How to Fix a DROPPED STITCH

Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль

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At some point you will drop a stitch. It's an unfortunate fact of life as certain as death and taxes. You'll recognise a dropped stitch by a long tear in your fabric and a wayward stitch at the bottom. When this happens, don't panic!
As frightening as a dropped stitch looks, it's nothing to fret about. On stockinette and garter stitch it takes less than a minute to fix, and when you're done no one will be any the wiser! Learn 2 ways to pick up dropped stitches in this video.

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  • @caliopesdarnkness6711
    @caliopesdarnkness67114 жыл бұрын

    This helped me sooo much because I had previously always just taken all my work apart even if I was almost finished every time I dropped a stitch.

  • @lesmessbucilova2732
    @lesmessbucilova27329 жыл бұрын

    you made this so simple where most can't show that. Great teacher

  • @orangeneroli
    @orangeneroli5 жыл бұрын

    Loved watching Timmy climb up the ladder. What a clear explanation. And I tried it, just as you showed, and my little Timmy made it back to the needle. Thanks for your great tutorials teaching us basic beginners how to knit.

  • @joan9569
    @joan95695 жыл бұрын

    WOO-HOO! "Timmy" has been saved from certain death twice within a period of 5 minutes! That's something to "Woo-Hoo" about. Seriously though, thanks for this video. Somehow it doesn't seem quite as scary to make a mistake now, all within a period of less than 10 minutes. Love your teaching style.😁

  • @xxkawaiixxgirl5742
    @xxkawaiixxgirl57424 жыл бұрын

    *The time when you see you dropped a stitch* Me before: 😠 Me now: 😀

  • @sheepandstitch

    @sheepandstitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha glad you can turn that frown upside down!

  • @CatherineShockley
    @CatherineShockley9 жыл бұрын

    You are too hilarious! I love it! I've been deathly afraid of dropping stitches and it has caused me to abandon projects sooooo many times! You make it seem like it's so easy to fix! I love your videos, thank you so much!

  • @eliedgecomb4903
    @eliedgecomb49032 жыл бұрын

    You’re amazing. I’ve struggled with this for years. I always had to take them to another knitter because my brain just couldn’t understand how the ladders became stitches. I found my way here today because I had something strange happen with fuzzy yarn after a sskpsso round and when I went to tink back, all hell broke loose. I sat dejected for a while, watched a lot of well made and well intentioned but unhelpful videos. Then I found this video. In eight minutes, you changed everything. It was a lot less scary to just let the weird decrease mess break free once I understood how to fix dropped stitches. It’s fixed. And I am so excited. Thank you!

  • @ImGinaMarie
    @ImGinaMarie7 жыл бұрын

    Timmy would be proud of your rescue mission!! Great tut and a MUST bookmark!!

  • @rhondabeckwith8782
    @rhondabeckwith87825 жыл бұрын

    Yeah!! I've tried to do this with a crochet hook, your method works much better. Thankfully a snow day here because I'm not getting anything done because I'm obsessed with your lessons, wish I discovered you years ago. Expecting my first grandson in June and really want to knit him some clothes and a blanket. Have been crocheting since childhood but I love the look of knit for clothing.. after finding YOU I'm feeling much more positive that I can do it.. still struggling with reading patterns. Working on my FIRST GAUGE at the moment thanks to you...your AWESOME!!!! HUGS

  • @lovegod5354
    @lovegod53549 жыл бұрын

    Hilarious! Love it! I did get confused because I thought garter was all knit and stockinette was knit & purl. Either way, love it!

  • @Amy-Bo-Bamy

    @Amy-Bo-Bamy

    6 жыл бұрын

    Love God , you're not wrong!

  • @zamazina

    @zamazina

    4 жыл бұрын

    You are right about garter stitch being all knitted rows, but looking at the completed rows from the same side, as when repairing a dropped stitch, the garter stitch is alternating purl and knit rows (a knit stitch on one side is a purl stitch on the other).

  • @robinbregman
    @robinbregman7 жыл бұрын

    Great job explaining how to fix the dropped stitch and making it humorous as well.

