[Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas Crafting Miracle!

[Theresa Taylor]

Ilene,
I will be praying for you and a speedy recovery!
Theresa

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas Crafting Miracle!


> Oh Eileen,
>
> I am sorry to hear that.  I will keep you in prayer.  I will hope for a
> second Christmas miracle!
>
>
>
>
> Dixie
> ~  @-> ~ <-@  ~
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen 
> Scrivani
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 8:46 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas Crafting Miracle!
>
>
> Hmm, well, I don't have the comfort to teach it yet, but maybe we could 
> have
>
> a casual discussion & trial session on some scrap knitting one night.  But
> as it turns out, I opened my big mouth too soon since I've come down with 
> a
> horrible cold since last night and think there is a very strong likelihood 
> I
>
> will not be going anywhere on Christmas.  I've already told Louis I want 
> him
>
> to go be with his family for Christmas eve and I can stay home.  No need 
> for
>
> both of us to be miserable on Christmas.  I never get over these types of
> things in less than a 7 day period.  What a total bummer.
>
> Eileen
>
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> From: "Dixie" <blueherons at sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 7:35 AM
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas Crafting Miracle!
>
>> You, go girl!  Hmmmm, it sounds like you have another class to teach in
>> the
>> new year, possibly?  Hahahahaha!
>>
>> No seriously, I had quite a time of it saving my dropped stitches when my
>> sight was 20/15, I can't begin to imagine being able to do it so
>> successfully sighted much less by touch.  Great job!
>>
>> I will have to remember your patience if, or more likely,  when I come up
>> against that kind of challenge.
>>
>> Merry Christmas!!
>>
>> Dixie
>> ~  @-> ~ <-@  ~
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Eileen
>> Scrivani
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:33 PM
>> To: Nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas Crafting Miracle!
>>
>> Okay, this is my own short story of a Christmas miracle...
>>
>> Since last week, I've been working on a military hat/face warmer for my
>> brother-in-law as a Christmas present. I wanted to finish it by tonight,
>> wash it and lay it out for blocking tomorrow and then if it stretched I
>> could re-wet and put in the drier to try and shrink it minimally.
>>
>> I finished the main hat portion last night without any problems, even was
>> smart enough to weave in my ends at that point so I would not have minor
>> finishing to deal  with at the end.  Then started on the face ribbing.
>> All
>> was going well, except as I was sitting and working on it this afternoon
>> while readjusting my stitch markers I thought I felt something weird!
>>
>> Panic!  The cable on my adjustable needle broke and about 30 or 40
>> stitches
>> were just hanging there.  I felt heart sick and instantly started 
>> thinking
>> "Oh, s - - t" I'm going to have to rip the entire thing out and it would
>> never get done for Christmas.  Picking up stitches has remained one of my
>> short comings where my knitting is concerned. I tried my best to stay 
>> cool
>> as best I could without letting it get the best of me. I started to think
>> about what would be the best way to even try to attempt getting all those
>> dropped stitches back on the needles with the least frustration.
>>
>> Instantly, I went and got 2 size 0 needles, one that I use as a life line
>> and one that I have just as a skinny needle tool for other tricky knots
>> and
>> dropped stitches which is a straight 0 needle, the smallest crochet hook
>> from my set. And of course a packet of the ever loved Clover locking
>> stitch
>> markers.
>>
>> First those stitches that actually remained on the needle point I slipped
>> onto the size 0 circular needle, pushed them onto the cable portion and
>> just
>> let it hang there while I worked on those that were in limbo.  I took up
>> the
>> size 0 straight needle and no matter if I was able to grab up a single
>> nice
>> loop or loops that felt doubled or triple thickness scooped them onto the
>> straight needle and used the clover locking markers to catch the 
>> remaining
>> stitches that already started running down the ribbing.
>>
>> Next I started to tink (knit backwards/unknit) stitch by stitch to make
>> them
>> all behave and line up.  I was even able to use the crochet hook to re
>> hook
>> up those stitches that were held by the locking markers.  Amazingly I
>> finally figured out how to hook them up on both the stockinette side and
>> the
>> rev st st sides. Whew!  After about 2 hours of carefully working through
>> this I got them all back; stitch count correct and pattern in tact.  I
>> know
>> 2 hours of time sounds like a lot, but keep in mind I've been working on
>> this hat since about last Thursday.  Two hours as compared to an entire
>> weeks work is nothing.
>>
>> So tonight I've been happily working on my ribbing, have bound off and
>> will
>> be able to launder it tomorrow and see what the fit is like.  I'm so 
>> happy
>> that I could actually get them all straightened out on my own and was 
>> able
>> to properly use the crochet hook on both the knit & purl sides of the
>> fabric
>> to keep the ribbing pattern correct!
>>
>> Merry Christmas to all!
>>
>> Eileen
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