| Sometimes you will have knit a few rows of a | | | | completed the row, you can either have dropped |
| pattern before realizing you have dropped a stitch. | | | | a stitch. One method to correct this error is to |
| One method to correct this error is to unravel | | | | unravel your Sometimes you will have knit a few |
| your work until you get to the dropped stitch | | | | rows of a pattern before realizing you unravel the |
| then pick it up on the needle and continue with | | | | portion that is done and move back to fix the |
| your knitting. An even simpler and less time | | | | stitch. |
| consuming method, however, is to use a crochet | | | | If you have knit a couple of rows, it is simple to |
| hook to pick up that dropped stitch and carefully | | | | move to that stitch and drop it until you reach |
| knit it up the rows until it reaches the rest of the | | | | the problem stitch. Then, using that crochet hook, |
| work. As long as you pay attention, you can | | | | pick it up and work back up the rows until you |
| make the stitches either purl or knit as required. | | | | reach the needle holding the rest of your work. |
| For picking up a dropped purl stitch, I recommend | | | | You can use this method to correct you knit |
| working from the back of the work since you | | | | stitch as well. For instance, if you have knit a |
| can knit the stitch at the back and will create a | | | | stitch that you should have purled or purled a |
| purl stitch on the front. | | | | stitch that you should have knit, you can correct |
| Incomplete Stitches | | | | them as well using the crochet hook instead of |
| To correct an incomplete or partial stitch is not | | | | unraveling the work several rows. Just drop the |
| really difficult. If you notice the partial stitch (the | | | | stitch, taking it down to the right row, fix it and |
| needle is pushed through the strands and only one | | | | knit it back up. |
| or more strand is knit) before you have | | | | |