[Nfb-krafters-korner] double pointed needle holder
Eileen Scrivani
etscrivani at verizon.net
Thu Aug 20 03:02:17 UTC 2009
Annette:
One other thought. You might try working each leg by doing double knitting.
It is a technique of working flat (back & forth on 2 straight needles), but
it produces a tube. It is another good way of making a small circumfrence.
I'm assuming the bottome of the legs will be closed, so if you cast on the
total number of stitches, then Knit a stitch, slip 1 stitch to the end then
on the second row, you wil slip those sts you knit on the row below and knit
the stitches that were previously slipped. 2 rows of double knitting equals
1 complete round. It may take working 3 or four rows before you will be
able to feel the double sided fabric pulling apart. Once it is as long as
the legs hould be, I'd seperate the sts onto 2 seperate needles and just
cast off in sequence or attach to the main body of the squid.
HTH.
Eileen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] double pointed needle holder
>I was going to use magic loop, but I did not have the right sized needle in
> a long enough length. I have not ruled that out as a final solution.
>
> Thanks,
> Annette
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen
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> Annette:
>
> Have you tried using Magic loop for your project? I know when you have a
> really small number of stitches it can still be difficult, but magic loop
> might work.
>
> Eileen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
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> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 6:33 PM
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>
>>I use rubber needle caps to prevent my stitches from slipping off of the
>> needles. Yes, sometime I loose a cap. To mark the beginning of a round,
>> I
>> use a stitch marker that is different then the stitch markers I might be
>> using to indicate changes in the pattern.
>>
>> I just wish I could figure out how to prevent the needles from twisting
>> when
>> there are only a couple of stitches on them.
>>
>> Thanks for checking into this for me. I am making a stuffed octopus, and
>> the twisting of the needles when making the legs is driving me crazy.
>>
>> Annette
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:34 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] double pointed needle holder
>>
>> I use rubber bands myself when working with double pointed needles. I
>> take
>> the rubber bands and cut them in half and knot the two ends together.I do
>> this because it makes them smaller and with the knotted ends it makes it
>> easier to brab and twist around the end. I put one on each end of the
>> nee
>> dle. I slip off and put it on my pointer finger while knitting across
>> the
>> needle and then slip on and twist when I finish the stitches on the
>> needle.
>>
>> I repeat this around and when I want to stop I just slip and twist on
>> last
>> needle. Now in order to tell the beginning of a round I take another
>> one
>> of these half rubber bands and slip it singlely throu and knot both ends
>> together. This makes the first one longer then the other so I can
>> easily
>> tell the beginning of each round.
>>
>> I will ask on my knitting group if anyone knows about what you are
>> talking
>> about.
>>
>> Joyce
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