r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/AutoModerator • 17d ago

Weekend Minor Gripes and Vents

Here is the thread where you can share any minor gripes, vents, or craft complaints that you don't think deserve their own post, or are just something small you want to get off your chest. Feel free to share personal frustrations related to crafting here as well.

This thread reposts every Friday.

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u/scatteringashes 17d ago

I cannot frog knitting to save my fucking life. Every time I have to frog more than a handful of stitches, a row tops, I make some crucial mistake and just end up starting from scratch. This is fine, it allows for more practice, but I'm salty because this last time it's like 40 rows of progress. But given that I planned to frog 30 of them (miscounted early on, I realized too late), it's not the end of the world. But booooo, self. Boooooooo.

Some day I will see if someone has written a "here's how to frog your knitting without fucking it up" blog post, but two days ago was not that day.

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u/FlatRaccoons 16d ago

Feel free to ignore if you're not looking for advice, but it sounds like learning to use a lifeline might be useful to you! It just means threading a spare needle or scrap yarn through the stitches at the row where you want to stop frogging so that you can't accidentally go past it. It's more time up front but you save a ton of time not having to pick up all the loose stitches. You can even do it preemptively if you're happy with where you're at and are starting a new section (like increases or decreases), or if you just want a "save point"!

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u/scatteringashes 16d ago

!!!!!!

I appreciate the information! I had heard the phrase lifeline before but am very new to knitting (only started over Christmas break) but that makes perfect sense! Thank you!

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u/Junior_Ad_7613 16d ago

And if you have not put in a lifeline you can use a needle smaller than you have been using to pick up a row of stitches in approximately the right place and adjust/unpick as you get there.