Wow, Mark, I'm so proud of you for having done that so perfectly! It looks beautiful now! I love the idea of felting the seam allowance to the sweater instead of sewing it on, it looks great and seems to be a lot more enjoyable than herringbone. I guess the neck was a bit wider due to the 3.75 needle instead of 3.5. Happens a lot to me (cough). By the way, my nickname here is Nanika Bayliss cut down to something funny by YT, but nanicab also sounds rather sweet 🙃It was the first time I heard myself being mentioned in a YT video, so thank you! And don't think you are the only one doing strange stuff at times. I even made a ravelry project with my more brilliant ideas and these are by far not the only ones. By the way, I love that with knitting: You mess up and the only thing that happens is you get more knitting time out of that yarn. So I usually take it as it comes, take a breath and pull out the needles. Okay, once I had a bit of a hard time when I knit a stranded sweater in needle size 2mm for my sister and realized about at the arm pits silly old me had knitted the blasted thing in the width of the waist instead of the chest. That really stung and I had to have this project sitting in the naughty corner for a while before having the guts to rip it back and start all over again. With another sweater I wanted to finish the main body late at night and I was afraid the back neck would be too wide. So I decreased rather severely in the last rows. Done with that I happily went to bed. Only to discover the next morning that the neck at the back was now a measly three inches wide. And just to mention, I don't remember having learnt to knit, so I've been knitting for a lot more than 50 years. Best, Nanika
This is like a wonderful end to a good book. I was so sad when I saw your disappointment in the last video. But, when I saw the post by Nanika Bayliss, I thought to myself, "This is what I love about the knitting community! People help each other." I'm so glad you posted the end of the story and showed us this technique.
I’m actually surprised that the designer liked her neckline and left it that way, aren’t you? You did an amazing correction job! And you are such a patient instructor! Thank you. Steeks have always scared me, and you made it look easy!
I wouldn’t be surprised if the designer didn’t have the design test knit in all the larger sizes, and never even saw the issue! I took a sweater fitting/ alteration class last year, and the teacher explained that grading a pattern can sometimes result in certain parts becoming misshapen because not all parts of our bodies grow at the same rate! Your collarbone and shoulders are your skeleton and don’t necessarily change just because your bust/chest size does. I learned how to pick a better size to fit my shoulders and then add bust darts/ increases in the chest and my sweaters fit so much better now!
That was incredible! I’m not sure I’d have the nerve but OTOH, the sweater is so beautiful, it would be a shame to toss it in the back of the drawer and never wear it because of the neck. What a great job you did!
Mark I enjoyed watching you correct the changes you wanted to make in your husband’s sweater. It looks beautiful now that the changes were made. Very helpful for learning how to make these type of improvements!!! Thank you 👍🏻🧶🥰
I cannot believe how brave you are, not to mention how skilled. I can’t imagine tackling such a problem. The only part of that I would feel comfortable with is the needle felting. I also use needle felting when crocheting to secure some of my yarn tails. Very helpful and I have yet to find a yarn that it wouldn’t work with. Beautiful job as always.
You don't give off the impression of a haphazard person 🙂. The sweater fix turned out great. Your husband is a handsome fellow, and seems to have a sense of humor just based on his interaction with the camera (or you maybe!)
Wow what a ride! 😅 Such a great tutorial and lessons for all of us and so happy you have a final product you are pleased with. Definitely worth it to take the time to make it something that will be worn and loved. Loving your channel and the vibes you emote!
Excellent video, Mark. I've been knitting 69 years and only found out about steeking around 10 years ago. Never needed to do it. In terms of knitting cock_ups (technical term) I never do a tension square as I have always knit to tension. I've just knit youngest grandson (5) a sweater in Aran weight yarn. I thought it looked large and when I was up to neck shaping decided to measure it - 45cms (18") so would be good when he was 14 years old!! Pulled it out and started again and had a good chuckle about it. A lesson learnt. The old saying that a stitch in time saves 9 was very true. Your videos are very easy to watch and watching the speed you knit is fascinating.
I’m an experienced knitter of ever so many years but I’m still learning. You did a great job with reshaping that neckline. There is something wrong with the original pattern which looked like it had you increasing where you should have been decreasing. The best TH-cam channel I have found for technical advice is Nimble Needles. Have a look there is so much good advice there, it’s certainly improved the way I finish my knitted garments. There is a formula for figuring out how many rib stitches you need to pick up based on dividing the number of rows per 4 inches by number of rows per 4 inches, which should help reduce problems of gaping or loose ribbing. Roxane Richardson channel describes this and there one other that I’ll look out for you. Great video.
