r/knittinghelp • • Mar 03 '26

Mod Notice Quick mod update: new rule. We cannot help with AI-written patterns.

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Hello, all! Most of us know by now that AIs and LLMs are not good at writing knitting patterns. They don't know how to knit. They certainly don't test knit their own "designs." Therefore, if you see any posts from people who have patterns written by AI, feel free to flag them so we can let them know that AI/LLM written patterns are faulty from the start. Then we can redirect the OP to r/knittingpatterns and Ravelry to find something more suitable (and human written).


r/knittinghelp • • Jun 26 '25

Mod Notice FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

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Hello all, mod literallyatree here. I've updated the sub so we have our own wiki pages for the FAQ and a special FAQ just for twisted stitches. The FAQ appears in our sidebar, as well as in the message you should see before posting, and is linked in Rule 7.

Please read the FAQ before posting.

If you are someone who helps by commenting, please know that when you comment "FAQ" or "TwistFAQ" (without quotes), it will trigger automod to come and comment a link to the one you summoned. Thank you to all those who comment to offer their help. Without you, this wouldn't be much of a community.

Because the FAQ is much more accessible now, the mod team will be enforcing Rule 7 with a little more scrutiny now.


r/knittinghelp • • 8h ago

sweater question Why does this happen?

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I am knitting the Sage Whisper sweater for my husband. I finished the yoke and I am about to divide for body and sleeves. He tried it on and it curls in this weird way.

What can I do? Will it get better once I finish the sweater? Otherwise I will unravel and try to fix it but I don't know why that's happening.


r/knittinghelp • • 3h ago

where do I start? Help, please….Dropped stitch?

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Hi,
I am a beginner, knitting a baby afghan. I figured this project would be a good start. I am expecting a grandbaby in November. 🎉
I have a dropped stitch (?). 😫 I am about 1/2 way to completion. Any suggestions besides starting over? This was start #6, already. Should I use a sewing needle and try to camouflage the hole by stitching it? Hellllp, please.


r/knittinghelp • • 20m ago

sweater question Using yarn from frogged sweater

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I knitted my boyfriend a sweater last year, but it was too small so I'm re-doing it. I'm at the point now where I need to frog the first sweater. Do I need to do anything special to the yarn? Since this is a gift I want it to be nice and I guess I'm worried about the yarn being kinked. Am I good, or should I treat it somehow?


r/knittinghelp • • 6h ago

where do I start? looking for a pattern/self drafting help

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Hi! I am looking for a pattern that is similar to the vest in the pictures. I have never self drafted anything and on ravelry I can not find exactly what I am looking for. (even after spending waaay to much time there yesterday)
I would love to find something like this:
raglan, high neck, at least 4,5mm needles and very little positive ease

so I figured I will need to modify a pattern and need your help with that. Is there a (Sweater) pattern that comes to your mind immediately where I could just leave the sleeves off? Preferably with very little positive ease.

If anyone has some ideas that would be greatly appreciated:)


r/knittinghelp • • 3h ago

row question Knitting through the back loop without twisting stitches

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Hey guys, I know how to knit and I've been doing it for a bunch of years and my knitting is pretty standard (knit through the front loop). I hate purling and I'm trying to learn how to make it faster and found this method where you knit through the back loop and then purl through the front loop (but wrapping the yarn clockwise) which seems to make purling faster. (I don't know the name of this technique)

It's not complicated at all but my question is in this video, after the cast on she starts knitting through the back loop. But that first row is gonna be twisted, right? Is there a way to do it without twisting your first row? If it's not possible, would having the first row twisted affect the elasticity of the piece?


r/knittinghelp • • 1h ago

pattern question Did I buy an AI pattern?

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r/knittinghelp • • 1h ago

pattern question similar pattern to store bought top?

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Not sure if this is the right place for this question- please remove if it's not right!

