How To Fix Dropped Kfb Stitch - KnittingHelp Forum Community

Did you actually work the kfb so that all the yarn you need is still there? And do you catch the mistake on the very next round? This is for a sock right? I did a super mini sock to see if I could retrive a kfb. I managed it and here is what I did. I had made a kfb at the beginning of the needle change and then let it fall off and undo. When I came around to it again here’s what I did.

Take a double pointed needle and run it front to back through the 1 loop from the stitch of the previous round. Now pick up the longish loop that is hanging there that all needs to go to make this Kfb, and hold it behind so you can knit with it. Take another dpn and knit into the stitch, using that little loop as your yarn. You may also be able to reach behind and knit into the back of the loop the same way.

If you can get the first part but not the knit in back that way, after you have knit into the front of the stitch with the dpn and drawn up that first loop, put that loop on a crochet hook (insert the hook just like the dpn came out), and keeping the movements in mind for a regular knit in back, use the crochet hook as your RH needle and do the knit in back with the hook. You now have two loops on the hook, transfer them back to the needle they should be on and knit them as you are supposed to.

If you forgot to do the kfb altogether I think it would be too hard to scrape together enough yarn to fake this. If it is back more than one round it would probably work the same way, just rip back to the spot and do as above and then use the crochet hook to get back to your present round. I didn’t try this though. Maybe not so easy.

I did my sample with worsted weight yarn and size 5 needles. The rub may be with tiny yarn and needles everything may be so small you need fairy fingers to manage it.