Wow! The sweater looked soooooo much better after the fix! You could really tell the difference in the fix with your husband modeling the sweater, thanks for including that in the video. Also since I’m commenting, I want to tell you that I am so happy I stumbled on to your channel, I just love watching and your voice is so soothing! I look forward to your next video!!
Oh my goodness! This was awesome. As a beginner, I make Sooo many mistakes. It’s so helpful to see that even experts get into trouble with their work and ask for help - and work diligently to correct them. The sweater is beautiful! Thanks so much for your videos!
I think Elizabeth Zimmerman was the one who said that after steeling, go into a darkened room and put a cool cloth over your eyes! Beautiful sweater. I just discovered your channel, your presentation is so easy going. Thank you. I learned a lot.
Thank you for taking the time to show us how you fixed your sweater. I read the comment on how to fix it on the last video at least four times and couldn’t see how to do it in my mind :) Now it makes perfect sense and it turned out beautifully!!!
Mark, I loved watching this video! This was such an interesting process to watch. You demonstrate the craft perfectly with your very even and pleasant speaking style, yet you totally get frustrated with your "haphazard" self (your interpretation!). We have all been there at some point. Also, I think we are so intent on making perfect gifts for those we love the most that we self sabotage our work. The sweater turned out beautifully and you should be so proud of your work!
Fantastic fix and I adored seeing the Mr's tip to the camera at the end. Definitely worth the pain as the result looks great! Love the felting idea - I'd have machine sewed this but I prefer your method. Duly stolen! 😉
Ah, I have a sweater that I love even though the shoulders and neckline just aren’t right. You give me the courage to try to perfect it. Thank you for this.
Thanks Mark for the teaching podcast! I’ve learned a lot. If I had ran into the problems you had with your sweater, I would’ve frog all that work. I would not know what to do to fix it. I’ve never steek before and would have never thought to do that. My experienced virtual buddy said steeking is fun! I think it is nerve wrecking and I would probably cut the wrong thing! Thanks for sharing such informative podcast. We are all learning together! ❤
Great job, Mark! Brilliant job of working the picked up stitches through the back. Makes it all cohesive. I had never known about needle felting as a reinforcement method? (Obviously for non superwash wool.) What s success!!!!! Wear it proudly, Ned.
Thank you Mark for a brilliant video I cannot imagine how the designer thought the neck line was a good one. What a brilliant alteration and we have all learnt another skill. Thanks again.
I’m so sorry that this happened to you but so glad that you turned it into a teaching moment. I find it so interesting to hear how other knitters fix their makes when things go awry. It’s also so good for us all to know that even the most advanced knitters run into problems sometimes. There was a time when I might have thrown my project back in the bag and abandoned it but after watching many TH-cam videos Tube videos where knitters share their process, I feel empowered to work out my fix or seek help from the knitting community. Thanks again for a very educational video!
Thank you so much for sharing this very honest story on how you turned this sweater into a masterpiece. You have much more patience than I have. Bravo!
Well done! You are the boss of your knitting and this video proves that. This is an excellent fix! I also hate to ‘tinker’ with my project but you showed how a bit of thought and a technique can make it well worth the effort. Another fun video!
Wow what an amazing fix and how proud you must feel to have accomplished this to make the sweater enjoyable to wear. Great Job. This gives me hope for a color I need to fix as well
I totally understand your dilemma. I had some yarn custom dyed to match my dog. I thought I found the perfect pattern from a well-known designer with good reviews. When I got done, I was unhappy with some of the results. I thought I had done something wrong until I really looked at the photo pattern and noticed the design flaws to me . Taught me a valuable lesson and really looking at a pattern before I decide to knit it. I wish I had seen your video before I did my surgery on the sweater. It would’ve saved me a lot of headaches thank you once again for an awesome video.
Yay Mark, that was wonderful. You talk about each step and how you feel about it in detail, which is so helpful! Helps me slow my own thought process down and observe, read the pattern, pay attention, etc. Thanks for sharing your joys and tribulations! Congrats - the sweater looks fabulous now.
I am exactly the same way! Full speed ahead, and then I say to myself “why can’t you do it right the first time?” I suppose I’m a tactile learner and just need to jump in. I do learn a lot from my mistakes so my haphazard approach works out in the end. I’m sure that is true with you too because I learned to fix a sweater collar from you!
