AboutWendy Beckett Expertise I can answer all questions on any aspect of knitting (and most on crochet) but have no experience of spinning. Pattern problems, yarn substitutions, gauge, translating knitting terms from US/UK, resources for patterns and equipment - whatever you want to know about knitting I can probably answer it.
Experience Over 30 years of personal knitting experience I have tackled most things in the knitting arena - lace, cables, fairisle. I have even done a little dyeing and have a couple of years crochet experience.
Publications I write a knitting blog, www.wendyswoolies.com
Education/Credentials If there were a degree in knitting I'd take it!
Expert: Wendy Beckett Date: 5/16/2008 Subject: I purled when I should have knitted and knitted where I should have purled several rows back
Question I have a book which explains vertical fixes for stitch mistakes so I'm pretty sure I can figure this out for most of the errors BUT where the mistake is on the very first stitch if I drop the stitch down there won't be a ladder to work back up since there won't be a stitch beside it, isn't that correct? Is my only hope to rip all stitches back to that row to fix it? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.
Dolores Jones
Answer Ok,
First - vertical fixing is fine where there is just one stitch wrong but if you have done a whole row then it's no good really as it will look pretty messy.
Second - yes if your mistake is on the first stitch it will be quite difficult to pick back up the dropped stitches.
So the alternatives are - leave the mistake. If it is not noticeable could you live with it? Will it be noticeable to anyone else or will it just bug you every time you wear the garment? Or, as you say, frog the work back to wear you went wrong. If the mistake is not too far back then this would be what I would do