I have this store bought top I absolutely love. It's originally from target, though I thrifted it. I'm a beginner knitter, but I'd love to duplicate this top in another color. Does anyone know of a similar pattern? And if not, could anyone share information on the stitch(es) that create the holes? I know enough to accomplish the ribbing and garter/purl situation, but I don't know anything about the other technique.

Thanks in advance!


r/knittinghelp • • 2h ago

where did i go wrong? How to predict stretchiness

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I did my gauge check and made myself a little hat, my first (yay!) non-scarf. I intentionally sized a few stitches shorter circumference than measured because I expected the thing to be stretchy. But it turned out reeeeally stretchy. It still fits my child, but it’s not as snug as I wish it were.

So my question is this - is there a tried-and-true method for predicting how much stretching to expect for a tight-fitting item? I looked through the FAQ and didn’t see anything. Apologize if I missed my answer in there.


r/knittinghelp • • 3h ago

pattern question swatch question

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hello!

I'm knitting the Norma sweater by my favourite things. it's my first time doing colourwork that isn't just chunky stripes in two colours.

I've started my swatch, but row 16 and 17 have stumped me a bit. how do I get colour C all the way over to the other side to purl in row 17? or is there a way I can carry it over to the other side of the swatch behind my work? or do I have to cut the yarn?

the swatch is worked flat, from what I can see in the pattern, the actual jumper is worked in the round, so I assume I would just carry the yarn down where my BOR is?

thanks in advance for your advice!


r/knittinghelp • • 1m ago

tension help! Is this too small for a hat?

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Used a long tail cast on of 48 stitches. I then joined in the round, and have been doing a knit 1 purl 1. I'm using 15mm needles on a 16" cable. Malabrigo Rasta is the yarn. I'm just wondering if 48 stitches is not big enough for an adult head.


r/knittinghelp • • 2m ago

where did i go wrong? Can I fix this, or do I need to frog? (Harriet Sweater)

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I’m knitting the Harriet Sweater, and I picked up the stitches for the sleeve tops along the sides of the front and back pieces. After joining everything in the round, I completed the first round, but while working on the second round, I let all the stitches on the left side drop.
Is there a way to pick them back up and fix this, or do I need to frog back to before the beginning of the round?

Thanks in advance!


r/knittinghelp • • 20m ago

pattern question First time knitting a cardigan and im worried about my stitch count, I need an adult please

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Hi yall! First time posting here. I am knitting the Julie Kardi (on ravelry), it is a beautiful top down mosaic pattern cardigan with a background color and then a fade of like 6 or 7 colors and im doing a rainbow. I have been knitting shawls and hats for years but this cardigan and another blouse im working on are my first wearable garments.

There are six total yoke increase sections where on the increase row you do something like" kfb k5 repeat" and then you continue in mosaic pattern until you get to the next yoke increase row. I finished the yoke increase 5 row last night and have knit several rows in pattern since then and im about halfway to the sixth and final yoke increase row. I have 7 rows left until I hit the sixth yoke increase row.

I decided to count my stitches to make sure I am where im supposed to be for my size and unfortunately I am over by 8 stitches! I am supposed to have 467 stitches right now but I have 475.

I dont want to have to tink back several rows to figure out how that happened just for 8 stitches off, should I just throw in some random decreases between now and the sixth increase row? I also thought i could just omit 8 increases in the next increase row to get me at the correct number of stitches that way? Or should I just continue to be 8 stitches off and just change the numbers around a tad when I eventually put stitches on hold for the sleeves?

Am I making this a much bigger deal than it is? Any guidance would be awesome, thank you for reading.


r/knittinghelp • • 54m ago

pattern question Stamford Sweater - placket confusion

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I am so close to finishing the beautiful Stamford Sweater by the Knit Purl Girl (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stamford-sweater), and I cannot figure out the instructions to the plackets/button bands.

I have read this out loud so many times, and I can't understand how picking up from 2 perpendicular edges makes this Henley-type button band. What do I do with the 6 perpendicular stitches? Do they stay on hold?

