Tink - or Undo Your Knitting

Sometimes there is no way to "fix" a mistake without "unknitting" your work. Here's a tip to make that task easier: Use a needle a couple of sizes smaller than what you are knitting with. For knit stitches: hold your yarn in back of your work and insert the left (smaller) needle into the stitch below the first stitch on your right needle. For purl stitches: hold your yarn in front of your work, and insert the left needle under the "bar" below the stitch. Pull the yarn out of the stitch.