  • @ranpoedogawa43
    @ranpoedogawa43 Жыл бұрын

    I literally was knitting when I realized I had dropped a stitch! Luckily, I remembered this video. Thank you so much, and if it weren't for you, i probably wouldn't be knitting to this day! ❤❤❤❤

  • @norelleholgate8930
    @norelleholgate89305 ай бұрын

    You are a born teacher. Teach little Timmy! 😊

  • @heywaitMarlee
    @heywaitMarlee4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the clear instructions! I used a crochet hook as I dont have another needle and a stitch protector on one end to protect my live stitches. Took less than a minute. Thank you!!!!

  • @biancaadkins2736
    @biancaadkins27363 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU!!!! you just saved me tinking 423 stitches! After watching this, I was able to drop 4 rows for just the 12 stitches where I made a mistake. Timmy is safe thanks to you!

  • @sheiladoherty919
    @sheiladoherty9193 жыл бұрын

    I have referenced this video multiple times to pick up dropped stitched. Thank you so much for the very clear instructions!

  • @sheepandstitch

    @sheepandstitch

    3 жыл бұрын

    You’re very welcome! 🤗

  • @lanapetersen2810
    @lanapetersen28103 жыл бұрын

    You are such a wonderful teacher! Thank you for helping so many, many of us!!

  • @MaPrajna1
    @MaPrajna14 жыл бұрын

    Your video saved me bunches of time with my Timmy dropped stitch! And I love your sense of humor and Lassie reference. Thanks for teaching us.

  • @gatsbygirl11
    @gatsbygirl113 жыл бұрын

    Hi! Was just working on my first sweater for myself and found I'd dropped a few stitches in a row. But I saved all the Timmys! Thank you so much for this tutorial. You saved my sweater!

  • @KimberlyJ49
    @KimberlyJ495 ай бұрын

    Thank you! I just started knitting and your channel has taught me so much. I'm making my first large project (blanket) and noticed I had dropped a stitch and thought I was going to have to start over. This was such a time saver. Love your channel!

  • @gayeglasspie
    @gayeglasspie9 жыл бұрын

    thank you for doing the Garter stitch that is just what I needed! You rock!

  • @juanitarandall4181
    @juanitarandall41812 жыл бұрын

    Wow, if I had not been able to recognize a knit from a purl, I would not have been able to understand what I was seeing. Thankfully I was right there with you and I can do it. You demystified getting the dropped garter stitch back onto the needle. Before this I had done my best to try to imitate what should have taken pace, now I know that should take place. Thank you for patiently showing us how to get the proper results.💖💖💖💖💖

  • @dinkydog56
    @dinkydog563 жыл бұрын

    You are wonderful. You do make it so much easier to understand than others! Thank you!

  • @rinny59
    @rinny599 ай бұрын

    Why did this make me laugh so hard ? Poor Timmy! hahaha Thanks for ALL your videos, these have been so helpful and you have made me a knitting addict :)

  • @winnietzp
    @winnietzp8 жыл бұрын

    That's awesome. But we need a video on how to fix the dropped stitch that is the last (edge) stitch too!

  • @baedb9716

    @baedb9716

    5 жыл бұрын

    me too! at moment I thread a needle in each upside down smile shaped bump. the needle goes up through each bump until all my stitches are on another needle. this then allows me to play and unravel to a specific layer with fear of screwing up all my work.

  • @JRTMomMN
    @JRTMomMN2 ай бұрын

    I use this video a little too often but am so grateful for your instruction. You have saved many of my projects! Thank you!

  • @sheepandstitch

    @sheepandstitch

    2 ай бұрын

    Glad to hear this! It’s an old video but I’m glad it’s still helpful!

  • @JRTMomMN

    @JRTMomMN

    2 ай бұрын

    @@sheepandstitch you really helped me get started and I'm so grateful!

  • @jennibradley9768
    @jennibradley9768 Жыл бұрын

    This was the best explanation ever!! So glad we (Lassie) saved Timmy

  • @luzrodriguez6913
    @luzrodriguez69134 жыл бұрын

    I used a crochet hook. So easy that way.

  • @maerenefischer3409
    @maerenefischer3409 Жыл бұрын

    you are awesome! Thanks for a simplified version of picking up dropped stitches!!

  • @k.embers
    @k.embers2 жыл бұрын

    All my dropped stitches from henceforth will be called Timmy. Just popped on as a refresher since this happened to me near the end of my project and I foolishly didn’t have any lifelines knitted in so I have to rip back my whole night’s work tomorrow. 😭 Thanks for reassuring me again that it can be fixed!

