Whoops! You’re knitting along and you see a strange, stretched-out stitch right in the middle of your work.
Plus, you have a weird, floating piece of yarn across the back.
It’s okay – what happened is that you slipped a stitch while you were knitting – it accidentally got transferred from the left-hand needle to the right.
You usually can’t see this kind of mistake unless you are using large or light-colored yarn, but for the exacting knitters among you, here’s how to recognize and fix it:
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Accidentally Slipped A Stitch - Recognizing And Fixing
As you can see in the video, one clue that alerts you to the accidentally-slipped stitch is that the slipped stitch is mounted backwards on the needle.
Related Tutorials:
- How To Undo Knitting And Get Stitches Back On Your Needles Correctly
- How To Fix A Dropped Knit Stitch 10 Rows Down
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Hooray! This doesn’t seem to be a mistake commonly addressed in “knitting goofs” videos and posts. I had this happen a couple of times and couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. Thanks for the info! (At least 11 years after this was posted – LOL!)
Hi Sheryl,
Yay! We are so glad you found it helpful.
As always, just what I need when I need it – thank you so much! Oh, and KnitPurlGirl sent me – not that I’m not already here. =)
Purling backwards??!! I HAVE to learn how to do THAT!!!
Here’s the video for purling backwards! :)
I had to do this several times today whilst tinking back on a shawlette I screwed up. As I was removing stitches, yep, some of them wanted to just jump off and disappear into oblivious freedom. SO, this is a great tutorial for fixes!
Ohey, I’m heading over to get your e-book now!
Cya in YooToob!
:D
Woo hoo! I love it when the tips that I post help someone right away! Thanks for getting my e-book – I hope you absolutely love it!
Hugs!