Quick Tip: Ripping Back Knit Rows
Mary Beth TempleAre you afraid of ripping back a bunch of rows if you have an error or are just plain unhappy with your knitting? Try this method for a stress-free experience! If you only need to redo a couple of stitches, check out this video on picking up dropped stitches once you have unraveled your issue.
Hi there. I am Mary Beth Temple. And sometimes when I'm knitting away on a project, I discovered I have made an error several rows before that can't be fixed by undoing a stitch or two at a time. So I'm going to have to rip some rows back for me. The easiest way to do that is to find a needle that's smaller than my project needle.
I'm going to find a row that I am confident is correct. And I'm going to use this needle to go through every stitch from side to side and go back to front under the right leg of the stitch. So for every stitch in my row that I'm sure is correct, I'm bringing my needle from the back to the front, being super careful not to split the plies. Once I have my small needle all the way across, I can pop out my project needle and rip out a bunch of rows at a time knowing that I'm not going to drop any stitches because the small needle is going to catch every single stitch. Look at that.
It's all lined up ready to knit. I just have to remember to go back to the size for my project to knit the next row.
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