But, no need to cry and reach for the scissors. It is possible to open a closed ring - at a picot.
What usually works for me is to spread the stitches as much as possible at a picot, preferable the one nearest to the end of the ring. Then I reach down in there with a crochet hook, and insert the shaft under the core thread. The core needs to be pulled in the same direction as when opening a ring normally while working. Pinch the double stitches at the end where the core is sliding, to help prevent them from turning and getting so tight that the core cannot slide.
After there is some slack in the core, it can then be pulled down through the base of the ring as usual to finish opening it up. Then the mistake can be picked out, the ring finished correctly, and closed.Triumph!
BTW, the photos show just a peek of part of a larger project that I am in the process of designing - to be revealed at a later date :-)
11 comments:
This is an awesome tip. I've always thought that you couldn't fix a mistake like this, and would either scrap that section or try to alter the design to hide the mistake. This is a great help.
Huh. I'll have to try this. This happens to me more often than I would like.
I have been opening my rings at picots with some success for a while. I think you have refined the process a lot from what I've been doing. Thanks! Wish you had posted this yesterday. LOL
ehmm..usually scissor is my best friend ^_^ But I think I'' let the crochet hook to be one of my best friend. Thank you for the tips Marilee
A great tip. Until I started doing this I cut off a lot of mistakes instead of fixing them.
Thank you! It is hard to take scissors to your lovely yarn and this REALLY helps. Now I feel confident I can 'save' those 'booboos'. Thank you again.
AH thank you so much for this! I'm in fully preggo brain mode and I feel like I do more un-tatting these days.... your way is much better than mine!
This is a fabulous tip! I stopped tatting a few years ago - I just couldn't deal with all the cutting off I had to do because of mistakes. I wound up feeding the Swear Jar on a regular basis. So, the shuttles and threads are at the bottom of my Project Graveyard.
This post makes me want to dig them out and try again...
Kate
I'm so glad you all enjoyed the little tutorial about opening a closed ring. This usually works for me, and then I feel like doing a happy dance!
I don't remember where I first saw instructions on how to do this, but before I did I always got out the scissors.
really really, thanks for this tip!
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