  • @rivamclernon182
    @rivamclernon1825 жыл бұрын

    You are the best! So glad I found your site!!

  • @constancetruggle8832
    @constancetruggle88323 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! I was so afraid I'd have to rip back all those rows to save Timmy, but no! You are AMAZING!

  • @hannahl.5305
    @hannahl.53053 жыл бұрын

    Added to my knitting playlist. Thank you!

  • @lesleypratley5125
    @lesleypratley51252 жыл бұрын

    Great seeing you pick up the dropped stitch

  • @tilly.
    @tilly.9 жыл бұрын

    You saved my blanket from looking horrible I love u

  • @sheepandstitch

    @sheepandstitch

    9 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! Glad to help!

  • @Brenda_rleyva
    @Brenda_rleyva27 күн бұрын

    Love how you teach. You’re so sweet 😊

  • @michaeladdiego7786
    @michaeladdiego7786 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing tutorial. Great!y appreciate it. I'm always looking g up "stitch anatomy" so I can better figure out how go fix mistakes. This video helped. Thanks teacher👍

  • @mariaborgvall7350
    @mariaborgvall73503 жыл бұрын

    Let's help Timmy. By IMPALING him 🤣 Only seen this done with a crochet hook before. I pick up all stitches on the knitted side and after watching this I feel I should continue doing it like that. But with a knitting needle, I keep splitting the yarn with the crochet hook.

  • @melissaspradley8901
    @melissaspradley89014 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to this video I just rescued my first dropped stitch with pulling out any stitches!

  • @lisalutz826
    @lisalutz8265 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! I will forever name my dropped stitches Timmy and help him climb up the ladder!

  • @soph_isticated_
    @soph_isticated_7 ай бұрын

    Thank you so so much! You literally just saved me from having a full on mental breakdown

  • @reneejohnson4361
    @reneejohnson43617 жыл бұрын

    Really helpful to me. Thank you so much!

  • @laryssarosa1735
    @laryssarosa17352 жыл бұрын

    thank you SO MUCH. You just saved my life right now right on this very moment

  • @jyotisemaar6124
    @jyotisemaar61243 жыл бұрын

    You makes it so simple , thanks for your help ❤️❤️👍

  • @gisellenakandakari5943
    @gisellenakandakari59436 жыл бұрын

    Love this video!!!

  • @icskatingqn
    @icskatingqn6 ай бұрын

    Thank you, this was very helpful!

  • @lisakenn2081
    @lisakenn2081 Жыл бұрын

    Thank youuuu Thank youuuu Thank You 🙏 you rescued my jumper which I have spent hours and hours on. Your ace 👍👍👍👍

  • @virgillisaferguson2806
    @virgillisaferguson28063 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are excellent!! Thank you!!

  • @MorriganQueenGaming
    @MorriganQueenGaming Жыл бұрын

    1.00 u monster, u impaled timmy 😅🤣 ty for the videos they help

  • @kimberlygalati1330
    @kimberlygalati13305 ай бұрын

    Okay, you are great and you crack me up!😂 Impale Timmy!

  • @marilynbunte5376
    @marilynbunte53763 жыл бұрын

    I sure wished I saw your video yesterday!

  • @brandiwalker2462
    @brandiwalker24625 жыл бұрын

    So helpful!! Thank you.

  • @ariellesketch4501
    @ariellesketch4501 Жыл бұрын

    You’re a miracle worker-thank you for making this make sense

  • @sheepandstitch

    @sheepandstitch

    Жыл бұрын

    So glad it helped you!

  • @saritasarit
    @saritasarit Жыл бұрын

    I think Timmy is forever going to b part of my knitting now

  • @beth_2125
    @beth_21255 жыл бұрын

    fantastic video. Thanks.

  • @kiranmayeemuthu1230
    @kiranmayeemuthu12302 жыл бұрын

    nice narration i love it n enjoyed

  • @pchaves8636
    @pchaves86364 жыл бұрын

    Very useful, it helps a lot

  • @tarakolker5329
    @tarakolker5329 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for teaching me how to be Lassie!

  • @FlockOfHawks
    @FlockOfHawks6 жыл бұрын

    So nothing bad happened eh? Twice even. Whoa! You sure you're not related to LethalFeline? I like your sense of humor, it's so close to his! I love this course of yours. Truly do.

