<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Have you heard of barber?<div>It is a spull of flexible stuff and even if you get it in your knitting, it seems to slide out nicely.</div><div>You can buy it on Amazon.</div><div>I think the first row after a lifeline just is a little difficult.</div><div>Lovette</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 21, 2026, at 10:46\u202fAM, Dixie via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Unfortunately, that is the downside of lifelines.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">The only other thing I can suggest is using a 000 40\u201d circular needle as your lifeline. As it is finer, it will take up less room in those stitches.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dixie<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">\u2618\ufe0f \u2618\ufe0f \u2618\ufe0f \u2618\ufe0f<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">\U0001f338 \U0001f337</span><span style="font-family:system-ui;color:#081C2A;background:white"> </span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">\U0001f338\U0001f337 \U0001f338\U0001f337<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;background:white"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3D79C2;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JOL.2.23.NIV"><span style="color:#3D79C2;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Joel 2:23 (NIV)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;border:none;padding:0in"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#121212;mso-ligatures:none">Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, March 21, 2026 9:16 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> carcione@access.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Putting in a lifeline<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Annette reminded me that a lifeline is a very good idea when working with even simple lace, so I put one in my Kanak shawl, but knitting back on the row with the lifeline was very tight. Is there a way to put in a lifeline without making knitting the next row difficult?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I used a free cable for my lifeline, so it\u2019s not real thick, but thick enough to tighten things up on the next row.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org<br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<br>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/lyewchan%40gmail.com<br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>