I've been waiting for this video. It was really interesting to see how you rescue this sweater. Modern Love is really beautiful and you put a lot of work into making it. All this doesn’t change the fact that the autor should fix this pattern… PS. I watch your channel from the other side of the world (from Poland), but I want to say that I really like your videos - they are very calming for me!
Wow! Well done !! Stop beating yourself up so much, give yourself some grace. It looks great and you got it there no matter how many times you had to go back in. It really does look 1000 times better and did even before your corrections lol.
All of the other projects on Ravelry show the same problem with the neckline. Wondering if anyone communicated with the designer? I've been sewing for 60 years and knitting sporadically during that time, and I still have to rip mistakes back and fix them. It comes with the territory of hand made items. Kudos to you for making it right. It takes patience, which helps in all aspects of your life.
All I can add to this is to say that I love your theme song! You got everything right, as far as I'm concerned, and I've been knitting for more years than you've been alive. Great job! Also, if you need a small pair of scissors for exacting cutting jobs, might I suggest a pair of Metzenbaum scissors? I own a pair, and they really do a great job of getting the precise cutting done, because they're actually medical equipment. I'm not going back to the dollar store scissors ever again.
Bravo well done with fix looks great on your hubby. It is frustrating when you work so hard on an item & there’s a glitch but how awesome it is when you overcome it successfully 👏🏻 looking at the project pages they all seemed to have some weird puckering looking neckline…so you’re not alone. Odd that the designer has just left it like that IMO
I did a picture sweater recently with a combination of mohair, and some lovely danish fingering. has horses with jockeys galloping just above the ribbing. not sure of how much yarn I had to complete, I ended up with extra yarn and a too short sweater. so I cut off the ribbing band. picked up all the stitches, and lengthened it by 4 inches. amazingly, you can't even see where I did it. knitting is so amazingly maleable and versatile.
I’m a crocheter, and one of the first things I learned, by project three, was never trust the pattern lol. I find there’s almost always something wonky that needs to be corrected. So now, if I’m following a pattern and something feels off, I go ahead and do it the way I think it should be rather than how the pattern instructs. I’m currently working on a complicated queen sized blanket of my own design, and have had to redo most new steps in the process - I feel you! Yesterday, I simply miscounted stitches (by 40!!!) and finalized the design of the last third based on the wrong stitch count, and started row 1 of that portion. Thankfully, I caught the issue only 121 stitches in. But it required fixing the design in addition to ripping out that part of the row. So I spent thirty minutes outside with one of my cats and my dog and we just played and cuddled and enjoyed the spring breeze. It really helped to cheer me up, gather my thoughts, and get it done right and row one of that section started again, this time successfully. My cute little furry creatures remind me to stop and let the joy of the day fill my heart, rather than the frustration. ❤ Your sweater has turned out lovely and I know y’all will cherish it for many years to come!
I like to think that if my hands are busy, I am successfully crocheting, even if I'm frogging or starting over. I've never regretted taking the time to make it right!
I hope this makes you feel better you want to hear about mistakes. I made a cardigan for my husband for Christmas in 2022 first I knit the sleeves to small had to take them off, then I knit them again and they were too big so I knit them again just right. And he was right here for me to measure them, which is what I did the 3rd time.
Wow, that is a stunning sweater!! Lucky husband !! Thank you for this interesting and helpful review and demonstration of the problem and solution. That was impressive. I’ve yet to steek, but as I want to try a colorwork cardigan this year, it is looming on my horizon…😅. It’s very reassuring to watch others do it. I have often had to redo necklines multiple times. I try to just succumb to the process being a bit of trial and error (more error😂). And I’ve twice miscalculated how large a sweater should be because of being seated. One long car ride resulted in a sweater I could have fit 3 of me in to (all bunched up on a shorter needle I couldn’t tell), and a long flight in a severely too short cardigan because I was holding it up to my torso, while seated in a middle seat trying not to jostle my sleeping seat neighbours with my elbows….. Frustration happens!
Wow great lesson I consider myself a beginner because I put knitting down for months or even years and have to relearn everything and I’m not very brave I learned a new technique thanks to you! Awesome lesson Marcia
Been knitting for 15 years but I never had to do this. When you picked up stitches, I was already wondering why you picked up every stitch out of diagonal edges. It’s something I’ve seen in my sweater design books and read in many patterns that you should only do 3 sts out of every 4 rows and basically skip a stitch out of vertical and diagonal edges. Sometimes I will do 2 out of 3 as well. I know you probably wanted the neat edge, so decreasing while doing the first ribbing round would also have been an option. Your fix worked out fine though and now you have a finished, wearable object! I’m always very happy when long-lingering projects turn into actual garments or accessories, you can be proud of yourself! And thanks for sharing this experience with all of us. It’s certainly an extreme case of sweater surgery. 😂 Once I lengthened a cardigan by opening up a row before shaping (near the bottom ribbing) and grafted it together with the live stitches after adding 5cm/2“ to the height. After that, I knit button bands and now have a cardigan that I love!
