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[cooldrdify]

I just started my first project with dpns, and I am having problems with the last stitch on the needle. The stitch is really wide and leaves an obvious gap/ridge in the work. Can you help me???? Thanks!

[verypinkknits]

@cooldrdify The first and last stitches on DPNs are vulnerable to being stretched out, AND you have to watch your tension as you switch from one needle to the next - not too tight, not too loose. Just make sure those stitches aren't being stretched, and be sure to give a gentle tug to the first stitch on the next needle, so that the last stitch gets tightened up.

[Lmontg37]

I dont have a question about a specific technique in the pattern. I just want to know how to knit a "lazy daisy flower" or just a flower on a hat.

[verypinkknits]

@Lmontg37 Gotcha - I can put a knitted flower on the list for upcoming technique videos! Thanks for the idea.

[Lmontg37]

Hi Ms Verypinkknits,

I've been trying to knit a flower on a hat I knitted. It looked pretty simple in the book, but mine dont seem to come out right. In the book they called it "lazy daisy embriodery. Please Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

[verypinkknits]

@Lmontg37 Do you have a question about a specific technique in the pattern?

[verypinkknits]

@ddstrothers I can't explain someone else's pattern and be sure that I'm 100% accurate, but I'll tell you how I'd read it. You should be working p1, yo, p1 as three separate stitches, regardless of how it appears in the chart. Chances are that the designer put two symbols in one square to maintain the even look of the chart.

[ddstrothers]

Can you please answer this pattern question? My instructions are to p1, yo. In the chart it gives the symbol o\. The next stitch is a p1. My question is are the p1 and yo worked separately so that it gives p1, yo, p1 or is there a way to do the p1 and yo in the same stitch?

[verypinkknits]

@AmyW1205 Thank you for all of the suggestions! I do already have videos for some of your suggestions. For example, "Learn to Knit an Aran Shawl", and "Learn to Knit Lace" both cover chart reading. Also, "Learn to Knit Lace" covers stringing lifelines in your lace work so that you're able to rip back to correct a mistake, without frogging the whole thing. My video on "Tinking" also tells you how to carefully undo your knitting, stitch by stitch, to correct something.

[Nikkers8]

@verypinkknits Oh... some how I just knew you'd have a great organizational system. Takes one to know one haha! Can't wait to see it :)