Ch. 8 Troubleshooting Ribbing
Here’s how to recognize when you’ve made a mistake in ribbing, and how to fix it. In the first three videos, I’ll be showing you what to do when you notice your mistake right away.
The following videos will help you catch and fix mistakes in ribbing. Review them before you start your ribbed scarf.
Removing Stitches One By One
Here’s how to recognize when you’ve made a mistake in ribbing, and how to fix it. This video applies when you notice the mistake right away.
Forgot to Move Yarn to the Back or Front
Here’s what to do when you’ve forgotten to move the yarn to the back or front of your work.
If You’ve Knitted or Purled in the Wrong Spot
Here’s what to do if you’ve knitted or purled in the wrong spot.
Knitted Past a Wrong Stitch
Here’s how to tell if you did a knit where you were supposed to purl, or vice versa, and then continued to knit without noticing.
You have a few options, the easier two of which I show you here.
Now you’re ready to start your scarf.
It’s going to be just like what we’ve been practicing, only you’re going to make it wider, and you’ll use a soft, lovely, and possibly colorful yarn instead of the plain practice yarn we’ve been using.
To sharpen your pattern-reading skills, I’m introducing two new kinds of instructions: options and repeats.