Stitches

In knitting, I want to take out rows of stitches, how do I get the stitches back on the needle?

I know that I've made mistakes that alter the pattern of the knitting and want to go back and fix it. When I've taken the stitches off of the needle, I lose some and it's hard getting them back on the needle correctly. Is there an easy way of doing this?

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1. If you have already take the stitches off of the needle I would take off the third row. When you are doing this you will be using the two needles so don't pull off any stitches yet. Turn your project in the opposite direction and take our empty needle {mark it with something in case you have to stop for something} and take the stitches off the full needle one at a time. Sometimes you will find the stitches have twisted but you can straighten{email me if you don't know how} them out when doing the next row and in this way you should not loose any of your stitches. I have been knitting for some time and if I have straight knit stitches across I can pull the whole thing down at one time but if there are different stitches made on the row this would be the best way for you to do it.
2. Use a blunt needle threaded with thinner yarn or crochet thread, You will use this as a lifeline. Thread the needle through one loop of each stitch in a row below your mistake. Remove the needle from the knitting and ravel down to the lifeline. Pick up the stitches off of the lifeline with a smaller needle, this makes it easier to pick up the stitches. Then following the pattern, knit the stitches back on the proper sized needle. I usually miss one or two stitches this way, but it is better than just removing On this page towards the bottom, there are some tutorials on correcting mistakes. http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/knitting-tips?searched=mistakes&highlight=ajaxSearch_highlight+ajaxSearch_highlight1
3. Put your needle into the stitch below the line you are unraveling. Do this across the row. The next time you notice a mistake a few rows down, the easiest way is to drop the stitches above the mistake, take out the mistake and then crochet the stitches back up.
4. Just put them back on the needle! I don't see this as anything complicated. Simply put each stitch back on the needle. If you have already taken the needle out, you are committed, and need to continue. If not, then I prefer to "tink" -- that is, knit backwards. If you need to go back a couple of rows, that takes longer to do. So I remove the needles, pull out the rows, but stop one row BEFORE where the mistakes was made. Put the stitches back on the needles (you can see the loops). Then tink. You won't lose any stitches that way, and when you correct the mistake, just continue. If it is only one stitch, I would drop that column of stitches, and then latch them back up. Much much simpler than ripping out. But of course, you know, all of this is covered at the beginner knitting course that you have taken. Did you miss that lesson?? You should go back to the LYS and ask them to show you how to do this. It's not very complicated at all.