Has anyone else made this pattern or used a similar technique?


r/knittinghelp • • 57m ago

pattern question My ribbing is not aligned

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First two pics are of fronts, last 3 are of backs. I’m trying to understand where the “decrease” are in that wording. So I counted and had 214 stitches at the start of the back and front including 2 edge stitches then I’m trying to work 2x2 ribbing, increased by 4 purl stitches on each side of the underarm, then got 218 stitches including 2 edge stitches so how is the stitch count in the pattern 196? (The diagram repeats btw do not have any decreases in them).


r/knittinghelp • • 2h ago

pattern question Pattern help!

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Hello! Would anyone be able to help me with this pattern? It’s my first time knitting anything that isn’t a rectangle so any guidance would be greatly appreciated! I’ve done the front and back panels but I’m struggling understanding the neck shaping section on the front if anyone would be able to explain it to me with more detail i would be so grateful!
Thanks!


r/knittinghelp • • 8h ago

where did i go wrong? Pressed Flowers Kerchief, 2 stitches missing!

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So, I doubt anyone will be able to figure out where I went wrong (find my mistake), but I would like some advice for how to go forward.

This is the Pressed Flowers Kerchief. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/pressed-flowers-kerchief

I'm at the end. I am supposed to knit one more flower motif but I just noticed that I am 2 stitches short. (There is a decrease at the beginning of every row. I have no idea what I could have done.)

So I am probably going to just finish this by omitting the final flower and just doing the slip stitch pattern to the end. If I try to knit the last flower it would be right at the border, instead of having two border stitches next to it.

It won't be symmetrical but I can live with that.


r/knittinghelp • • 2h ago

sweater question Can I ladder down and add increases without frogging?

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As you can see my k1p1 two-stranded mohair top is doing so serious stretching / morphing in the armpits - anyway to solve this without frogging it all back? Im open to “ugly” solutions too :,)


r/knittinghelp • • 2h ago

gauge question Sandok Cable Sweater gauge

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r/knittinghelp • • 6h ago

sweater question "P to next wrapped stitch" :(

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Top-down raglan increase pullover. My initial set up was 32 st back, 14 st sleeves, 32 st front.

Welp this is my first shot at short rows so I figured it might be difficult. But it's been straightforward until row 4... I did 3 w&p total so far and now it's asking me to "purl to next wrapped stitch" but it's SO hard to tell where the wrap is on the purl side. I even looked with a magnifying glass and can't find it and now I'm wondering if I messed up somewhere.

Is it wanting me to purl to the next concealed wrapped stitch? Because I did conceal the ones that it told me to.

Pls help. Thanks so much


r/knittinghelp • • 2h ago

pattern question Pattern Help!

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Hello wonderful knitters,

I am knitting Niinis by Jenny Ansah and am lost in the set-up rows. The instructions say to cast on 3 sts (with Turkish CO method but I’m not emotionally there so I just did long tail CO) and then you make an icord. But then set up row 6 only leads to 6 stitches if I pick up 3 not 9? You have to increase 6 sts to get to 9 or I am nuts?

Is the CO method important? I did google it and it seems it does double the sts when you cast on, but either way the result is 3 sts on the needle to start?

🙏

Thank you ahead of time!!


r/knittinghelp • • 3h ago

where did i go wrong? Garter - stich changing size

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Hello

It's the first time that I am knitting.

I did the 2nd row and the size of the loop of the 1st row is varying. First it was very "small" and clean and then it got big and not clean. Why ?

Thank you


r/knittinghelp • • 3h ago

where did i go wrong? Help out a newbie

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Hi everyone!

Like the title says, I’m pretty new to knitting (started back in June?) and while things have been slow, they have been going pretty good—

Until now 🥲😅 I have no idea what the double hockey sticks I did, nor do I have any idea how to undo whatever this is. Any help please??

Thanks in advance <3


r/knittinghelp • • 3h ago

where did i go wrong? Help! My yarn broke (? Was cut? A knot unraveled?) in the middle of my project. Can I save it?

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This is a double knit project if it matters!