8 January 2010

Another headache that folks encounter is a dropped yarn-over (YO).

When you miss (forget) a yarn-over on the right side (RS) of your work and this is the side that the yarn-overs are inserted, just pick-up the 'purl' bar between the two stitches that that frame the yarn-over. You don't need to unknit or tink back to the missing yarn over. Just slip stitches back and stop at the stitch that would have been to the left of the yarn over.

Using your right-hand needle, pick up the purl bar between the framing stitches from the back side of the work making the purl bar slant to the left "\" across the top of the needle. If you forgot to put in the yarn over this will be a bit of a tight stitch but it will be okay in the end.

When you are on the wrong side (WS) of the work and you realize that you have forgotten to put in a yarn over, stop at the stitch that would have been on the right-hand side of the yarn over.

Using your left-hand needle, pick up the purl bar between the framing stitches from the front side of the work making the purl bar slant to the left "\", across the top of the needle, and then work the yarn over as per the patten (either knit it or purl it). Again it will be a bit tight if the yarn over never existed but if it was just accidentally dropped while knitting, it will have the right tension.

No more reason to worry about dropped yarn overs. They're easily fixed.

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