Correcting Knitting Mistakes by Laddering Down Columns

Correcting Knitting Mistakes: Learn how to fix errors in your knitting by laddering down multiple columns of stitches and re-knitting your unraveled work

I truly believe that anything worth doing is worth doing well, especially when it comes to my knitting. Sometimes you only need to tink back a few stitches to get things fixed. Sometimes correcting knitting mistakes means laddering down adjacent columns of stitches. It looks and sounds scary at first, but when you have this skill in your toolbox, errors are never terrors.

Before You Begin

Whenever you are unraveling multiple stitches, work on a flat surface like a table. Balancing knitting on your lap for a technique like this can have disastrous consequences.

Materials

Thanks to Skacel for providing the HiKoo Sueño Worsted yarn, addi Natura DPNs and the addi Duett crochet hook/knitting needle used in this tutorial. These products are available locally at many yarn shops and online at Makers' Mercantile.

Other Tools and Notions

locking stitch marker