I've been needing that info for a long time. I need a ditionary on how to fix mistakes. If there's a mistake to be made, I made it. Thus I went to knitting looms.
Oh man, sweet. I am a beginner working on a circular knit project: A raglan sweater for my teddy bear. I messed up on the increases but the neckline is perfect. I think this will save me from having to do the ribbing on the neck all over again 😁 perfect!
Great tips. One thing to point out is the reason for using a cotton thread is that the fibers won’t get twisted or integrated into the stitch. A wool lifeline has lots of fibers that will if you’re not extra careful twist themselves into your project yarn. It can be very frustrating, especially if you are working a small needles (like for socks) where the stitches are already small. If you don’t have cotton yarn, use dental floss, especially a brand like Glide, which is very smooth. I double the dental floss. My favorite tip is to use a smaller circular needle, that seems to be the best solution of all. Thanks so much for sharing this.❤
OMG! Thanks Marly! Used your circular needle suggestion to rescue my finished work on a blanket panel. I changed the pattern stitch and I made a mistake. I only had to frog back to the stitch change. Whew!!!! Thanks again
thank you for these important tips. I am a beginner and am teaching myself how to knit brioche and needed a way to keep track of those pesky rows as I move along. I won't have to start all over from the beginning-just to the row before my "oops!" occurred. This is going to be an addition to all my future projects.
I just saw this, I've always used a lifeline with yarn when I do any kind of lace knitting but I love the idea of using a circular needle. Thank you so much!
Marly, Thank you! I watched this video a few days ago and thought what a great idea using circular needles for a life line. I thought to myself that I needed to remember this. Well today I needed to use your idea. I have been working the back of my 1st sweater and found a a big mistake and couldn’t figure out how to fix it. I use your life line idea and it worked beautifully. I am so happy that I was able to fix my sweater. I have learned so much knitting this with you. My biggest projects prior was a hat, scarf and dishcloths. This project is over the top for me. You’re an awesome teacher! 😊❤️
Oh I wish I'd found this tutorial a couple of weeks ago when I was struggling with a sweater that I spent more time UNknitting that knitting - It would have been so much easier with a lifeline!
💙💜***THANK YOU!!!***💜💙 I am not even completely sure what happened and it's only stockinette stitch but it's a shawl...and well...I need to insert a lifeline and using the smaller size double needle is brilliant!!!!
Amaaazing!! Yay! I was excited just the first time I heard about lifelines at all, but then to find out that I could put one in after the fact, after I've already discovered a problem, I had wondered about that, but didn't know enough about knitting and reading my knitting to think about how to go about it, but it's so simple! You make it so. Thank you very much, so happy to find this channel.
Marly I love you!! I’VE BEEN NEEDING THAT FOR A LONG TIME TOO! Putting it onto another circular needle is the smartest thing! I have undone fisherman’s rib hat so many times I gave up in the end but NOW I will start again so one little slip up wont ruin everything!! What a relief! Do you realise you are a global lifesaver … I live in NZ & knitting for my grandkids who live in Australia. Isn’t technology wonderful? Love your You Tube videos & adore your Fair Isle patterns etc.
I don’t know how to thank you enough Marly! I have learned so much from your videos. I have been knitting for years but only knew very basic knitting. I feel renewed inspiration since I’ve learned about you. It just means so much and I appreciate all you do!
Omgosh I so wish I had known about this last night😩 I’m currently working on the SW MKAL and was 2/3 of the way thru Clue 2 when I realized I had messed up a section. I tried to undo it back to just before the mistake but couldn’t get my live stitches back on the needle. Ended up having to rip back all the way to the beginning on the clue and start over😢this knitting hack would have saved me from losing 3 days of work lol
Thank you, I am doing some lace knitting for the first time in many years, and was reluctant to use another thread with lace weight, just fiddly, but using the spare circular .... so clever
Marley thank you so much has his tip. I actually have something I need to rip out and I've tried and I just keep missing stitches so I can do this and have a life one love and I have to mess up stitches but thank you so much this is very timely. I enjoy your show.
Oh! Saved my life! Wish I had known it before trying to knit my first sock... and having to unravel aaaallllll the work after 40 rows man! Thank you Ms. Marly! Obrigada!
