The structure behind a dropped stitch
A dropped stitch exposes the path of yarn through a knitted fabric. Reading its live loop, loose bars and neighboring stitches reveals how to rebuild it, and when a simple hook repair is not enough.
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Stitch & Skein
Yarn, small knitting decisions and the projects that earn their place in a drawer.
Words by Erica Hart
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Why a washed swatch can change the whole sweater
A gauge swatch can widen in one direction and shorten in another after laundering. Measuring the finished fabric reveals what those small changes mean for fit, shaping and yarn choice.
Unravelling the jumper was the smartest thing I did
Dear version of me who refuses to unravel the sleeve,
The tiny swatch that ruined my very confident plan
The swatch looked harmless. A small knitted square, a few measurements and no ambition to become the main event. Then I compared it with the confident plan and discovered that the confident plan had been
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