Need help........ :)

Thats one we must have surely all have done at some time or another no problem...what you have done is to knit where you should have purled....so when you have the flatter side facing you, with all the V's like this VVVVV you should knit that row.....and when you have the garter side facing you like this ~~~~~ or similar you should purl that row. it's an easy mistake for a beginner knitter....you see the garter stitches and think ahh knit...but no...you purl....lol

Does this help you understand.it a bit better? you'll have to take it back gently to where the V's side showing has no more of the purl stitches showing then use a smaller needle if you can just to pick them up and pop them back onto the working needle...make sure though th\at the thread end is at the needle point...OK?

Hope I've explained this for you.....cheers....Cher

Just noticed that you are knitting on circular needles....ok every row is knit...the reason why it is coming out different is because you have put it down at some stage and picked it up again and it's gone inside out.....thus showing the wrong side...gently unpick it to where you can see all the V's now turn it inside out so that the V's are all running around the outside edge and the garter stitches ~~~~ these are in the inside....when the V's are on the outside just knit....

Hope this helps....Cheers....Cher

Hi Cher, Yes, every row is knit and yup I picked it up to work on it AFTER I got back from class and I had the bulk of it in front of me so it was just like you said I was knitting from the wrong side. I have no clue how to 'unpick' but I will learn. I may just wait until I get back to class Tuesday. I have a 'hole' too down a ways. I know this gets easier later on. LOL. Thanks so much. It helped your describing the V's. :) Susie

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I see that Cher answered you, and that is exactly what I would have said. Hope it is not too difficult to fix it.

Katherine

Katherine, Thanks. I don't know what I will do yet either. I found a hole down a ways so I may just rip it out but have to figure out how yet. Awful thing when you don't even know how to rip it out. LOL, Thanks, Susie

"> Thanks. I don't know what I will do yet either. I found a hole down a ways

Susie, It might be better to wait. If you get in a pickle ripping and it's easy to do so, even with knitting experience, you may have to start all over again. Let your instructor help you. She'll show you how to pick up the stitches the correct way on the needle so that they don't get twisted. It's only a 2 day wait!

Posey

Posey, You are probably right. I just wanted to have the eight inches done. :o) I have the rest of my life and I want to learn right with the least amount of frustration. :) Thanks, Susie

LOL If you want to learn without frustration, then I would not recommend trying to fix this problem alone. Even as an experienced knitter, this could cause problems.

Kather> Posey,

Katherine, That is what I meant. I meant I want to learn it right by going back to the teacher. :) Susie

Sue, The hole is actually in the middle of the wrong side knitting. I think I will wait and take it to class. I have learned a few things already though so that is what is important. Thanks, Susie

Gwen, You are right about me being "enthusiastic". :) A dogs head???? Oh my. Thanks for the encouragement, Susie

Depending on how many rows you've done since the mistake, you can take it out stitch by stitch. Just `unknit' backwards. And the hole in it comes from when you started working on it on the wrong side.

sue

And just remember: It's no fun if it's too easy... :-)

Susie, I love your enthusiasm, and I just know you will love knitting after a couple of weeks. I always remember the first piece of knitting I did. I started with enough stitches to measure about four inches and went fine for about two inches and then for some reason it began to grow at one end and then shrink and then grow again - I remember thinking that end of the knitting ended up looking like a dogs head!!! So you can see you are really doing just fine. God Bless Gwen

That is the best thing you can do. Trust me, this *will* get easier!

Kather> Katherine,

awww bless....don't worry Susie, like I said, we have all done it, and like the others said you could get into a muddle doing it by yourself with no one near to put it right again....then you'll be really upset....patience is a virtue.. the time will soon pass...and it'll be right again....but look at it this way Susie....you've just learnt something else? You've seen now what happens when you flip it...so you've learnt to keep the V's on the outside of the work....nothing is ever for nothing...

Keep us posted on how it goes.....hugs....Cher

You will be just fine, Susie! We always learn most from our mistakes. I made a crochet scarf last year, the first thing I'd crocheted since I was a teenager (a few years ago now!!!) and it ended up with very definitely slanted sides......

:-)) Eimear

Oh really?????? LOL, Susie