Sweet! I think I knew about using the circular needle as a lifeline but had forgotten about it; thanks for the reminder and your work!! ((((((( HUGS )))))))
Thank you for sharing this valuable information. I didn't know about using a second pair of circular needles. I'm not afraid of taking out my work. Recently I had to unravel a front of a cardigan piece that was almost finished and it seemed off. Well I made a mistake after the ribbing and had to unravel 18 inches off. Next time I'll be adding lifelines every 10th or 20th row in my projects. Thanks again!
#MarlyBird @MarlyBird Thank you for keeping this video up. After looking at the first things that popped up I searched for you and got my emergency line in...haven't had to do that for a longggg time, but needed it today. Lost only two rows!!!
love love love watching and listening to your instructions!!...my first time putting in lifeline on circular needles..using smaller circular will make my mistake much easier to fix. thank you
What a great video! Love the idea for using the smaller circular needle, it makes perfect sense! I have to rip out my sweaters arm stitches as I am not happy with my underarm stitches that I picked up . Luckily it is only 2 inches. Thank you!
Also the fact that you added the detail that the size of the stitch only matters when it's moving to the new working needle on the right. That's the kind of detail that sometimes teachers forget to add, people know so much, for so long, forgetting how much you didn't know before you knew.
thank you! I have a project that has been stalled because I didn't know how to fix an error that I had made deep into my work.....I am new to knitting and since Covid I have not been able to get to a knitting shop for assistance...I feel that I can correct my problem and perhaps get back to knitting again.
THANK YOU! Thank you! Thank you! I realized I had misread the directions and have to rip out five inches from the body of a sweater (my first sweater). The cable method will make it SO much easier.
Hi Marly, thank you for this helpful video! I know two more ways that I want to share. 1. Use interchangeables that have a little hole for the tool that tightens them and pull a fine thread through this hole. It will get pulled through as you go! 2. ADDI sells something called SOS-cords. They have a small gap where you can put a strand of yarn in. Many greetings from Germany!
Wow! I was a self taught knitter who finally gave up because I had to rip out so many times that I felt I was making three projects to every one finished. After learning this hack perhaps I will take it up again. Any points on getting an even tension?
Excellent tips especially on adding a lifeline several rows below where you are working. Where would you thread your lifeline if it was garter stitches instead of stockinette stitches? Thanks for providing an answer about knitting off the lifeline using a smaller needle with a cord. I never knew the stitch size was determined by the right needle. You are an excellent teacher, and I love your videos.
Thanks for this video! I'm working on a project using yarn that has absolutely no stitch definition (it's soooo fuzzy), and your circular needle life line is definitely going to save me so much time. Super helpful!!
I love the life line using a smaller circular needle. And of course making sure that the cable length is long enough on the circular needle, to hold the amount of knit stitches you have.
@@MarlyBird yes very much so! Was no fun beginning a very large test knit shawl over from the very cast on with two weeks to get it finished including blocking and photos!
@@SpiralBreezeI never had either, there is always that very first time and hopefully you'll learn as I did. Lifelines don't equal weakness, they are tantamount to smart knitting and prevention. But hey you do what works for you lol
I just did my first lifeline using the circular needle. I wish I'd had it before the major frogging but just learned about them. If you have stitch markers, like on either side of the spine of a shawl, should you put them on the lifeline as well as a "just in case"?
Marley thank you so much for this tutorial. I tried to click the link for the circular needle and I get an error. My scarf I’m making is 8 inches wide do you think a 16 inch is long enough or should I go to 24? Also I have a US #1 Addi 16” but I don’t know how to get the cable to relax from the horseshoe shape.
Hi Marly, is it possible to put a life line in a fisherman's rib project? I recently had to frog a long scarf because I had made a mistake and hadn't realised how complicated the centre of the stitches would look and didn't know how to pick them back up! Thanks very much
What a brilliant tip of using a smaller circular !
I've been needing that info for a long time. I need a ditionary on how to fix mistakes. If there's a mistake to be made, I made it. Thus I went to knitting looms.
You’re my hero. Thank you 🎉
The circular needle life line just saved me so much time and frustration. Bless you
Oh man, sweet. I am a beginner working on a circular knit project: A raglan sweater for my teddy bear. I messed up on the increases but the neckline is perfect. I think this will save me from having to do the ribbing on the neck all over again 😁 perfect!
