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

River Woman riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Sat Apr 30 18:04:13 UTC 2011 

What a good idea. I have had problems with using markers.  the ones shaped 
like a pin pop open and get lost all the time, once they are off my needles 
I cannot find them usually. Frustrating. And, the solid circle ones are 
better, but still have problems with them popping off and I don't knot it. I 
will try the rubber bands - this sounds like it will work. I am, right now, 
having a ton of problems just trying to knit the Reader's Wrap...since it is 
a long stretch of stockinette stitches, in between an 8 row border on each 
side....have torn it down till I am so sick of it - getting nowhere fast and 
very very frustrated. I need the markers at each end of the stockinette 
stitches (61 of them) and I think I need to put them into the 61 stitches, 
too, since I end up with one or two extra stitches a LOT and then I am back 
to tearing down again. argggggghhhhh
Lynda River Woman
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From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
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Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with understanding knitting term?


> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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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