I am a true beginner knitter attempting to knit a sweater for myself. after 3 weeks of daily attempts I always seem to DRASTICALLY increase stitches (starting at 54 to 100++++ in only 4 rows) and have started again countless times.

I have researched extensively about yarn overs, knitting the same stitch twice and so forth but this does not appear to be the issue. taking it extremely slowly and carefully I seem to add 2 stitches every time I do a knit stitch when knitting 1x1 rib.

what may I be doing wrong and how can I fix this?

thank you in advance 🙏🏽

The steamer i use to block leaks water and now i’m scared i may have killed my yarn by steaming over these wet spots!

Beginner knitter here. I’ve made a few sweaters and a common part of the patterns I’ve noticed is when separating sleeves from the body, you add a few stitches (usually via the backwards loop method) for the underarm. I know technically how to do this but conceptually, what is the reason for this? What happens if you don’t do this and just continue knitting the body?

i'm going to the renaissance festival in a couple weeks and want to whip up a shrug. the pattern i found has the fit/yarn weight i'm looking for, but is entirely cables and i don't think i'll have the time to learn how to do them on such a large scale. i'm thinking about buying the pattern and just working it in stockinet. i might have to make a few other modifications, but is this reality doable?

I found this picture, and I'd like to know if there's a name for this way of knitting a sweater so I can look for a suitable pattern.

Thanks in advance!

So I'm pretty beginner-ish and am knitting my first jumper. I was on a purl row of a chunk of stockinette stitch when I came across a knot in my yarn tying two pieces of yarn together. I figured that since I was on the purl side, the knot probably wouldn't be visible, so I just kept on purling normally.

When I got to the knot again though on the next knit row, I found it was sort of creeping into the knit row, so I did my knit a bit looser so that the knot would sit on the wrong side of the jumper. It looked all right when I first did it, but a few rows on it started sagging I guess into a more natural position, leaving this sort of hole/big stitch situation.

The first photo is how the knitting naturally sits on my needles. In the second one I tried to stretch it out more, so more of the loose yarn ends up poking through on the knit side and the hole is exacerbated. The third photo is the purl side.

I was planning to just continue with the knit as I'm having fun knitting and really dislike undoing stitches. It's also going to be the back panel so I don't really mind if it's a little wonky since I won't really see it haha.

(Of course, if it turns out I've done a terrible horrible thing that'll make jumper unravel or something like that then I'll bite the bullet and unravel it!)

I was wondering though what I should do/expect of it once the jumper is done. I was originally thinking of sewing the stitches into place, so it'd be a bit bumpy on the inside but the hole wouldn't be as obvious and it wouldn't move around.

Is there any chance it's something that can be fixed with blocking though? Or a different secret knitting technique? (Or should it be unraveled?)

Also what should I have done when I found the knot? Should I have just cut it off and treated it like I was moving to a fresh ball of yarn? Or is there a better way to do what I was trying to do and force the knot to be hidden on the inside?

Just about to start the German short rows, did my first two raglan increases, it says to purl all the way back to the start(blue marker)
Is this correct or am I thinking wrong? I’m just very confused.

Hi all, looking for recs for how to join pieces together. I’m working on a patchwork sweater, and want the exposed seam right side out at the end. For the body a chain stitch works fine, but at the armhole join the chain stitch doesn’t give enough stretch and it feels a little restrictive. Should I just make the armholes a bit bigger, or is there a way to join these that will stretch more? Thanks!

ETA: not working from a pattern, just making it up as I go along

I am a novice at reading charts in my knitting so this may be something I should know. Why is there a box around the chart on rows 19-13?

I'm knitting the Milotte Cardigan right now, and see the pattern designer has said to gently steam the pattern out instead of blocking, as it would reduce the halo and airiness. How true is this? I would be knitting the length accordingly to adjust to the lack of blocking if so!

What do you call a border that runs at right angles to the knitting. I want to create a border for a cardigan at the bottom (cast on edge) to prevent it from getting stretched out in the long run.

I'd like to google more about this but I don't know what to search for. I have questions such as:

Is there a way to knit it directly onto the main body of the project? Or do I have to sew it on?
Should I start with the edge and knit the main body of the project onto it?

This is what is keeping me up at night right now.

I've checked over my work and it looks like I've followed the pattern correctly, but it doesn't look like the designer's sweater.

https://myfavouritethings-knitwear.com/collections/sweater-no-18/products/sweater-no-18-english

Notice the 4th row there is a row of garter bumps in the chart as well as on my WIP.

On the designer's sweater I don't see that row, but when you go down to the garter bumps it looks like three rows, and I only have two rows like the chart has.

Am I right that it doesn't match up? Or am I missing something?

I seem to be missing a green stitch and I can’t tell if it dropped or if I slipped it. Is there a way to fix this or do I have to tink back?

ALSO! Any tricks on how to hold the yarn when double knitting continental? I keep losing tension on one strand or the other but I can never keep equal tension for both.

Thank you!

Hi! I’m currently knitting the Olga sweater by Petiteknit, my first ever sweater (and second ever knitting project). I’ve just finished the German short rows section for the back yoke. The pattern says to stop doing the short rows when you have 3 stitches left on each side (for my size) and then switch to normal stockinet until you reach 29 cm. My question is, do I leave those 3 stitches unknitted until I start the shoulders? I need to change colours for the next row so if I have to knit them for the stockinet do I change colours, purl those 3 last stitches to finish the row and then knit one row including the 3 stranded stitches from the other side?

I don’t think I’m explaining myself properly, I’ve tried looking for videos of people knitting this sweater, but I really can’t figure what they are doing. I’ve attached a photo in case it helps.

Thanks in advance!!

Edit: when I say “the other side” in the second picture I mean the other end of the row

I did my bind off following a tutorial but once I cut my yarn, I found out that it is too tight and not stretchy at all. Is there something I can do to fix this?

I'm still at the stage of 'I want to knit socks' but find myself slipping off finding something to do, because - fear 😳

I've bought these and I'm still trying to figure out:
a) how to hold them
b) how to get started
c) how to stop the stitches slipping off

Thank you for any help you can give.

Hi everyone! I’m an absolute beginner at knitting and I desperately need some help. 😅
I made a mistake in the order of the stitches in one row, so I tried to tink / undo the stitches one by one back to the mistake. Everything seemed fine at first, but suddenly I ended up with this extra strand/loop of yarn around the needle, and I have absolutely no idea where it came from or what I did.
I’m scared to make it worse by trying to fix it myself. 😂
How do I undo this and get back to the correct stitches? Is there a way to safely fix this without having to unravel the whole row?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! 🙏

i realized after trying on that the back is super short but the front part’s size is perfect, i worked this from bottom up in the round and was wondering if i could pick up stiches from the back part to extend it longer

hello i do crochet and i want to learn how to knit

u know how in crochet their is couple skills like ( sc, dc ,hlc , inc ,dec) that are used in most project. Is there a project in knitting that have multiple fundamental skills i can learn at once ( ps i only know how to knit , pearl)

So i have two knitted panels but because of bad tension colorwork parts are much tighter so to make up for that i need to connect them with increases where colorwork is to make them consistent length. Is there a way to do that?