Thank you so much for sharing how to steek! I've been too intimidated to try but after your video I'll have a go. Just have to get a felting tool first. And you did such a good work on the sweater! It looks awesome now
I just had a sweater where I forgot to changed needles to the larger needles after completing the ribbing & was 5" into the body when I realized it. I put it on a barber cord and washed and blocked it to see if I was going to be able to block it to my measurements. Thank God it worked out & I didn't have to rip it out back to the collar.
PERFECT adjustment. I am so impressed with your gift of gab AND knitting. I am not sure of which I enjoy more. Newly subscribed from Thousand Oaks, CA (between Santa Barbara and Los Angeles).
If it makes you feel any better, I’ve been trying to complete a pair of socks and have had to tear out and re knit at least 15 times now. I’ve basically ruined part of the yarn and would love to throw it all against the wall but I’m pretty stubborn. So today we start again. 🥸
I’m notorious for taking a sweater apart and changing it: Adding length, inserting in the middle, reworking the lace. My knitting friends call me adventurous to my face. But, precipitous would be more accurate.
GOD. I once was *redoing* the yoke of a soufflé tea (laura penrose pattern) bc the og yarn i had used was too itchy. And right after reknitting the circular yoke & kitchner stitching it on, i rushed the most delicate part- cutting off the original yoke! And ofc i cut a stitch on the newly finished yoke. It was totally perfect and then i went and ruined it by rushing. I feel your pain 😂
I looked at the other finished sweaters on Ravelry, it seems that their decreases into the raglan are at a sharper angle. but they still have some bump. Good solution.
The other projects on the Ravelry pattern show the same bizzarre shaping. Does the pattern say it was tech edited? Seems like something that should have been picked up before publication.
I agree; it is odd that neither the designer nor the group of test knitters (if there were any) didn't notice this issue. I'm curious if Mark reached out to the designer.
@@Camel0769 maybe only a couple of test knit sizes? Total of 7 projects on Ravelry. But in every photo where you can see detail, the bizarre shaping is present, so not just in an un-tested larger size….
As someone who has stabbed himself with a felting needle, I wish I had had one of those tools in High School. Evidently they were content for us to bleed for our work rather than pay for safer tools :'D Also your cats are so pretty 😭
Wow, Mark, I'm so proud of you for having done that so perfectly! It looks beautiful now! I love the idea of felting the seam allowance to the sweater instead of sewing it on, it looks great and seems to be a lot more enjoyable than herringbone. I guess the neck was a bit wider due to the 3.75 needle instead of 3.5. Happens a lot to me (cough). By the way, my nickname here is Nanika Bayliss cut down to something funny by YT, but nanicab also sounds rather sweet 🙃It was the first time I heard myself being mentioned in a YT video, so thank you!
And don't think you are the only one doing strange stuff at times. I even made a ravelry project with my more brilliant ideas and these are by far not the only ones. By the way, I love that with knitting: You mess up and the only thing that happens is you get more knitting time out of that yarn. So I usually take it as it comes, take a breath and pull out the needles.
Okay, once I had a bit of a hard time when I knit a stranded sweater in needle size 2mm for my sister and realized about at the arm pits silly old me had knitted the blasted thing in the width of the waist instead of the chest. That really stung and I had to have this project sitting in the naughty corner for a while before having the guts to rip it back and start all over again. With another sweater I wanted to finish the main body late at night and I was afraid the back neck would be too wide. So I decreased rather severely in the last rows. Done with that I happily went to bed. Only to discover the next morning that the neck at the back was now a measly three inches wide. And just to mention, I don't remember having learnt to knit, so I've been knitting for a lot more than 50 years.
Best, Nanika
You are so kind! Thank you again for giving me such great advice, and for sharing your stories with me ☺️
Bravo! That was a jaw clencher. Well done
the colors of that sweater are FIRE
“Quietly frustrated?” Mark, you rock patience to the curb and back. Thanks for a great demonstration and a great time.
This is like a wonderful end to a good book. I was so sad when I saw your disappointment in the last video. But, when I saw the post by Nanika Bayliss, I thought to myself, "This is what I love about the knitting community! People help each other." I'm so glad you posted the end of the story and showed us this technique.
