[Nfb-krafters-korner] help with understanding knitting term?

Sat Apr 30 17:43:35 UTC 2011

Another tip regarding what Annette has stated.  I love to use rubber  
bands.  I have purchased a very large bag of rubber bands thru the office  supply 
store[Staples] and they are maybe thinner then 1/4 inch and about 2  inches 
in length in the folded position.  I take one end and knot it which  leaves 
a circle out of the remaining part.  It is easy enough to  feel.  I can 
slip it on my finger when I need to move it or remove it [as  Annette has 
suggested]and due to the rubber they do not slip off your needles as  readily as 
some of the stitch markers I have used.

I don't use the wide rubber bands as these that I use are about the  
thickness of worstered weight yarn or maybe a little thinner.  

Since they are not that expensive there is no concern if you lose  them.

Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

In a message dated 4/30/2011 6:46:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
amcarr1 at verizon.net writes:

Hi  Lovette,

I would like to add a tip to Ninn's description of a WT.   Because I cannot
always feel how my yarn is laying I have trouble finding  where my wrapped
stitches (also called inactive stitches) begin and end  verses my working
stitches (also called active stitches) that I am  currently working with, so
here is what I do.  

After  completing my wrapped stitch and before I start working back in the
other  direction, I place a stitch marker on the needle where the wrapped
stitch  is sitting.  When I come back to that marker and I am ready to make 
 a
new wrapped stitch, I remove the marker, make my wrapped stitch, place  the
marker back on the needle where the wrapped stitch is and continue  working.

When it comes time to incorporate the wrapped stitches  back into my active
stitches, here is how I manage the marker.  Once I  get to the marker I
remove it, work the wrapped stitches or stitches as  directed in the 
pattern,
place the marker back on the needle with the  wrapped stitches, turn my work
and continue working the active  stitches.

The markers I use for this task are very big which allows me  to place it on
my left pinky to hold it while I am making the wrapped  stitch.

I hope you find this tip  helpful.

Annette

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of linda
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:24 AM
To: 'List for  blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with  understanding knitting term?

Hi Lovette,

I will try to describe  the w&t for you.  The wrap occurs when you move the
working yarn  forward and back, i.e., from a knit position, you move your
working yarn  between your needles to a purl position.  Then you slip the
next  stitch from the left needle to the right needle.  While the  slipped
stitch is on the right needle, you move your working yarn between  your
needles to the back or to a knit position.  This action has now  caused the
working yarn to wrap around the base of the slipped stitch,  imagine a
collar, if you will.  Now you move the slipped stitch back  to the left
needle  and then, without finishing the row, you turn your  work as you 
would
turn your work at the end of a row.  Then continue  knitting according to 
the
pattern.  This creates an incomplete row or  short row.  Eventually, your
pattern will have you knit a complete row  that will incorporate the short
row stitches and then continue on to the  stitches that were not knit when
you knit your short row.  The effect  is like a dart in a blouse.

I hope this helps.  If I can help  further, please let me  know.
Blessings,
Ninn
the_ninn at tx.rr.com

-----Original  Message-----
From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of Lovette 
Yewchan
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:40 PM
To:  blindstitchers at googlegroups.com; nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with understanding knitting term?

Can  someone describe this more for me?
I am involved in a monthly dishcloth  list and this month they are 
doing  a cloth with the wrap and turn.  This is how it is described.

Wrap and turn (WT)-
move working  yarn to front or back of piece (depends on if you were 
purling or  knitting... you'll know) slip one stitch onto the right 
needle, bring your  yarn back to the side it was previously on, slip 
the stitch back onto the  left needle and turn your work and continue 
on as pattern directs.
I'm  just not quite understanding the wrap part so if someone could 
really  describe it I would really appreciate with examples  maybe?
Thanks.
Lovette

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