You can do it!
Great tips. One thing to point out is the reason for using a cotton thread is that the fibers won’t get twisted or integrated into the stitch. A wool lifeline has lots of fibers that will if you’re not extra careful twist themselves into your project yarn. It can be very frustrating, especially if you are working a small needles (like for socks) where the stitches are already small. If you don’t have cotton yarn, use dental floss, especially a brand like Glide, which is very smooth. I double the dental floss.
My favorite tip is to use a smaller circular needle, that seems to be the best solution of all. Thanks so much for sharing this.❤
This is a terrific thing to know for a beginner like myself..many thanks
Glad it was helpful!
I love the circular needle life line, what a great idea, thank u for this informative video!!!💕💕💕💕
I like the idea of using circular needles too for a life line. I never thought of that!
OMG! Thanks Marly! Used your circular needle suggestion to rescue my finished work on a blanket panel. I changed the pattern stitch and I made a mistake. I only had to frog back to the stitch change. Whew!!!! Thanks again
Excellent tutorial! Thanks
thank you for these important tips. I am a beginner and am teaching myself how to knit brioche and needed a way to keep track of those pesky rows as I move along. I won't have to start all over from the beginning-just to the row before my "oops!" occurred. This is going to be an addition to all my future projects.
Perfect instructions! Thank you!
I just saw this, I've always used a lifeline with yarn when I do any kind of lace knitting but I love the idea of using a circular needle. Thank you so much!
Thank you!! This is so helpful and clear!
Marly, Thank you! I watched this video a few days ago and thought what a great idea using circular needles for a life line. I thought to myself that I needed to remember this. Well today I needed to use your idea. I have been working the back of my 1st sweater and found a a big mistake and couldn’t figure out how to fix it. I use your life line idea and it worked beautifully. I am so happy that I was able to fix my sweater. I have learned so much knitting this with you. My biggest projects prior was a hat, scarf and dishcloths. This project is over the top for me. You’re an awesome teacher! 😊❤️
Oh I wish I'd found this tutorial a couple of weeks ago when I was struggling with a sweater that I spent more time UNknitting that knitting - It would have been so much easier with a lifeline!
This is going to be a literal lifeline! 💕
💙💜***THANK YOU!!!***💜💙 I am not even completely sure what happened and it's only stockinette stitch but it's a shawl...and well...I need to insert a lifeline and using the smaller size double needle is brilliant!!!!
Excellent video.
Thank you
Amaaazing!! Yay! I was excited just the first time I heard about lifelines at all, but then to find out that I could put one in after the fact, after I've already discovered a problem, I had wondered about that, but didn't know enough about knitting and reading my knitting to think about how to go about it, but it's so simple! You make it so. Thank you very much, so happy to find this channel.
Awesome!! I’m excited you found me too :)
Thank you so much. I only knew about the 1st one....now I have 3 options😊
Me too. This is great.
Perfect! Exactly the info I needed and explained so well.
Glad it was helpful!
Definitely a "life" saver and game changer for me! Thank you!!
Thank you so much! Great advice and video. 💗
Amazing! You just saved me a trip to the yarn store fr a lesson on this! So easy - I really appreciate your clear and accurate instructions.
You are so welcome!
Marly I love you!! I’VE BEEN NEEDING THAT FOR A LONG TIME TOO! Putting it onto another circular needle is the smartest thing! I have undone fisherman’s rib hat so many times I gave up in the end but NOW I will start again so one little slip up wont ruin everything!! What a relief! Do you realise you are a global lifesaver … I live in NZ & knitting for my grandkids who live in Australia. Isn’t technology wonderful? Love your You Tube videos & adore your Fair Isle patterns etc.
I used the circ needle afterthought lifeline the other day. It was the best tip I've learned from you sharing it in your Lesson 3 of the Sweater KAL!
This is super helpful thank you!!!
Always coming to my rescue when I think I've messed up my project beyond salvage!!! Thank you a bazillion times over Marly!!!!!
Love the tips for the lifelines below your live Stitches!
Missed this video when it was posted. So glad someone referred to it today. Now I have a much clearer idea of how to use lifelines in my work.
