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

Blindhands at aol.com Blindhands at aol.com
Sat Apr 30 18:45:10 UTC 2011 

When I have a long set like that to do I like to put my rubber band markers 
 every 15 or 20 stitches.  That way it is eassy enough to count in my head  
and keep track.  Working in circles I use the rubber bands a lot to be sure 
 I don't add or drop a stitch.  You can keep track much better by using  
markers even every 10 stitches.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 4/30/2011 2:05:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
riverwoman at zoominternet.net writes:

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
----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <Blindhands at aol.com>
To:  <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
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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