Common Knitting Mistakes: Tinking Back
One mistake doesn’t have to ruin an entire project. Learn how to tink, or knit backwards with these easy to follow steps.
By Susan B. Anderson
September 2016
Cover courtesy Artisan Books
InSusan B. Anderson’s Kids’ Knitting Workshop (Artisan Books, 2015) the author sends the message that anyone and everyone can knit. The patient and engaging instructions are geared towards children 8-12 but can help anyone of any age learn the basic skills of knitting. This excerpt comes from chapter 5 “Fixing Your Mistakes.”
Tinking Back
Step 1: Pull the yarn that is coming out of the stitch on the right needle taut. This opens up the hole in the stitch in the row below the stitches you just worked.
Illustration by Alison Kolesar
Step 2: Insert the tip of the left needle into the center of the stitch in the row below the one you just knit on the right needle.
Illustration by Alison Kolesar
Step 3: When the stitch is all of the way on the left needle, drop the stitch you just knit off the right needle and pull the yarn out of the stitch. You have now un-knit or tinked back 1 stitch.
Illustration by Alison Kolesar
Step 4: Keep repeating Steps 1 to 3 until you get back to your intended spot.
Illustration by Alison Kolesar
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