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

River Woman riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Sat Apr 30 20:08:32 UTC 2011 

I am going to try this, Joyce. I have avoided using the bought markers so 
much because I cannot keep track of them - slip out, lost, etc. I think your 
idea for the rubber bands might help me a LOT. Once I get an extra stitch, I 
cannot FIX it and I am so sick of tearing out my stuff all the time - drives 
me crazy and makes me want to just quit trying. Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with understanding knitting term?


> 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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