I had a knitting fail last month. This lovely Habu 100% linen yarn was to become a loosely knit flowing sort of scarf. I diligently knit and purled alternating rows. Simple, repetitious, relaxing. And then I dropped a stitch.
It unravelled two rows down. I carefully un-knit and un-purled a couple of rows. But the stitch kept dropping further. As I kept undoing rows, more stitches dropped, and dropped. It simply wasn’t meant to be. I ripped it all out, wound it back into a little ball, and put it away.
I still had a couple of balls of the purple gradient yarn leftover from the hand warmers. I wanted a ribbed, stay on my head kind of hat, so I knit one up. Very simple pattern – KKKPPP Repeat.
Now I have a nice set and continued using up the stash.
The next project is a big one, a blanket for the other son. No more purple for a while.
Agujas 
Q – I always use a safety pin to hold the dropped stitch so it does not “run”.
I should have done that. I thought it would be simple.
Q – that’s why I found I always need a safety pin! LOL! The run from hell in which I had to start over.
Love the purple. Sorry to hear about your scarf.
Thanks 😕
It’s so frustrating when a project doesn’t work out, but I’m glad you were able to turn it around. The hat and fingerless gloves are lovely!
Thanks. I will try again with that lovely linen another time. It drapes beautifully.
😉 At least you still have the yarn, for another time and attempt. Love the hat and mittens. The colours work very well together.
Thank you for the encouragement!
One dropped stitch!!! Don’t undo, use a crochet hook and from the knit side work it back up.
I tried with a crochet hook but I was impatient. If I had been more patient and moved to better lighting, I might have saved it. Sigh.
Thanks for visiting my weaving blog. I was going to offer advice on your dropped stitch problem but I see others have beaten me to it. The important thing is to catch the stitch as quickly as possible!
I know. Sigh. Btw, I really liked your Earth Spiral. So simple, beautiful but conveys so much.
Very pretty.
Thanks! It fits snugly so I don’t have to worry about it falling off.