Knitting cable mistake

Thanks. Just had a look at the yarn and really like the colours. King Cole 5657 is starting to call my name.......

I can usually drop a stitch and pick up correctly the wrong one but you if can’t, undo as it won’t look right, it’s only two rows.

Well done but oh dear, fairfraise.

I found King Cole DK was finer than some other makes.
Perhaps knit a test piece first to make sure.

Well I undid 3 rows this morning, pattern restored and have done 5 inches. But I think I will have to undo and knit the next size up. It looks as if it will be a tad small, when compared to jumper I'm wearing. It's King Cole Forest Aran and the pattern was in the November issue of Prima. Its a recycled yarn, not quite as thick as usual Aran.

I would fix it with a crochet hook (see Youtube) or unpick the two rows. I have ignored these mistakes before and regetted it! Two rows is nothing and you can look on it as practice. What pattern and yarn are you using?

There was a lady on TV the other day knitting Guernsey's using five needles. Really interesting as the jumpers were for fishermen and the patterns indicated where they came from. Too complicated for me though.

I’d have to undo it, it would keep staring at me! As it’s only two rows it won’t take long.

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. Well done for your dedication, fairfraise.

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fairfraise Do let us know how you get on please, even a photo of the work in progress would be lovely.

Hi, undo it, if you don’t you’ll always know it’s there and that’s where your eyes will be drawn to first! It’s only 2 rows and whilst now it’s a fag, later on you’ll be pleased you did. I’ve had this dilemma, especially irking if it’s a cable, that’s when I put it away, mistake and all and deal with it later.

I’d drop the stitch and ladder it down so that a crochet hook could be used to rectify the mistake. To leave it as it is would bother me - I’d know and would see it whenever I wore the garment.
A lot of my friends are making Aran knits, farfraise. They’re a work of art. Will you post a pic when you’ve finished?

I'd have put it right because I would know it was there and that would spoil my enjoyment of wearing the jumper.

Hope it's fixed and knitting up beautifully by now.

Adelaide66 I don't think a small mistake would be noticed in those very complex aran patterns! I've undone 2 rows slowly and will restart tomorrow.

I would fix it. It's not difficult when you bite the bullet, and if it goes wrong, just catch the stitches on a safety pin or stitch marker and knit back until you reach the mistake then knit it up again.

Knitters in the Scottish Isles, Arran possibly , deliberately make a mistake in their knitting.. as a reminder that only God is perfect.3

aggie

I’ve fixed. Mistakes by knitting to the row above , dropping the stitch and using a crochet hook to reverse the stitch , try utube for a video to fix it

Yes, I'd do that too.

I was going to finish knitting a jumper I started years ago which was nearly all done except for one side of the front neck decrease area.
It's rather a complicated cable and can I get it right! I unpacked it three times and abandoned it again.

Good luck, if you don't fix it then it will always annoy you. It should be quite simple as you haven't got much further.

Thanks all . I've just started unpicking the cable row very slowly.

PS,yes as explained by Aggie.

No need to unpick,just unpick down,use a cable needle.

If you don’t fix it, you will always be aware of it.

fairferaise

Nothing that is created (other than by God*) is perfect.

Leave the mistake to symbolise your humanity and carry on regardless.

*according to some faiths

I've never knitted cable, but normally I would carefully unpick. I know it would annoy me every time I looked at it!

As it’s only two rows I would undo it, unless you are clever enough to pick down where the error is.

I’ve fixed. Mistakes by knitting to the row above , dropping the stitch and using a crochet hook to reverse the stitch , try utube for a video to fix it