I’m actually surprised that the designer liked her neckline and left it that way, aren’t you? You did an amazing correction job! And you are such a patient instructor! Thank you. Steeks have always scared me, and you made it look easy!
I wouldn’t be surprised if the designer didn’t have the design test knit in all the larger sizes, and never even saw the issue! I took a sweater fitting/ alteration class last year, and the teacher explained that grading a pattern can sometimes result in certain parts becoming misshapen because not all parts of our bodies grow at the same rate! Your collarbone and shoulders are your skeleton and don’t necessarily change just because your bust/chest size does. I learned how to pick a better size to fit my shoulders and then add bust darts/ increases in the chest and my sweaters fit so much better now!
That was incredible! I’m not sure I’d have the nerve but OTOH, the sweater is so beautiful, it would be a shame to toss it in the back of the drawer and never wear it because of the neck. What a great job you did!
It was great to see whole story of this sweater evolve over time. How courageous of you to execute this process and thank you for sharing it with us!
Mark I enjoyed watching you correct the changes you wanted to make in your husband’s sweater. It looks beautiful now that the changes were made. Very helpful for learning how to make these type of improvements!!! Thank you 👍🏻🧶🥰
I cannot believe how brave you are, not to mention how skilled. I can’t imagine tackling such a problem. The only part of that I would feel comfortable with is the needle felting. I also use needle felting when crocheting to secure some of my yarn tails. Very helpful and I have yet to find a yarn that it wouldn’t work with. Beautiful job as always.
Oh so much of knitting is unknitting and reknitting. Just the nature of the beast. Well done you!
Thank you for this video. I have never seen the process of steeking. This sweater definitely has a lot of love in it! 😊
You don't give off the impression of a haphazard person 🙂. The sweater fix turned out great. Your husband is a handsome fellow, and seems to have a sense of humor just based on his interaction with the camera (or you maybe!)
What a great demonstration of supporting each other and perseverance.
Wow what a ride! 😅 Such a great tutorial and lessons for all of us and so happy you have a final product you are pleased with. Definitely worth it to take the time to make it something that will be worn and loved. Loving your channel and the vibes you emote!
Excellent video, Mark. I've been knitting 69 years and only found out about steeking around 10 years ago. Never needed to do it. In terms of knitting cock_ups (technical term) I never do a tension square as I have always knit to tension. I've just knit youngest grandson (5) a sweater in Aran weight yarn. I thought it looked large and when I was up to neck shaping decided to measure it - 45cms (18") so would be good when he was 14 years old!! Pulled it out and started again and had a good chuckle about it. A lesson learnt. The old saying that a stitch in time saves 9 was very true. Your videos are very easy to watch and watching the speed you knit is fascinating.
Your patience and perseverance has really paid off. ❤😻
Phew! I feel your pain! But look at what you've learned. And you can be so proud of the outcome. It looks great on your husband!
Well done, Mark! A huge, huge improvement to the neckline. I so admire your patience and perseverance. 🙂
I’m an experienced knitter of ever so many years but I’m still learning. You did a great job with reshaping that neckline. There is something wrong with the original pattern which looked like it had you increasing where you should have been decreasing. The best TH-cam channel I have found for technical advice is Nimble Needles. Have a look there is so much good advice there, it’s certainly improved the way I finish my knitted garments. There is a formula for figuring out how many rib stitches you need to pick up based on dividing the number of rows per 4 inches by number of rows per 4 inches, which should help reduce problems of gaping or loose ribbing. Roxane Richardson channel describes this and there one other that I’ll look out for you. Great video.
Wow! The sweater looked soooooo much better after the fix! You could really tell the difference in the fix with your husband modeling the sweater, thanks for including that in the video. Also since I’m commenting, I want to tell you that I am so happy I stumbled on to your channel, I just love watching and your voice is so soothing! I look forward to your next video!!
Oh my goodness! This was awesome. As a beginner, I make Sooo many mistakes. It’s so helpful to see that even experts get into trouble with their work and ask for help - and work diligently to correct them. The sweater is beautiful! Thanks so much for your videos!
The finished sweater looks so good! And now it has a story 😂
I like how you human. Keep being you ❤
I think Elizabeth Zimmerman was the one who said that after steeling, go into a darkened room and put a cool cloth over your eyes!
Beautiful sweater. I just discovered your channel, your presentation is so easy going. Thank you. I learned a lot.
Thank you for taking the time to show us how you fixed your sweater. I read the comment on how to fix it on the last video at least four times and couldn’t see how to do it in my mind :) Now it makes perfect sense and it turned out beautifully!!!
