Knitwear care

Care and rescue for knitwear – pilling, stitches, shape and holes.

• How to Block a Stretched Wool Sweater Back Into Shape

  Has your wool sweater grown, gone baggy or long in the arms? How to block it back into shape with wet-blocking, step by step.

• How to Pick Up a Dropped Stitch and Fix a Ladder

  A dropped stitch has run into a 'ladder' down your knit? How to pick the stitches back up with a crochet hook, step by step, so it stops running.

• How to Remove Pilling from a Sweater

  Remove pilling from a sweater safely: what pills are, which tool works (comb, fabric shaver, razor), the right technique, and how to prevent them.

• Grafting Knits: An Invisible Join with Kitchener Stitch

  Grafting, or Kitchener stitch, joins two rows of live stitches invisibly. How to graft knitting step by step – and when to get help.

• Worn Elbows on a Sweater – How to Save Them in Time

  Worn elbows on a sweater? Act before it becomes a hole. How to reinforce thin knit from the inside, sew on elbow patches and prevent further wear.