How to Repair and Re-knit a hem or cuff // Technique Tuesday

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Күн бұрын

This video demonstrates how to remove a portion of knitted fabric near the cast on edge, in order to make alterations in length, or to replace the fabric if it's damaged or isn't sized right.
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Needles used in video demonstration: Chiaogoo and Signature Needle Arts double pointed needles
Yarn used in video demonstration: Brown Sheep Company Nature Spun worsted weight wool.
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0:00 Introduction
1:22 Which stitch patterns work/don't work
4:42 Pick up sts along a a row
9:26 Pick up sts in garter or other st patterns
10:39 Removing the unwanted fabric
13:40 Work fabric using the live sts
15:54 Finishing the edge
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@susanmessenger9052 3 күн бұрын

my mother taught me her way of doing this....your way is easier and neater. Thank you for your time with this awesome tutorial.

@catlange 4 ай бұрын

You have just saved me from frogging a whole sweater. My gratitude is boundless! ❤❤❤

@robynreid3027 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the time and expertise you put into this video, Roxanne. I am so grateful for the details, the clarity of your demonstration and explanations. Thank you so much

@jennifergibson4702 3 жыл бұрын

I love to knit, but would never have thought to repair anything like you have just done, you certainly rock in my book Roxanne, thankyou

@TheSuzberry 3 жыл бұрын

I find that explaining manual procedures, like binding off is very difficult for me. Therefore, I really admire your eloquence. Stay safe.

@kerrylang8688 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for such a helpful and comprehensive tutorial. I'd knitted half the front of a sweater before deciding I really didn't like the colour I'd chosen for the band. Finding your video made it possible for me to simply remove the band and knit it again.

@JustAlex1795 11 ай бұрын

This video rescued a gorgeous hat that I made with a too-tight brim (misleading pattern)... thank you!!!

@x1435 Жыл бұрын

Coming back to this video months after originally watching. I knit my first hat, and I didn't have smaller needles for the ribbing. I knit it anyway and it came out a bit loose. Now that I have smaller needles, and this great tutorial, I can fix it!! Thank you so much 😊

@kittenwizard1404 3 жыл бұрын

Been hoping you would make a video like this for a while :) can't wait to watch it!

@beatricehartman2413 3 жыл бұрын

I was gifted a vintage Icelandic sweater with a cast-on (bottom) edge that is too tight, and have been trying to figure out how to fix it. Thanks to you I have a plan. Feels good!

@NYKnitter 3 жыл бұрын

:) glad you mentioned the wandering needle not staying in row and looking for landmarks, feel a bit better about messing this up so often :)

@RoxanneRichardson 3 жыл бұрын

Ask me why I thought to mention that... :-)

@bettybunney6213 Жыл бұрын

Such useful information. Thank you so much. I love all your podcasts.

@the_dirac_field6519 Жыл бұрын

I'll use these info to fix my socks cuffs. Thanks!

@cydnicaldwell1337 3 жыл бұрын

I'm always learning something new from your videos. Even if I've never ran into this problem before. Thank you for the informative video. Edit for spelling.

@maryschartner4428 3 жыл бұрын

This was such a useful episode for me! I started knitting Marie Wallin’s Unst cardigan. I knit the corrugated rib the pattern suggested, but the more I knit the Fair Isle pattern on the body of the cardigan, the more I hate the bottom ribbing. I am going to remove the ribbing using this method and reknit it. I’m not going to put in hours and hours knitting then regret the color choice of the ribbing. Thank you!

@wendyboughton1140 2 жыл бұрын

This was exactly what I needed! I was not sure a piece could be knit "upside down" but I have a really sorry looking 1x1 rib edge that really needs fixing...now I know I can fix it. Thanks!

@teresacrain2060 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video I have been thinking about how I could do this for a couple of weeks and was going to go in and see if I could find a video in your library on The process. You always explain everything so well and it’s so easy to follow.

