| Dropped or repairing stitches
I have been ‘brioching’ for years
and still find the stitch difficult to
‘read’ especially where increases and
decreases or more than one color have
been used. The problem is that brioche
stitches aren’t just one knit loop,
they are a stitch with a yarnover and
when you rip out the work it becomes
confusing as to what is the stitch and
what is its yarnover.
If you make a mistake in the middle
of a row, don’t tear out the entire row
at once; instead, return one stitch at
a time. If the mistake lies a few rows
down, rip out all the rows until one
row above the mistake. From there,
rip out stitch by stitch. You will be
picking up normal looking stitches
as well as stitches with yarnovers.
It helps to pick up the stitches onto a
smaller needle. This will make the
stitches and yarnovers easier to pick
up and you can work off of this needle
onto your original needle for one row.
If you want to unravel one column to
get to a stitch, do it carefully trying
to keep the “stitch” in front and it’s
“yarnover” hanging on the stitch in
back. This makes chaining back up
easier. Again, I suggest using a small
crochet hook so it is easy to get into
loose stitches. |
I was working on a dark blue brioche
stitch pullover and noticed that there
was a ‘hole’ about 20 rows down.
My choices were:
1) leave it and always wear something
dark underneath OR
2) risk messing up the entire 20 rows
and unravel the one column, repair the
stitch and hook back up - easier said
than done OR
3) rip out the 20 odd rows and repair it.
I took the risk and unraveled the work.
However, as I unhooked each stitch
going down the column, I hung it onto
a smaller needle to keep it in place
- each stitch hanging on the smaller
needle with its yarnover in its proper
place behind it (not on the needle).
See above visual.
I was able to correct my mistake and
chain back up the column without any
confusion. |
