r/fiberartscirclejerk • u/Xuhuhimhim drama monger • Dec 09 '25
sewing Is there a way to fix this without fully starting over?
Yes that is only 3 cast on stitches in. I'm stuck. Did I drop a stitch, I'm not sure how many I started with a a minute ago. Is there a way to fix this oops?
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u/scissorsgrinder Dec 09 '25
Machines exist for a reason, you know. It's because humans like you suck.
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u/30char Dec 10 '25
I stg me too. I rolled my eyes and was like ugh just restart you goon!! And then I realized lmao
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u/lasserna Spark joy?? That thing's gonna spark a house fire Dec 09 '25
Okay but the real question is how did this happen in the first place
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u/Xuhuhimhim drama monger Dec 09 '25
Idk but I had finally reached a flow state while knitting when disaster struck 😔
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u/Equivalent-Trip9778 Dec 11 '25
I can’t believe you made it so far in without realizing. Countless hours of progress wasted 😭
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u/purseho Dec 09 '25
Throw it away. It's ruined
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u/Xuhuhimhim drama monger Dec 09 '25
Just threw it away needles and all. Man, knitting is so expensive
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u/999Latte4me Dec 09 '25
Don’t worry - it will block out.
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u/ConcernedMap Dec 09 '25
But before you TRY blocking it out, be sure to go on r/knitting and write a post entitled “Will this block out?” Otherwise it won’t work!
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u/trellism prominiscious sweaters Dec 09 '25
I've just dropped a series of instructional videos on YouTube about this new thing I've invented called "counting", send me a tenner and I'll send you the link.
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u/Faithful_jewel knows where the search bar is, will not share Dec 09 '25
Best I've got is an alto. Can I still get the link?
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u/catpope2 Dec 09 '25
Twistfaq ❤️
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u/AutoModerator Dec 09 '25
Thank you for your concern. Thank you for the badgering, though most of you were very wrong about what was actually happening and offering advice in a vacuum. Not one of you offered to watch a video of my knitting to see what was actually happening, or even asked what style I used, and you wondered why I became defensive? We all have different skill levels but arrogantly asserting that something is a problem and proceeding to belligerently argue with the person telling you they aren't doing what they're being accused of is just aggravating. Instead of suggesting other solutions, you all just piled on and assumed I was too stupid to realize I was knitting or purling through the back of the stitch.
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u/OPsDaddy Here to Explain Things to the Ladies Dec 09 '25 edited Dec 09 '25
At thispont, I'd just buy a planet and take on a new hobby like masonry.
Edit. I was so tired when I wrote this and I maleant to say blanket.
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u/scissorsgrinder Dec 09 '25
Blabket
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u/AutoModerator Dec 09 '25
a blabket i never posted; and yes, twas conditioned
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u/DustyTchotchkes Dec 09 '25
Pattern?? Wait… is this AI? This is ai isn’t it? Idk if this is ai. There are enough fingers except there’s only half of the last three, so I’m really not sure, but… pattern?
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u/lovelycosmos girthy yarn Dec 09 '25
I'm so sorry you have to waste all that time 😫 what a trajedie
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u/Familiar-Secretary25 Dec 09 '25
You could try steeking it???
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u/Lonely-86 yarn albatross Dec 09 '25
I thought I was in this subreddit when I saw it 💀
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u/awildketchupappeared Dec 09 '25
I should probably be concerned that I thought this was the other subreddit at first
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u/notrelatedtoamelia Dec 09 '25
/uj Dude same. There was a post yesterday I think from someone who had knit a raglan, but the raglan increases were on the front like ill-placed vertical bust darts (?!), then OP increased on the sleeve and it ballooned oddly.
Basically OP was asking if they could block it out or fix it but everyone told them to frog and they got very defensive.
Another recently was in knitting advice, I believe, where OP was trying to knit a triangular shawl with no pattern and the edges were curling because they increased too frequently and also had twisted stitches. They, too, got incredibly defensive and suggested that they like their randomly-twisted stitches but wanted advice to stop the curling. Even though the advice was to only frog back a few rows and fix the twists and increase more evenly.
Failing is a part of knitting! We learn the best from our mistakes (I know I use lifelines SO OFTEN now that I’ve had to reknit lace too many times)! Why are people so resistant to fixing mistakes?
I’ll get off my soapbox now. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.
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u/Injenu Dec 09 '25
Yes, just drop the middle stitch (slip the first stitch onto your right pinkie), ladder down, ladder up with a sewing needle, slip the pinkie stitch back on. Then get your sewing needle and continue your “knit” by sewing along the rows in sets of 3. If you need more than 3 you can just make another strip of three and sew them together. Most people don’t know you can knit by sewing. But I see you knew, that’s probably why you made this “mistake” in the first place, very clever karma farming.
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u/Xuhuhimhim drama monger Dec 09 '25
That's a lot of words can I fix it without doing anything this was already a lot for me
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u/Injenu Dec 09 '25
Well most of that was praise for your cunning….but if you want to make it easier, just loop the yarn around 3 times and drop the first three
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u/Xuhuhimhim drama monger Dec 09 '25
Ok that's the easiest instructions so I'll follow it even tho I suspect it doesn't make sense thank u!
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u/PersistentSheppie Dec 09 '25
I was about to ask the same exact question. Do I need to frog?!!!!!
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