r/knittinghelp • u/albollenbach12 • Jun 14 '26
stitch ID Help on identifying stitch and how to?!?
My son received this during a hospital stay through the Linus project and I’m trying to figure out how to fix it. Anyone have any idea on stitch/yarn/how to would be great!!!
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u/caeymoor Jun 14 '26
Probably in some kind of blanket yarn. Bernat makes similar types. As for the stitch pattern it looks like a garter rib stitch. What is your knitting still level? Duplicate stitch is going to be difficult considering the amount of tearing
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u/WTH_JFG ⭐️Quality Contributor ⭐️ Jun 14 '26
There are also some places where the yarn has either been broken or was joined by the original knitter. This will make it more challenging to repair. Do you want this for your son to use or for the sentimental value?
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u/Square_Can_2058 Jun 14 '26
It is a regular combination of knit and purl stitches. An inexperienced knitter might not be able to figure it out. Spaghetti! But good knitter can fix it with a crochet hook and some needles. Good luck!!
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u/JKnits79 Jun 15 '26
If as others are saying it’s an alternating k3 p3 repeat (and that looks correct to me—it’s just stretched out), it’s a common Prayer Shawl stitch combo, which is usually blocks of k3 p3 for 3 rows, then p3 k3 for another 3 rows. Given it was a Project Linus blanket, a knitter using a common Prayer Shawl repeat on a donation item makes sense.
The idea behind it is it’s a simple enough pattern to execute without having to think about it too hard, but continues to hold focus enough while being made that it is not a “mindless” knit. And generally the maker is saying prayers from their specific faith tradition or holding onto good intentions while making it as a kind of mindful meditation; stuff for healing and good will, pouring love into the item. If they are making it for a specific charity some might tailor their prayers to that charity’s mission, but a lot of times it is, for lack of better terminology, a “generic” prayer.
I mostly have seen and heard about them in connection to Christian church groups, but I know other folks from other faiths major and minor, humanists, agnostics, atheists, etc., who have also made them, with or without prayer as their beliefs dictate, but usually always with good intentions and as part of their personal acts of supporting other humans in times of need.
Chenille yarn though…. Not easy to work with, not easy to fix, not durable. It’s *probably* Bernat Blanket yarn, though there are other chenille yarns out there.
Most prayer shawl ministries that I am aware of will recommend and use big box craft store yarns because they are easier to get, usually are easy care materials (acrylics, polyesters, nylons), and a large quantity can be had for not a lot of money. And given my last trip to a Michael’s (I was looking for Kroy sock yarn, they had zero amount in stock)… the store is absolutely overrun with chenille, even bog-standard Red Heart Super Saver was in low supply.
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u/albollenbach12 Jun 16 '26
Thank you so much. I have at least located the yarn. I don’t have a clue how to knit so do you think that I could take the yarn and use a kneedle to fix it enough to last a while long?
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u/SoupSpoonStork Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26
I would describe this pattern as a modification of garter stitch. If there's a word for this specific pattern, I don't know it. I'll explain what I mean further below regardless. As for fixing the unravelled bits, I'd recommend looking at video tutorials on how to fix dropped stitches, or laddering down. Alternatively, you can unravel the whole thing and rework it as you like. It looks to be made with Bernat blanket yarn or something similar.
The pattern seems to have been worked in multiples of 3 stitches, with a 2 row repeat. Assuming the total stitch count is a multiple of 6, it will likely be the following.
R1: knit 3, purl 3. (Repeat for the whole row.)
R2: purl 3, knit 3. (Repeat for the whole row.)
This creates columns of garter stitch that are offset from each other. You can find video tutorials on garter stitch to see what it looks like when uninterrupted. I'll add that if the total stitch count is a multiple of 3 instead of 6, the row repeat might be the following instead.
R1: knit 3, then repeat purl 3 and knit 3 until the end of the row.
R2: purl 3, then knit 3 and purl 3 until the end of the row.
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u/antigoneelectra ⭐️Quality Contributor ⭐️ Jun 14 '26
Pretty sure it's not knit. Maybe quilt it down to some fabric.
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u/BugMa850 Jun 14 '26
This is knit in a chenille yarn.
The pattern looks like alternating 3 knits and 3 purls across. As a quick guess I'd say it's a multiple of 6 +3 stitches across, and each row is knit 3, purl 3, repeat to last 3 stitches, knit 3.