  • @isabelepequeno5564
    @isabelepequeno55647 жыл бұрын

    Thankyou sooooooo much! 😍

  • @bettymcintosh8160
    @bettymcintosh8160 Жыл бұрын

    Just found sheep &stitch, happy, happy lady

  • @sheepandstitch

    @sheepandstitch

    Жыл бұрын

    Aww thanks! 🥰

  • @TheAquice
    @TheAquice4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! My scarf had this weird looking hole in it, aaand of course I unravelled 4 rows to save it only to realise it was there again when I resumed knitting... Thanks to your video I realised it was a dropped stitch and now my scarf is puuurfect ♥

  • @sheepandstitch

    @sheepandstitch

    4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! I love when a knitting mistake is fixed and knitting is saved!

  • @folenaseenarine1158
    @folenaseenarine11587 ай бұрын

    Very good and easy.thx

  • @vanessaa4019
    @vanessaa40193 жыл бұрын

    This was perfect 😍

  • @user-zg5hk9th2n
    @user-zg5hk9th2n Жыл бұрын

    Love your videos❤ Thank you for putting in the time and being such a great teacher!

  • @mspinkflipflops5681
    @mspinkflipflops56812 жыл бұрын

    You saved my scarf.. Thank you

  • @breathofthefrogkate690
    @breathofthefrogkate690 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!!!

  • @amberedgell4536
    @amberedgell45369 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! This stressed me out lol. Learning how to knit is frustrating. I can crochet lol.

  • @folenaseenarine1158
    @folenaseenarine11587 ай бұрын

    Very good❤

  • @bettybho2168
    @bettybho21687 жыл бұрын

    Now I know how to rescue Timmy if he falls into the well, thanks!

  • @TheVinceGamer
    @TheVinceGamer9 ай бұрын

    I feel like I just performed surgery on Timmy since he fell on cable stitch hell but he’s back with his family

  • @TheInaa9
    @TheInaa95 жыл бұрын

    you could use a crochet hook to bring timmy up the ladder. ha ha

  • @sheepandstitch

    @sheepandstitch

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes! You could absolutely use a crochet hook to fetch Timmy. It would be a lot easier!

  • @amyrose2987
    @amyrose29874 жыл бұрын

    You are so cute and great information!!!! Thanks!

  • @qinhan1073
    @qinhan10737 жыл бұрын

    This help alot! Thanks. But how to fix dropped edge stitch? >

  • @paulbottomley42
    @paulbottomley428 жыл бұрын

    It's always Timmy in the well. Why is it always Timmy?Timmy is a clumsy oaf. XD

  • @sheepandstitch

    @sheepandstitch

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Paul Bottomley Someone recently pointed out that Timmy falling into a well is a TV urban legend! There's never been an episode of Lassie where Timmy falls down a well. And yet ... everyone knows that line! Weird!

  • @maryweber4232
    @maryweber42326 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for the picking up dropped stitches because I could never figure out which way to turn it. Is it the same when you're doing stocking net and garter stitch? thank you

  • @baedb9716
    @baedb97165 жыл бұрын

    I love you!!!!!!!

  • @princesslily09ev
    @princesslily09ev9 жыл бұрын

    Would this be the same for a purl knit pattern?? Purl a round and knit a round on circular needles??

  • @SamanthaEHE
    @SamanthaEHE4 жыл бұрын

    I'm confused! At 6:10, you've just completed the first purl. It looks like you then turn the needle 180° with the stitch on it to begin the next knit row, is that correct? I would have assumed once you are done the purl correction you would pinch the stitch and remove the needle again and insert it from the bottom? Help!

  • @notconfused47
    @notconfused473 жыл бұрын

    omg thank you so much, managed to save my own timmy

  • @romyt9816
    @romyt98162 жыл бұрын

    I've this problem for first time yesteday evening.... Today "I must absoutely go to her channel, she will help me for sure" . Problem --- Davina --- Solution :D

  • @mollymayhem21
    @mollymayhem213 жыл бұрын

    Would you be able to make a video on how to save a stitch that falls off on the end when you finish a row? I’ve had that happen a couple of times where the stitch slips off of the needle before I can work the next row and am not sure how to fix it properly.

  • @juanitarandall4181
    @juanitarandall41812 жыл бұрын

    Just thinking, what if you turn the swatch around and knit the dropped, turn the swatch around and knit again. Keep turning the project around until you get to the needle. Slip a marker in the stitch and anker it to the needle. It is now ready to be properly added when you get back to that stitch. Could/would that work?

