[Nfb-krafters-korner] Dropped Stitches

Thu Dec 23 15:12:30 UTC 2010

Linda:

Did you use life lines in the project?  In a large project like a shawl I'd 
suggest putting in not 1 but 2 life lines and as you keep making progress 
and feel your knitting before you remove one of them.  Once you are certain 
there is no problem, take out the lower level life line and move it up.

I also strongly suggest that you get yourself the brand, "Clover" 2 packages 
of "locking stitch markers."  Do not get split stitch markers they are very 
different.  In the case you drop a stitch or stitches, even if you can't 
work them back up your self, they will be helpful to another knitter who 
does repairs for you.  If you feel loops just hanging out in space on your 
fabric put a locking marker into the loop so it will not be able to run any 
further down the knitted fabric.

You will be able to pick up stitches that have dropped, but in lace patterns 
they are exceptionally difficult and they only help there is to keep 
multiple life lines going.  Keep counting your stitches and even put stitch 
markers on the needles so that you will know between each set of markers you 
should have X number of stitches.  If that number is not what you expect 
then you know there is a problem and in what section of your knitting it 
went qwrong.

Eileen

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From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 9:03 AM
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Dropped Stitches

> This is my biggest problem in knitting. I have been blind for three years, 
> and have knitted all my life. I could do anything with knitting when I 
> could see. Now, if I drop a stitch it is an emergency. I have tried and 
> tried to catch the dropped stitches or fix a hole I find in my cloth after 
> I have knitted a couple of inches above it. I cannot do it. It is so 
> frustrating. Just last week, I had knitted the entire back of a shawl, and 
> then discovered a hole near the vbeginning. I tore the entire thing out to 
> begin all over again. This is so frustrating to me.  Later, I goofed up 
> and dropped stitches on both sides of the front.  I struggled so much 
> trying to fix them.  I did the best I could - it is particularly 
> impossible for me if it is a garter stitch!  I finally emailed my friend 
> and said I have a "knitting emergency" and she came over and fixed 
> everything for me. I do not have the sensitivity in my fingers to find 
> those lost stitches. My fingers are calloused from knitting and doing 
> beadwork  and making pottery all the time. Will I EVER be able to FIX my 
> own knitting blunders???? Lynda River Woman
> ----- 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 7:35 AM
> 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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