[toast]

I have knit a sweater with a design on it (knit in) but here is one spot that call for a single duplicate stitch to be added after all the knitting has been done. I am now at this point, but how can I secure this lonely stitch, so that it looks good on both right side and wrong side of sweater??

 

[LilgirlCA]

I believe that you will need to weave in both ends of the yarn you use to make this stitch. I don't do duplicate stitch very often so maybe someone more experienced will respond and help you

 

[Gaildh]

Will be curious to hear a response

 

[RoxyCatlady]

I don't like duplicate stitch. Yet, that is what I use to weave in my ends. How bulky is the yarn you are using? For a single stitch, if you don't want the tails to show on the wrong side (not sure why this matters, but to each their own) you could perhaps go over the stitch two or three times, then clip. Depending on the fibre, it might even stick to itself (non-superwash wool can be "felted" into place). Another option would be to use a thinner yarn with the same idea.

Finally, if it is a single stitch, how integral is it to the pattern? Would the "picture" look as good without it?

 

[imalulu]

Is the one stitch a completely different color than everything around it, or is it at the edge of one of your intarsia colors?

If totally a new color, I would run the color under, through and/or around other stitches on the back, make the duplicate stitch then run the other end under, through and/or around other stitches.

If it’s one of the colors I have used in my intarsia design, I leave a long enough tail of that color to reach and do the same as above.

I have done a lot of duplicate stitch.

 

[DesertPurl]

This is what I do (but I’m sure there will be many other opinions);
Leaving a long tail, insert darning needle at the stitch that requires dup st. Complete the stitch and exit yarn to the back leaving another long tail. On the back, take the first long tail and split it into two parts. Use a Chinelle needle (big eye, very sharp point) and bury each split end IN the purl bumps. Each end should go in a different direction to prevent unraveling. You can clip the ends very close after washing. Turn your work to the front side and adjust the tension on the dup st - much easier to do at this point since one end is secure. Return to the back side and use the same technique to secure the other end.

Most of the time I split my ends and bury them in surrounding stitches rather than weaving in the whole yarn — nearly invisible, much less bulk and virtually impossible to unravel. Yes, there are more ends but the Chinelle needle makes this any easy task.

 

[kkd]

This is what I do (but I'm sure there will be many other opinions);
Leaving a long tail, insert darning needle at the stitch that requires dup st. Complete the stitch and exit yarn to the back leaving another long tail. On the back, take the first long tail and split it into two parts. Use a Chinelle needle (big eye, very sharp point) and bury each split end IN the purl bumps. Each end should go in a different direction to prevent unraveling. You can clip the ends very close after washing. Turn your work to the front side and adjust the tension on the dup st - much easier to do at this point since one end is secure. Return to the back side and use the same technique to secure the other end.

Most of the time I split my ends and bury them in surrounding stitches rather than weaving in the whole yarn - nearly invisible, much less bulk and virtually impossible to unravel. Yes, there are more ends but the Chinelle needle makes this any easy task.

Good tip. Thank you.

 

[kcduffer]

That’s a great tip to split the tails before weaving them in. Weaving in the whole ends of any weight yarn is hard to do discreetly.

 

[CindyAM]

This is what I do (but I'm sure there will be many other opinions);
Leaving a long tail, insert darning needle at the stitch that requires dup st. Complete the stitch and exit yarn to the back leaving another long tail. On the back, take the first long tail and split it into two parts. Use a Chinelle needle (big eye, very sharp point) and bury each split end IN the purl bumps. Each end should go in a different direction to prevent unraveling. You can clip the ends very close after washing. Turn your work to the front side and adjust the tension on the dup st - much easier to do at this point since one end is secure. Return to the back side and use the same technique to secure the other end.

Most of the time I split my ends and bury them in surrounding stitches rather than weaving in the whole yarn - nearly invisible, much less bulk and virtually impossible to unravel. Yes, there are more ends but the Chinelle needle makes this any easy task.

This is what I do on most of the ends on any knitted piece I do. It makes a little more work but looks very nice and doesn't add bulk.

 

[vikingnorge]

I’ve used duplicate stitch to correct a color mistake or just add one stitch like you have described. If it is on,y one stitch, I make sure the tails are crossed in the opposite direction, and weave in the ends. Have you checked YouTube?

 

[Leam]

Thanks for the tip DesertPurl. I wondered what a Chinelle needle is and googled it. I assume you meant a Chenille needle. I'd never heard of that either, but now I will look for it. It sounds like it must be useful.

 

[Casey47]

I've read all these posts and I still don't understand what a duplicate stitch is. I ain't the sharpest knitting needle in the yarn.

 

[Casey47]

I'm glad to see the hint at splitting the yarn to weave in. Thank you.

 

[RoxyCatlady]

I've read all these posts and I still don't understand what a duplicate stitch is. I ain't the sharpest knitting needle in the yarn.

Duplicate stitch, or Swiss Darning, is taking a second colour of yarn, and "embroidering" on the right side of the knitted fabric by following the path of the yarn that was knitted to create the fabric. So, you would come up from the back at the point of the V in stocking stitch, follow up the side of the V then go down to the back, come up again at the top of the other side of the V, then down at the point of the V. If doing more than one stitch, you would come up at the point of the V in the stitch beside the one you just did, and repeat the actions.

If that description is difficult to follow, my apologies -sometimes is hard to describe in words without pictures or showing it- but you could google for picture tutorials or videos, too :sm01:

 

[Casey47]

Duplicate stitch, or Swiss Darning, is taking a second colour of yarn, and "embroidering" on the right side of the knitted fabric by following the path of the yarn that was knitted to create the fabric. So, you would come up from the back at the point of the V in stocking stitch, follow up the side of the V then go down to the back, come up again at the top of the other side of the V, then down at the point of the V. If doing more than one stitch, you would come up at the point of the V in the stitch beside the one you just did, and repeat the actions.

If that description is difficult to follow, my apologies -sometimes is hard to describe in words without pictures or showing it- but you could google for picture tutorials or videos, too :sm01:

Great description, and thank you! You are easily understood too.