  • @Emma-sq1kn
    @Emma-sq1kn3 жыл бұрын

    I had a ladder line bur no little timmy so I am not sure what type of mistake I made. I know how to knit and purl but it doesn’t matter how carefully I go, I still make loads of mistakes that I can’t fix. I end up unpicking the whole lot and starting again. I am now going to try amd crochet because knitting is too difficult to get right and correct mistakes. I hope crocheting is easier.

  • @maryweber4232
    @maryweber42326 жыл бұрын

    please do a lesson on going back several rows it really confuses me when you're pulling out rows. thank you

  • @cheemania2157
    @cheemania21572 жыл бұрын

    my garter stiches are done with knitting, is that suppost to happen?

  • @janetaddis3798
    @janetaddis3798 Жыл бұрын

    Help!! I've dropped a stitch at the end of my mistake rib and I don't know how to retrieve it

  • @jeannestout8770
    @jeannestout87702 жыл бұрын

    Neat!!!

  • @wanderingplus
    @wanderingplus Жыл бұрын

    PLEASE give advice…my Timmy is a cable stitch I have no idea what to do, imma be dead if I have to start over

  • @kosovojesrbija9822
    @kosovojesrbija98224 жыл бұрын

    Can somebody please help me? I accidently have done something i dont know what for one stitch and i had to pull my yarn to to get to the previous row to have all normal stitches. I have done that by putting my yarn off of the needles. I was using round needles. And when i put a whole previous row on my needle again, it appeired that my right side is the one on which i can stitch. It has to be the wrong side. So now i dont know how to turn it back to the wrong side ... 😐

  • @the_good_citizen
    @the_good_citizen2 жыл бұрын

    It's very difficult picking up dropped stitches on wooly fibery yarn! So next time pl use that and thinner needles.

  • @victoriaigbute2913
    @victoriaigbute29134 жыл бұрын

    Can you pl demonstrate how to cast off in the middle of the knitting

  • @LeoSunScorpioMoon
    @LeoSunScorpioMoon5 жыл бұрын

    If I had found this video a few weeks ago, I need not have to frog my project....

  • @obscuremedia
    @obscuremedia7 жыл бұрын

    There's an easier way to do it. Put the dropped stitch on a cable needle, knit or pearl across the row, then transfer the dropped stitch onto a crochet hook, then work it as you've done, then put it back on the needle and continue across the rest of the row.

  • @rmpbklyn6063

    @rmpbklyn6063

    7 жыл бұрын

    not always it can leave a ladder, make sure to use the smaller mm size but the ladders are noticable

  • @winnietzp
    @winnietzp8 жыл бұрын

    Pretty please? :/ It's a problem that plagues me! I spend hours stuck trying to figure out how to amend a dropped stitch at the edge. Especially if the last two stitches on the row fell off for two rows. I end up having to frog an entire row or two and pick up from there again. Kindly show me/us the way with a tutorial! There are two others online but they don't quite explain two dropped edge stitches and I believe the situation is a little different! I'd be highly appreciative!

  • @preciouskwarteng960

    @preciouskwarteng960

    8 жыл бұрын

    Me too, but when I finished the whole piece I would get a sewing needle and sew all unfinished droppings to the scarf or whatever you're knitting. Hope this help!

  • @Goldenretriever-k8m
    @Goldenretriever-k8m3 жыл бұрын

    my problem is i dont have a loop to start this off. like i only have ladders! i dont know how to fix it

  • @beverlyondarcho6826
    @beverlyondarcho6826 Жыл бұрын

    When I noticed a drop stitch I never have that loop it's just ladders ? How would I pick up Timmy so I can go up the ladder please

  • @sheepandstitch

    @sheepandstitch

    Жыл бұрын

    You have to hunt for the dropped stitch. Sometimes it’s buried in the ladders

  • @farialrawji1384
    @farialrawji13844 жыл бұрын

    Yes !!!!!

  • @caterpillarcrafts8635
    @caterpillarcrafts86354 жыл бұрын

    Could you also use a crochet hook. That's what I use :)

  • @AngelHalo376
    @AngelHalo3762 ай бұрын

    Send help, I’m visually impaired. I can’t tell the difference between the knit and purl side.

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