Bless you. I am learning solely by your videos. I know no one else who knits. You explain things so well!!!
I should have watched this BEFORE I frogged my color-work hat.🙁 Now, I know better. Thank you so much!🌻
I had heard of a life line but now I understand it better. Thank you!
Holy Schnikes! In a word, BRILLIANT! Thank you, Marly, for sharing your knowledge and ideas with all of your followers🤗
I don’t know how to thank you enough Marly! I have learned so much from your videos. I have been knitting for years but only knew very basic knitting. I feel renewed inspiration since I’ve learned about you. It just means so much and I appreciate all you do!
You are so welcome!
Omgosh I so wish I had known about this last night😩 I’m currently working on the SW MKAL and was 2/3 of the way thru Clue 2 when I realized I had messed up a section. I tried to undo it back to just before the mistake but couldn’t get my live stitches back on the needle. Ended up having to rip back all the way to the beginning on the clue and start over😢this knitting hack would have saved me from losing 3 days of work lol
Very helpful! Thank you!
I’m glad you included this video on bicrafty. I’ve had mistakes and now this helps to go back and correct the mistake!
That circular needle lifeline has already saved my sweater many times!
Just what I needed, thank you!
Wow! The knitting needle idea is genius! Thanks!
I mess up frequently, so I NEED lifelines. Thanks so much for these tips! 😊
This is concise, clear and enjoyable! I am saving it and deleting all other lifeline tip videos!🤗❤
I have just started knitting lace patterns and the use of the circular needle is truly a LifeSaver! Thank you Marly!!
It really is!
The circular needle life line is amazing! Thank you!
Great information, thank you!
Kool idea using a circular knitting needle. Thank You, Be Blessed.
Thank you, I am doing some lace knitting for the first time in many years, and was reluctant to use another thread with lace weight, just fiddly, but using the spare circular .... so clever
Marley thank you so much has his tip. I actually have something I need to rip out and I've tried and I just keep missing stitches so I can do this and have a life one love and I have to mess up stitches but thank you so much this is very timely. I enjoy your show.
Oh! Saved my life! Wish I had known it before trying to knit my first sock... and having to unravel aaaallllll the work after 40 rows man! Thank you Ms. Marly! Obrigada!
Sweet! I think I knew about using the circular needle as a lifeline but had forgotten about it; thanks for the reminder and your work!! ((((((( HUGS )))))))
ThNks so much, I never thought about using a knitting needle.
Thank you for sharing your knitting knowledge! Clear, concise and helpful instructions and visuals! My "go to" for knitting help!
Very informative! I use lifelines all the time and find them so helpful. I really like the way you used the circulars! Thanks for sharing!
Great tip. I'm definitely going to use the circular needle. Thank you so much!
I love this i have spent hours knitting backwards (unknitting) stich by stitch. Thank you!
Genius, so glad to for this -Thank you :)
Thank you for sharing this valuable information. I didn't know about using a second pair of circular needles. I'm not afraid of taking out my work. Recently I had to unravel a front of a cardigan piece that was almost finished and it seemed off. Well I made a mistake after the ribbing and had to unravel 18 inches off. Next time I'll be adding lifelines every 10th or 20th row in my projects. Thanks again!
#MarlyBird @MarlyBird Thank you for keeping this video up. After looking at the first things that popped up I searched for you and got my emergency line in...haven't had to do that for a longggg time, but needed it today. Lost only two rows!!!
Thanks Marly! I've learned so much from you! 😊
❤❤❤Soooo good! Much appreciated, thanks!
love love love watching and listening to your instructions!!...my first time putting in lifeline on circular needles..using smaller circular will make my mistake much easier to fix. thank you
What a great video! Love the idea for using the smaller circular needle, it makes perfect sense! I have to rip out my sweaters arm stitches as I am not happy with my underarm stitches that I picked up . Luckily it is only 2 inches. Thank you!
Also the fact that you added the detail that the size of the stitch only matters when it's moving to the new working needle on the right. That's the kind of detail that sometimes teachers forget to add, people know so much, for so long, forgetting how much you didn't know before you knew.
Thank you.
Thank you! This is such a genius idea! I love the use of the circular needle 💚
You are so welcome!
thank you! I have a project that has been stalled because I didn't know how to fix an error that I had made deep into my work.....I am new to knitting and since Covid I have not been able to get to a knitting shop for assistance...I feel that I can correct my problem and perhaps get back to knitting again.
