Help! How do you remove rows in knitting?

[karenarp]

I was speeding along ever since I sort of figured out my tension and speed on my KAL. I got to the colour change and was working merrily when I was telling my husband how I was having trouble with the increase stitch still but would eventually figure it out so was not discouraged when I stopped dead and realized I was INCREASING when I should have been decreasing. I had worked about 6 rows, so I need to remove them.

How do you remove knitting? Is it possible? Would I be best off finding a you tube video and figure it out that way? Do you have an easy way? Or at least a video you feel would help the best? This is one area crochet has knitting beat I am sure! Please help!
I could not have gotten this far without your advice, so thank you

[Shandeh]

Since you need to remove several rows, it will be best to unravel them. I usually just pull out the knitting needle and frog it (rip it, rip it) until I've pulled out all the wrong rows. Then I get a thinner knitting needle to put the stitches back onto. Then, I use my normal sized needle to knit the next row. Just watch the stitches carefully as you knit them off the thinner needle, because some of them will probably be twisted. Just turn them the right way before knitting them.

You can also find some videos for inserting a long thin needle beforehand on your destination row.

Knitting is very different from crochet. You have to be very careful, and pay attention to your stitching. But it gets easier as time goes by.

[karenarp]

Since you need to remove several rows, it will be best to unravel them. I usually just pull out the knitting needle and frog it (rip it, rip it) until I've pulled out all the wrong rows. Then I get a thinner knitting needle to put the stitches back onto. Then, I use my normal sized needle to knit the next row. Just watch the stitches carefully as you knit them off the thinner needle, because some of them will probably be twisted. Just turn them the right way before knitting them.

You can also find some videos for inserting a long thin needle beforehand on your destination row.

Knitting is very different from crochet. You have to be very careful, and pay attention to your stitching. But it gets easier as time goes by.

Thank you thank you!
I ripped them out and thanks to your tip about smaller needle I had a bit of an easier time. I do think you can tell how my stitches have some backwards, but over all at least the count is correct. And I don't think it looks bad. I just could not figure out how they are supposed to look (need way more experience I am sure). And I could not find a single video on how to know if they are on correctly. All in all though I am now back to where I should be plus even another row!
So once again thank you!

Why do they call it frogging? At least tink makes sense. Is frog an acronym?

[Shandeh]

Why do they call it frogging? At least tink makes sense. Is frog an acronym?

Rip it, Rip it, Rip it.....
(sounds like a frog)

I just could not figure out how they are supposed to look (need way more experience I am sure). And I could not find a single video on how to know if they are on correctly.

Here is an illustration that shows how the stitches should look on your left needle.
(the right leg of the stitch should be in front of the needle. The left leg should be behind.)