As I say in my book, Knitting ER, duplicate stitch is the bandage of knitting. You may have seen this technique used to embroider letters onto stockinette. But it’s so much more. Truly mastering duplicate stitch opened up a world of fake fixes for me. I realized that if I could duplicate a knit, I could duplicate a purl. If I could re-create stockinette, I could also re-create garter, seed stitch, cables—anything.

We’ll start with the fundamentals, learning how to accurately follow the path of a knitted stitch in every direction, without twisting them. We'll learn how to work horizontally and vertically. Next, we'll kick it up a notch by duplicating a purl stitch so we can work across virtually any stitch pattern. Including the often tricky terrain of garter stitch. We'll explore techniques for recrossing a cable or even putting in a missing cable. Finally, we'll even look at rebuilding stitches that aren't there, like when you have a small tear in your knitting.

By the end of class, you’ll understand why duplicate stitch works, how to read the stitches you’re working over, and how to adapt the technique to almost any knitted fabric, even covering up mistakes in lace or brioche! Get ready to add another powerful technique to your knitter's toolbox!

Skill Prerequisite: Must know how to knit, purl, cast on, and bind off. Recognize the knit and purl stitches and be able to work them in a pattern without supervision.

Find homework info at this link: The Great Cover Up!; Password: DuplicateVK26.

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Visual Grafting
What to Expect in Class

• Worsted- to aran-weight yarn to work your homework swatches.
• small DPN or second tapestry needle (or cable needle) this is just to have a tool to help pull out stitches
• Darning needle
• Sharp scissors
• Small ball of contrasting color yarn same weight as use to knit homework swatches