So enjoyed this episode and I learned a LOT. And kudos to your bravery for felting that last bit on the front of the sweater! 😬
You have the patience of a saint! So clearly explained and very informative. I've always been a little nervous about seeking.
Mark, I loved watching this video! This was such an interesting process to watch. You demonstrate the craft perfectly with your very even and pleasant speaking style, yet you totally get frustrated with your "haphazard" self (your interpretation!). We have all been there at some point. Also, I think we are so intent on making perfect gifts for those we love the most that we self sabotage our work. The sweater turned out beautifully and you should be so proud of your work!
Bravo, Mark! You have a lot more patience than I do. But it paid off and the end result was perfect! Thanks for sharing that.
Fantastic fix and I adored seeing the Mr's tip to the camera at the end. Definitely worth the pain as the result looks great! Love the felting idea - I'd have machine sewed this but I prefer your method. Duly stolen! 😉
Ah, I have a sweater that I love even though the shoulders and neckline just aren’t right. You give me the courage to try to perfect it. Thank you for this.
Thanks Mark for the teaching podcast! I’ve learned a lot. If I had ran into the problems you had with your sweater, I would’ve frog all that work. I would not know what to do to fix it. I’ve never steek before and would have never thought to do that. My experienced virtual buddy said steeking is fun! I think it is nerve wrecking and I would probably cut the wrong thing!
Thanks for sharing such informative podcast. We are all learning together! ❤
So pleased you got it sorted and it looks so much better now. A good lesson in patience and persistence.
Great job, Mark! Brilliant job of working the picked up stitches through the back. Makes it all cohesive. I had never known about needle felting as a reinforcement method? (Obviously for non superwash wool.)
What s success!!!!! Wear it proudly, Ned.
Thank you Mark for a brilliant video I cannot imagine how the designer thought the neck line was a good one. What a brilliant alteration and we have all learnt another skill. Thanks again.
Great job!!! Turned out wonderfully!! Your tenacity paid off. Thanks for sharing!!
Wow. You did great. Beautiful sweater and good grief what a lot of patience.
This is the first time I have seen this demonstrated. Super interesting!
I’m so sorry that this happened to you but so glad that you turned it into a teaching moment. I find it so interesting to hear how other knitters fix their makes when things go awry. It’s also so good for us all to know that even the most advanced knitters run into problems sometimes. There was a time when I might have thrown my project back in the bag and abandoned it but after watching many TH-cam videos Tube videos where knitters share their process, I feel empowered to work out my fix or seek help from the knitting community. Thanks again for a very educational video!
Thank you so much for sharing this very honest story on how you turned this sweater into a masterpiece. You have much more patience than I have. Bravo!
Hello lovely, that is extreme knitting - you need a parachute! Fabulous job Mark, congrats on sticking with it. It turned out gorgeous!
Well done! You are the boss of your knitting and this video proves that. This is an excellent fix! I also hate to ‘tinker’ with my project but you showed how a bit of thought and a technique can make it well worth the effort. Another fun video!
🎉 outstanding fix Dr Mark 👏
Wow what an amazing fix and how proud you must feel to have accomplished this to make the sweater enjoyable to wear. Great Job. This gives me hope for a color I need to fix as well
I totally understand your dilemma. I had some yarn custom dyed to match my dog. I thought I found the perfect pattern from a well-known designer with good reviews. When I got done, I was unhappy with some of the results. I thought I had done something wrong until I really looked at the photo pattern and noticed the design flaws to me . Taught me a valuable lesson and really looking at a pattern before I decide to knit it. I wish I had seen your video before I did my surgery on the sweater. It would’ve saved me a lot of headaches thank you once again for an awesome video.
Yay Mark, that was wonderful. You talk about each step and how you feel about it in detail, which is so helpful! Helps me slow my own thought process down and observe, read the pattern, pay attention, etc. Thanks for sharing your joys and tribulations! Congrats - the sweater looks fabulous now.
I am exactly the same way! Full speed ahead, and then I say to myself “why can’t you do it right the first time?” I suppose I’m a tactile learner and just need to jump in. I do learn a lot from my mistakes so my haphazard approach works out in the end. I’m sure that is true with you too because I learned to fix a sweater collar from you!
Wowza! I know this was frustrating for you but so interesting and exciting for me to watch! Thanks!
Wow! Great job! I held my breath while you cut.. but it looks beautiful 💕
I've been waiting for this video. It was really interesting to see how you rescue this sweater. Modern Love is really beautiful and you put a lot of work into making it.
