[Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas Crafting Miracle!

[Eileen Scrivani]

Thank you Theresa & all for your well wishes.  Talk soon.

Eileen



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From: "Theresa Taylor" <tct71887 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:01 PM
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Christmas Crafting Miracle!

> 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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