@user-wm1dt9jb7y 3 жыл бұрын

The most clear explanations! Thanks a lot for sharing your exquisite techniques ☺

@RoxanneRichardson 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

@Catra7 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Roxanne. I need to shorten sleeves on a sweater made for a friend. They were knit in garter stitch and appreciate you demonstrating that. I now feel confident in making the alterations! 🤞🏻🙂 Thank you!

@RoxanneRichardson 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@theastewart6721 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating video Roxanne! Very interesting how you did this. Thank you!

@alisonsmith376 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roxanne. I had to do this a few months ago and I appreciate your explanation. It’s good to know why you’re doing what you’re doing!

@lindapb6529 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! What a helpful video. It now seems so simple to pick up a row of stitches, and undo the work below, lol. And thanks for the thoroughness of the process. I've often picked up stitches on the diagonal; it's so annoying!

@deborahberg5002 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! I’ve never seen this done before. Thanks so much.

@mscatherinemccoy Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@mairead5891 3 жыл бұрын

This has been so pertinent for me! I knitted myself a top down cardigan and twisted one front side 360 degrees when joining the back and sides in the round. I didn't discover me error till I'd almost finished the body and wanted to try it on for length. I decided to cut the yarn, turn the twisted work and Kitchener the two edges together, but the stitches aren't quite right. You have solved my problem of picking up the correct number of stitches and what I can do to fix it. I know that wasn't the technique you're explaining today, but thank you for entry pushing me towards my eureka moment!

@mairead5891 3 жыл бұрын

Gently, not entry!,

@karenb136 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I never knew it was possible to repair something like that. Great news to me.

@jamiey2632 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Wish I saw it last month when the brim of a hat I knit was too loose. I knew that I needed to pick up stitches but couldn’t figure out how to get the brim unraveled. So after trying to unravel from the cast on (turns out, not possible) I cut it all out but ended up with a million yarn pieces. Now I know for next time!

@autumncarousel 8 ай бұрын

Amazingly helpful video! 👏

@juliemorley22 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this most helpful.

@melissamartin6223 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not even sure how this happened but I literally just finished a long slouchy hat TODAY and hated the brim. Talk about timing. 2021 is already looking better. 😁 I have to say it was amazingly satisfying too. As always thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.

@RoxanneRichardson 3 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad the video was so timely for you! :-)

@rachelmaloney3863 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video- so much great information! unfortunately my situation is that I cast on, did a few rows of ribbing (which I now know that I can't use this method on due to the half stitch issue) and then the pattern goes straight into Raglan increases. I think I would get confused around the increases if I tried to pick up stitches in this section.. I would have loved to redo the ribbing in a smaller needle as the neckline is much too loose and low on the back of my neck. I wonder if I can pick up along the cast on edge and extend the ribbing in a smaller needle?

@itsallaboutlight 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I had seen this 3 weeks ago. I'm adding ribbing to the first hat I ever knit which was the first thing I ever knit. I knit it in stockinette so it rolled up. I picked up stitches and I'm adding ribbing in the other direction but I didn't remove the cast-on edge. Now I might start over. 🤔

@RoxanneRichardson 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, you're probably fine. Move on to a different project! :-)

@JustAnotherBuckyLover 3 жыл бұрын

Very useful advice! I am definitely going to find this very helpful going forwards, I always struggle down by the cast on edge when things need resolving. Just as an aside, the chapter links are missing, I think. I can't see them either in the description or on the time bar.

@RoxanneRichardson 3 жыл бұрын

I realized that as I was falling asleep last night, but forgot by this morning. Thanks for letting me know! :-)

@JustAnotherBuckyLover 3 жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson No worries, thanks for the speedy update. :)

@suzannescerri5864 2 жыл бұрын

I have completed a sock and now realize I have made the one sock of the pair to long . My question is can I undo the cuff and undo the sock down the amount I need and then add the cuff

@lauraalicewatt 9 ай бұрын

thanks for this -- i was hoping the re-knit the neckline of a top-down raglan sweater, because it feels both too wide and too short for the finished sweater, but alas, the front panel of the sweater is in moss stitch (the back & shoulders are stockinette), so it sounds like i CAN'T just pick up and re-knit the neckline, as the ribbing will be offset from the moss stitch? so sad! but thank you for the clear explanation.

