The Knitting Fiend

Why do I always drop stitches when I use DPN’s?

Well, I often do; it seems to happen most between needles.

I’ve been knitting twisted rib, so I needed to add a step when picking up the stitch. Here’s the “special” technique”:

Begin by inserting the hook from front to back into the last knitted stitch, which is probably untwisted. Raise your crochet hook and check; notice the stitch on the hook below the hook is twisted; the stitch on the hook is not twisted. To create twisted rib, you need to twist this in the correct direction.

If the stitch is untwisted, remove the hook and insert it back to front, see below right.

Rotate the hook clockwise, see above left. Continue rotating until the hook is vertical. Now, pass the hook underneath the strand just above the stitch on the hook; see above right.

Fill the hook and pull the the strand through to form a new stitch. When you examine this stitch, you will notice just below the hook is twisted; the stitch on the hook will be untwisted. That means you will need to repeat the procedure described above until you have picked up the last dropped stitch.

Once you finish, place the final stitch on the needle tip. Check that all stitches are twisted. Breath a sigh of relief.