutorial by the way!

[@sowoolly]

Thank you! I haven’t tried with colors yet 😉

[@eh5320]

I just accidentally knit a mock fisherman's rib stitch when I mean to do a purl stitch and now I don't know how to undo it! Could you help? I don't want to risk taking it off the needles because then I might as well start over again

[@drknitter]

does it works on half fishermans rib?

[@1Nadnerb2]

HOW DO YOU DO THIS PATTERN IN THE ROUND please make a video for that, please !!!!!

[@lachellefarmer8265]

This is a little late for me however thanks for sharing

[@sowoolly]

Why? What happened to you?

[@lachellefarmer8265]

@@sowoolly my grandbaby pulled my stitches off my needles and i learned how to put them back on 😆

[@cecelyholliday7170]

Could you tell me if the pattern asks for one stitch increase it actually means two stitches as in fisherman’s rib one increase usually produces two stitches ?

[@sowoolly]

The pattern should asks for increasing two stitches instead of one; that’s the only way to preserve the design. Take a look: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4utlpyCmdd_a8Usi=aYee0iuj7XC63vQc

[@reannaalder6230]

I am having trouble figuring out how to repair a row in half fishermans or shaker rib! Can you help? I've tried so many ways, and I always get a weird looking row! I don't want to continue with my project until I know how to fix a mistake.

[@sowoolly]

Hello Reanna, I’m sorry to hear that, but I don’t have a tutorial yet (I haven’t tried to fix it myself). The only thing I can think of is that you undo a couple of rows, stitch by stitch, slowly. Go further than the spot where the problem is. Maybe 2 rows further down. This way you’ll see how the stitches should look on the needle. I hope this helps (it’s exactly what I would do). Good luck 🍀