All this doesn’t change the fact that the autor should fix this pattern…
PS. I watch your channel from the other side of the world (from Poland), but I want to say that I really like your videos - they are very calming for me!
Wow! Well done !! Stop beating yourself up so much, give yourself some grace. It looks great and you got it there no matter how many times you had to go back in. It really does look 1000 times better and did even before your corrections lol.
Amazing fix. That required a lot of bravery and patience! It turned out 👌
All of the other projects on Ravelry show the same problem with the neckline. Wondering if anyone communicated with the designer? I've been sewing for 60 years and knitting sporadically during that time, and I still have to rip mistakes back and fix them. It comes with the territory of hand made items. Kudos to you for making it right. It takes patience, which helps in all aspects of your life.
All I can add to this is to say that I love your theme song! You got everything right, as far as I'm concerned, and I've been knitting for more years than you've been alive. Great job! Also, if you need a small pair of scissors for exacting cutting jobs, might I suggest a pair of Metzenbaum scissors? I own a pair, and they really do a great job of getting the precise cutting done, because they're actually medical equipment. I'm not going back to the dollar store scissors ever again.
Holy cats!! 🙀 What a fantastic job you've done. I shall take this episode as a lesson in patience & perseverance. 🏆🎉
Bravo well done with fix looks great on your hubby. It is frustrating when you work so hard on an item & there’s a glitch but how awesome it is when you overcome it successfully 👏🏻 looking at the project pages they all seemed to have some weird puckering looking neckline…so you’re not alone. Odd that the designer has just left it like that IMO
Bravo! Patience and perseverance paid off. Your husband will definitely love to wear this beautiful sweater now!
The sweater looks perfect, you have so much patience x
I did a picture sweater recently with a combination of mohair, and some lovely danish fingering. has horses with jockeys galloping just above the ribbing. not sure of how much yarn I had to complete, I ended up with extra yarn and a too short sweater.
so I cut off the ribbing band.
picked up all the stitches, and lengthened it by 4 inches. amazingly, you can't even see where I did it. knitting is so amazingly maleable and versatile.
I’m a crocheter, and one of the first things I learned, by project three, was never trust the pattern lol. I find there’s almost always something wonky that needs to be corrected. So now, if I’m following a pattern and something feels off, I go ahead and do it the way I think it should be rather than how the pattern instructs.
I’m currently working on a complicated queen sized blanket of my own design, and have had to redo most new steps in the process - I feel you! Yesterday, I simply miscounted stitches (by 40!!!) and finalized the design of the last third based on the wrong stitch count, and started row 1 of that portion. Thankfully, I caught the issue only 121 stitches in. But it required fixing the design in addition to ripping out that part of the row. So I spent thirty minutes outside with one of my cats and my dog and we just played and cuddled and enjoyed the spring breeze. It really helped to cheer me up, gather my thoughts, and get it done right and row one of that section started again, this time successfully. My cute little furry creatures remind me to stop and let the joy of the day fill my heart, rather than the frustration. ❤
Your sweater has turned out lovely and I know y’all will cherish it for many years to come!
I like to think that if my hands are busy, I am successfully crocheting, even if I'm frogging or starting over. I've never regretted taking the time to make it right!
@@aksez2u that’s a great way to think about it!
What a great job! After all that frustration and hard work,it looks wonderful.
I hope this makes you feel better you want to hear about mistakes. I made a cardigan for my husband for Christmas in 2022 first I knit the sleeves to small had to take them off, then I knit them again and they were too big so I knit them again just right. And he was right here for me to measure them, which is what I did the 3rd time.
You are a very good teacher. Thank you for the video
I like how you get to repeatedly stab the part that gave you so much frustration. That must have felt nice.
Loving this channel, Mark. And your transparency and not everything goes smoothly, even for experienced knitters like you! ❤
Wow, that is a stunning sweater!! Lucky husband !! Thank you for this interesting and helpful review and demonstration of the problem and solution. That was impressive. I’ve yet to steek, but as I want to try a colorwork cardigan this year, it is looming on my horizon…😅. It’s very reassuring to watch others do it. I have often had to redo necklines multiple times. I try to just succumb to the process being a bit of trial and error (more error😂). And I’ve twice miscalculated how large a sweater should be because of being seated. One long car ride resulted in a sweater I could have fit 3 of me in to (all bunched up on a shorter needle I couldn’t tell), and a long flight in a severely too short cardigan because I was holding it up to my torso, while seated in a middle seat trying not to jostle my sleeping seat neighbours with my elbows….. Frustration happens!
