Quick Tip: Duplicate Stitch
Mary Beth TempleUsing a duplicate stitch in knitting is a terrific idea when you have just a few stitches in a colorwork chart and you need a different color, find a mistake in colorwork knitting that you don't want to re-knit, or simply want to add a pop of color to an existing knit project. Using the same yarn weight as your project, use a tapestry needle to duplicate each individual stitch you need to re-color. For more on duplicate stitch check out this video on an adorable floral coaster, knit from a free downloadable pattern.
Hi there. I am Mary Beth Temple and I'm here to give you a quick tip about adding a pop of color to your knit projects without having to knit with more than one color in a row. Sometimes, even if we want to do just a little bit of delicate stitching, we don't do it. We take it right out of the project because we don't want to weave in two trillion ends and we don't wanna have Bobbins, et, et cetera, et cetera. But have you considered the duplicate stitch to make the duplicate stitch?
You use a yarn needle and appropriate yarn and you duplicate a knit stitch. You're essentially tracing a stitch that already exists. You can do it horizontally, you can do it vertically. It's great to add a pop of color where you don't want to knit with multiple colors. It's great if you're doing a complicated color work piece and you have accidentally colored a stitch incorrectly, you can use duplicate stitch to go back in there and fix your mistake without having to rip anything back.
And it's fun if you find an embroidery chart or a color work chart that you like, and you want to add it to a piece that already exists, but you don't wanna, again knit with a bunch of colors. You can get similar yarn and just duplicate each stitch that you want to have in a different color.
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