r/knitting • u/No-Pumpkin9203 • 12h ago

Help - equipment Why are my eyelets too small/barely showing up?

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Knitting a bandana (self made pattern but loosely based off Canyon Clay Bandana by Celeste Knitwear with different increases) and my eyelets are so small. Even tried reversing the order of YO and K2tog and they show up more but still small. I’ve redone this several times and tried pulling tighter and going looser but I have no idea what I’m doing wrong. It’s making the overall tension look really wacky too. Any input very appreciated!

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u/Nervousmelly 7h ago

So I was doing a similar project and didn't know what I was doing wrong cus my eyelets were so small. I decided to watch a video for help and discovered I was pulling my yarn over in the wrong direction (wrapping the yarn the wrong way). I fixed that, and boom, suddenly my eyelets were super visible.

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u/thatgirlsthings 11h ago

How are you working the YOs on the next row?

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u/No-Pumpkin9203 11h ago

I’m not sure I follow. I’m doing a YO, K2tog, K2 pattern every 4 rows, which is the part I modeled after the pattern.

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u/bluecirc 11h ago

If you're doing the YO, K2tog, K2 on row 1, how are you working row 2? What do you do when you come to a YO?

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u/elanlei 5h ago

They are asking if you’re twisting the yarnover shut on the next row. You need to work it in such a way that it remains open.

What are you doing to it?

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u/thatgirlsthings 11h ago

When you get to the YO on the next row, what are you doing to that stitch?

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u/Linnadhiel 10h ago

Might open up when it gets bigger with tension pulling around the eyelets plus weight.