I really enjoyed this and learned something new. Thank you for going through the process so clearly. The finished sweater looks great!
Yay Nani cab! This was so fun to watch! And in the end, how cute does your husband look in his Modern Love sweater! Well done!
Wow great lesson I consider myself a beginner because I put knitting down for months or even years and have to relearn everything and I’m not very brave I learned a new technique thanks to you! Awesome lesson
Marcia
Thank you Mark I have learned a lot from this video. Your husband looks great in his new sweater too.
Been knitting for 15 years but I never had to do this. When you picked up stitches, I was already wondering why you picked up every stitch out of diagonal edges.
It’s something I’ve seen in my sweater design books and read in many patterns that you should only do 3 sts out of every 4 rows and basically skip a stitch out of vertical and diagonal edges. Sometimes I will do 2 out of 3 as well. I know you probably wanted the neat edge, so decreasing while doing the first ribbing round would also have been an option.
Your fix worked out fine though and now you have a finished, wearable object! I’m always very happy when long-lingering projects turn into actual garments or accessories, you can be proud of yourself! And thanks for sharing this experience with all of us. It’s certainly an extreme case of sweater surgery. 😂
Once I lengthened a cardigan by opening up a row before shaping (near the bottom ribbing) and grafted it together with the live stitches after adding 5cm/2“ to the height. After that, I knit button bands and now have a cardigan that I love!
Thank you so much for sharing how to steek! I've been too intimidated to try but after your video I'll have a go. Just have to get a felting tool first.
And you did such a good work on the sweater! It looks awesome now
I just had a sweater where I forgot to changed needles to the larger needles after completing the ribbing & was 5" into the body when I realized it. I put it on a barber cord and washed and blocked it to see if I was going to be able to block it to my measurements. Thank God it worked out & I didn't have to rip it out back to the collar.
PERFECT adjustment. I am so impressed with your gift of gab AND knitting. I am not sure of which I enjoy
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Great job and save! You rock!
Beautiful results.
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing your fix.
Great fix!
If it makes you feel any better, I’ve been trying to complete a pair of socks and have had to tear out and re knit at least 15 times now. I’ve basically ruined part of the yarn and would love to throw it all against the wall but I’m pretty stubborn. So today we start again. 🥸
What a great video. You rock. I really enjoyed the lesson
I learnt so much from this video.
Thank you. This video was really helpful.
I’m notorious for taking a sweater apart and changing it: Adding length, inserting in the middle, reworking the lace. My knitting friends call me adventurous to my face. But, precipitous would be more accurate.
Just WOW!!❤
GOD. I once was *redoing* the yoke of a soufflé tea (laura penrose pattern) bc the og yarn i had used was too itchy. And right after reknitting the circular yoke & kitchner stitching it on, i rushed the most delicate part- cutting off the original yoke! And ofc i cut a stitch on the newly finished yoke. It was totally perfect and then i went and ruined it by rushing. I feel your pain 😂
You Did a Great Job !!
the case of The Never Ending Neckline, lol
Well done and it looks amazing!
I learned so much!! Encouraging!
wow!!! Looks great 😊
Hi Mark, thank you so much for sharing the sweater sugery. I have learned new things and the sweater looks so much better now., well done.
😅 YOU HAD STOP TO THINK ABOUT WERE THE EXTRA YARN WHERE YOU RREADY THROW IT AWAY? GLAD YOU HANF IN THERE🧶🪡
I looked at the other finished sweaters on Ravelry, it seems that their decreases into the raglan are at a sharper angle. but they still have some bump. Good solution.
The other projects on the Ravelry pattern show the same bizzarre shaping. Does the pattern say it was tech edited? Seems like something that should have been picked up before publication.
I agree; it is odd that neither the designer nor the group of test knitters (if there were any) didn't notice this issue. I'm curious if Mark reached out to the designer.
Looks like there were increase stitches where there should have been decrease stitches
@@Camel0769 maybe only a couple of test knit sizes? Total of 7 projects on Ravelry. But in every photo where you can see detail, the bizarre shaping is present, so not just in an un-tested larger size….
Great job. Worth all the work. Have you looked at the pattern to see what caused the problem in the first place? Best you.
Awesome job
You have more patience than I do and I am pretty good but not that good
Such a wonderful fit now, so little fabric causing so much trouble!
As someone who has stabbed himself with a felting needle, I wish I had had one of those tools in High School. Evidently they were content for us to bleed for our work rather than pay for safer tools :'D
Also your cats are so pretty 😭