[Nfb-krafters-korner] Tip of the Week - Keeping track of stitches

[Blindhands at aol.com]

This is an excellent question.  I must tell all of you this.   After I went 
blind and decided to pick up my knitting needles once again and  give it a 
try, I tried or did it the same way as when I could see.  Man,  that did not 
work.  I knitted by day and ripped it out in the middle of the  night.  
Days and nights were all turned around for me at that time,  too.  After 
ripping out the sweater I decided to try knitting for myself 22  times, I learned 
that I had to be much more organized and I found that stitch  markers every 
10 stitches was what help me to relearn knitting blind.  
 
Now that I have been blind for almost 14 years and do a lot of knitting, I  
have not given up my stitch markers.  As some of you know I recommend a  
nice large bag of rubber bands for stitch markers and I use them on all  
projects.  When doing something in the round I like to put those rubber  bands 
every 20 or no more then 24 stitches.  It is not hard to mentally  count 20 
stitches.  I would suggest if you are doing a pattern to stick  them in there 
or even half way between a repeated pattern.  
 
I have not done a lot of crocheting since I went blind.  I do like to  
crochet, but I tend not to seek out crochet patterns.  I will say that the  
traditional metal crochet hooks are not the easiest or most comfortable for me  
to use.  I have found that they have some that have padding and kind of a  
flat handle to hold and they are much better for my hands to hold onto.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 5/26/2011 9:59:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
amcarr1 at verizon.net writes:

Tip of  the Week for 5/29/11



Category:  Knitting,  Crochet



How to you keep track of your stitches?  Do you  use Markers?  If so, what
kind?  Do you divide stitches up into  groups of a certain number or by the
number of repeats in your  pattern?



Submit your ideas for future Tip of the Week questions  to
amcarr1 at verizon.net



Annette





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