@RoxanneRichardson 9 ай бұрын

You can do it, it’ll just have a 1/2 stitch offset. It tends to be more of an issue when working the same sort of st pattern. Since it’s moss stitch, the offset may not be an issue. I’d suggest trying it out on a swatch to see what you think

@lauraalicewatt 9 ай бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson thanks for the quick reply! after leaving my sad comment, i actually did exactly as you suggested, made a little swatch and tried it out -- and between the moss stitch and the unspun yarn, the offset is a little messy but mostly not noticeable. so i'm going to do it! thanks so much for the encouragement!

@maniacalmoz 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Rox. Great video. Just curious in regards to the ribbing. Instead of picking up the stitches before the ribbing and re-knitting the whole lot, is it possible to just knit the amount of extra rows required off the garment, then just grafting them on after removing the cast on row from the garment, or will the grafted section be "off" half a stitch as well?

@RoxanneRichardson 3 жыл бұрын

Yes you can do that, if you are confident about being able to graft in pattern. Most tutorials for "grafting in pattern" do result in a 1/2 stitch offset, because the two pieces being grafted together were both knit toward the graft (so knit in opposite directions with respect to the join). So, if you understand how to graft in a situation where one item was knit toward the graft, and the other away from the graft (i.e. knit in the same direction) there will be no jog.

@monica4705 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Roxanne! I browsed through your playlists looking for help about lace. I ripped back a sweater that was top down to change the hem from rib to create a lace edge. The pattern I purchased and decided to use is actually created bottom up, so I thought I would knit the lace portion and then graft it on. No problem, I've grafted many things. Unfortunately, try as I did not to, I twisted the edge when I joined (yes, knit in the round, bottom up pattern-similar stitch count with my sweater) the 280-ish stitches. I thought, this is too easy to do again, so why not just knit the lace chart in reverse. Any suggestions?

@RoxanneRichardson 3 жыл бұрын

Some lace patterns can be reversed, but some cannot. The only way to know is to chart it out and see. You can always post a photo of your chart and ask for feedback in my Ravelry group, if you need help.

@magsw60 Жыл бұрын

I have done to many rows in my ribbing on the front of a cardigan it wasn't until i sewed it up that i noticed it so how do I take off 3 rows without undoing it all. Please. It's a Man's Cardigan he has worn it once but I don't like it being wrong.

@RoxanneRichardson Жыл бұрын

It can be really hard to remove just a few rows of the ribbing, because of the difficulty of capturing the alternating knits and purls. It's much easier to take out all of the ribbing at the point where it transitions to stockinette, and then reknit the ribbing to the correct length.

@sabrinachristensen8414 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I’d watched this video before starting because now I have a problem. I wanted to change my CO on my cardigan to a more elastic one as the first 8 rows are in k1p1. So I thought “I’ll just pick up my first row of stitches, undo the CO edge, and sew the Italian BO! Then it’ll match the sleeves!” So, I found out pretty quickly that that would not work, but now I’m stuck - I know I can do what you did and go down to the stockinette part and redo the entire rib, but it’s a lot of stitches. Is there some way to bind these stitches off?

@RoxanneRichardson 2 жыл бұрын

You could try another type of sewn bind off, the half-hitch BO. It gives the same result as the LTCO. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fNx-lNJiptnZppc.html

@sabrinachristensen8414 2 жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson thank you so much!!!

@sabrinachristensen8414 2 жыл бұрын

@@RoxanneRichardson I just did a portion of the edge and it’s working perfectly! Again, THANK YOU! I was genuinely at my wits end and close to tears 😭 I’m so god damned relieved 😩🙌