DD’s knitting has gone wrong, please help!

[AllHunsBlazing]

DD (7) is playing a character in her school play, who knits. Teacher helpfully (hmm) sent home needles and wool, with a couple of lines knitted as a “starter”.

I have no idea how to knit, so I suggested she ask her grandmother on a visit yesterday. DD apparently spent all day knitting. I don’t visit my in-laws so I am still none the wiser about how to knit.

DD has had a complete melt down this morning, as there is a “loop” in her knitting. It won’t pull through. I’ve said it doesn’t matter, it’s just a prop, keep going…that’s not the right answer though apparently, and I am a failure as a mother.

Is there an easy way to rectify this? Or do I continue down the resilience building route?

Thank you!

It's not too far down, you just need to unravel it a bit. Take it off the needle, pull the stitches out carefully until you get past the loop, then put the stitches back on the needle. Appreciate that's a bit scary for someone who doesn't knit! If you lived near me I'd be happy to help.

Looks like she's put the needle through the stitch, wrapped the yarn around more than just the once that's needed and then transferred it to the other needle so she's ended up with more stitches than she should have. While wrapping the yarn round she's gotten it caught and ended up with an extra bit sticking out which won't pull through because of the stitches afterwards.

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Find someone who knows how to knit and they can very gently undo the stitches that have gone wrong and put them back on the other needle to start that row again.

Keep going and accept the mistake. She will however on the next row find that she ends up with a few holes because of the extra wrap arounds she's done on this row.

Leave it as is, does it really need to be more done than it is right now to act as a prop?

Leave it as is, does it really need to be more done than it is right now to act as a prop?

No, it really doesn’t! This was my starting point. But I think she rather fancies herself as a knitter now. She’s already told me she won’t be watching any TV tonight!

I’ve done as much unravelling/re threading as I dare. Does this look anywhere close to right? If not, I’ll send out a local distress signal!

That looks pretty good to me. It really really won't matter if you/she's generated a few extra stitches - that wool will be very forgiving because of the changes in colour along the yarn

I absolutely understand the pressure she feels to make it perfect, but the quicker she accepts that it's more important to plough on and practise than it is to make things perfect, the quicker she will become (almost ) perfect!

Well done to your daughter!

Thank you all! I really appreciate it. I’ll encourage her keep going with this.

Acting is her passion. She obviously favours the method approach

That is a terrific recovery job for a non-knitter, well done :)

Aw, your dd is doing really well. Well done! And I think you did really well sorting it out for her.
Theres a book called Kids learn to knit by Lucinda Guy which I remember using with my dd. It’s a lovely hobby though. Also crochet is very forgiving, as you only have one live stitch on your hook at a time, so less worry about dropping your stitches.

Thank you. DD has happily continued and her “scarf” is twice as long now.

Her DGM is going to buy her some sort of knitting kit for Christmas, so I’ll keep the book suggestion in mind @SpringSparrow

DD’s current worry is that her teacher will take the wool back after the play 😬 I don’t think she’d unravel a child’s knitting, but we’ve suggested DD offers up a couple of pounds from her piggy bank if asked.