THANK YOU! Thank you! Thank you! I realized I had misread the directions and have to rip out five inches from the body of a sweater (my first sweater). The cable method will make it SO much easier.
Hi Marly, thank you for this helpful video! I know two more ways that I want to share. 1. Use interchangeables that have a little hole for the tool that tightens them and pull a fine thread through this hole. It will get pulled through as you go! 2. ADDI sells something called SOS-cords. They have a small gap where you can put a strand of yarn in. Many greetings from Germany!
Thank you so much Marly , very helpful
Thanks Marly
Useful information Marly Thanks.
Brilliant! You just saved me hours of work on my sweater!
Wonderful!
Wow! I was a self taught knitter who finally gave up because I had to rip out so many times that I felt I was making three projects to every one finished. After learning this hack perhaps I will take it up again. Any points on getting an even tension?
you just saved me so much time
Thank you!!!
Excellent tips especially on adding a lifeline several rows below where you are working. Where would you thread your lifeline if it was garter stitches instead of stockinette stitches? Thanks for providing an answer about knitting off the lifeline using a smaller needle with a cord. I never knew the stitch size was determined by the right needle. You are an excellent teacher, and I love your videos.
Just like in stockinette stitch, you would pick up the right leg of the stitch in Garter stitch.
@@MarlyBird Thanks for your quick reply.
OMG, Marly Bird, you are my savior! I love the circular needle lifeline. That is going to be my go-to! You saved the best for last! 🫶🏼
Thanks for this video! I'm working on a project using yarn that has absolutely no stitch definition (it's soooo fuzzy), and your circular needle life line is definitely going to save me so much time. Super helpful!!
Very clearly explained. Thank you!
This is a life saver. Thank you!!!
This is so easy to follow 😁. Do you have one for putting in a lifeline where there are yarn overs?
You are a lifesaver! Wish I knew about this 10 unravelings all!! Lol.
glad I could help.
Thanks Marly! You are the best!
That was really helpful!
I love the life line using a smaller circular needle. And of course making sure that the cable length is long enough on the circular needle, to hold the amount of knit stitches you have.
Genius!!!
That was great! Thank you so much! 💜
So helpful! Thank you. And your makeup looks amazing!
So helpful! Thank you so much for all you do 🤩
Wish I had known this earlier, could have used it. Will definitely remember this tip. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing. You are a beautiful lady.😊💐👗
Ha! Life line, I prefer to live dangerously!😉
You'll do that until you make a huge mistake and drop a stitch that travels all the way down a 100+ row shawl lol
Spoken like someone who knows :)
@@MarlyBird yes very much so! Was no fun beginning a very large test knit shawl over from the very cast on with two weeks to get it finished including blocking and photos!
Crafting With Linnea Never have, and I knit Estonian lace. That’s life in the fast lane for me!
@@SpiralBreezeI never had either, there is always that very first time and hopefully you'll learn as I did. Lifelines don't equal weakness, they are tantamount to smart knitting and prevention. But hey you do what works for you lol
Thank you!
I just did my first lifeline using the circular needle. I wish I'd had it before the major frogging but just learned about them. If you have stitch markers, like on either side of the spine of a shawl, should you put them on the lifeline as well as a "just in case"?
Marley thank you so much for this tutorial. I tried to click the link for the circular needle and I get an error. My scarf I’m making is 8 inches wide do you think a 16 inch is long enough or should I go to 24? Also I have a US #1 Addi 16” but I don’t know how to get the cable to relax from the horseshoe shape.
Thanks Marly, I only new about the first two options. I also crochet and was wondering if this technique can be used in Tunisian?
I do not Tunisian crochet so I cannot day. Sorry.
👍👍
Hi Marly, is it possible to put a life line in a fisherman's rib project? I recently had to frog a long scarf because I had made a mistake and hadn't realised how complicated the centre of the stitches would look and didn't know how to pick them back up! Thanks very much
Yes you can!
@@MarlyBird thank you x
How can i insert a reactive lifeline to safely rip back to a mistake in knit-in-the-round (circular needle) colourwork? It’s a cowl.