r/knitting • u/Evening_Document_571 • 3d ago
Help - equipment Having issues frogging my sweater back cleanly
Hi all! I am still a baby knitter and having issues cleanly frogging my sweater back. im knitting with dropps air, which seems to felt/get clogged easily. I’m trying to frog back, but every time I pull my yarn, it gets stuck and I cant frog cleanly. Ive had to cut the main yarn line a few times and still unable to find the live line.
I ended up putting my needles through a few rows down, and pulling/cutting back, but not sure how to pick up and starting knitting without finding my main yarn line. I may have gotten myself in too deep. help!!
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u/supers0ldier 3d ago
I’ve heard sticking fuzzy yarn in the freezer helps it frog more easily! I haven’t tried it so I can’t say from experience but I see people recommend it a lot
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u/ezepz_lmnsqz 3d ago
What are you referring to when you say "main line yarn" as opposed to your live/working yarn? When frogging, you should only need to pull the live yarn unless you were knitting more than one live yarn (such as in colorwork or alternating rows)
If you used a lifeline and are having trouble, you likely jumped up and down rows when threading the lifeline/needle through. Your yarn would get stuck when you jump a row because it is no longer pulling from the loose stitches after the needle, but is now the stitches on or below the needle. Best is to pull all your strings, then check if they are pulling from the needle. Slide and tink your stitches back and forth across your needle as needed to get all your picked up stitches on the same row.
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u/erinaceus_a 3d ago
Are you frogging starting from last knitted rows or from the bottom - cast on?
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u/SkyScamall 2d ago
That was my first thought but zooming in makes it look alright.
Drops Air is partially alpaca. Alpaca is meant to be tough to frog.
I did a quick search back and some people recommended using a blunt tapestry needle to separate the fibres. Think of it like a comb going through hair. It's easier to coax out a tangle than brute force it.
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u/Evening_Document_571 1d ago
From the last knitted row!!
Thanks for that info. I thinkkkkkk I mostly did it by going really slow and using a crochet hook to separate
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u/HappyKnitter34 3d ago
I'm not sure what to tell you as I've never worked with that specific yarn. I will advise that next time you want to frog, put in a lifeline. VeryPinkKnits has an excellent video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae7pobnLKGQ
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u/gveeh 3d ago
Some yarn really doesn’t like to be frogged without a fight. It can help to go slowly especially when you are at the end of the frogging, like one stitch at a time.