[Nfb-krafters-korner] Dropped Stitches

Sat Dec 25 15:19:30 UTC 2010

thanks, Cindy. I have received some very good advice and I plan to do some 
things differently - and need to slow down.  Have a wonderful day today. My 
family will be arriving shortly.  Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "slery" <slerythema at insightbb.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2010 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Dropped Stitches


> Lynda,
>
> I haven't read the other responses yet, but the key that I have found to
> doing this is stitch markers. Place them every 10 or 20 stitches or at
> section breaks. Always check your count each row. This helps me catch
> mistakes within one row. Now, even when I catch that there is a problem,
> sometimes it will take me working on it a long time. A simple dropped 
> stitch
> is typically easier to find but if I have added a stitch, it can take me
> quite a while. Sometimes it requires me tinking back to the section to
> figure out the problem.
>
> Just keep at it and trying new methods and different advice from others on
> the list. Eventually, you'll find a method that works for you. I know you
> can do it!
>
> Cindy S.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> River Woman
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 9:03 AM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> 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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