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

[Blindhands at aol.com]

I forgot to mention...
 
Beginnings of rounds or special markking areas, yep I use my rubber bands,  
but I knot 2 of them together so it is longer and easier to distinguish.   
Do you know how much a large bag of rubber bands cost?  Well because I kept  
asking my dh to purchase me some elastic bands and after a while he went 
out and  brought me home this bag of rubber bands that must be  one or two 
pounds of  rubber bands all the same size and I think he told me he paid 
something like $5  and let me say they will last me the rest of my life.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 5/26/2011 11:54:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
slerythema at gmail.com writes:

I use a  number of different methods for keeping track of stitches depending
on the  pattern. My basic rule is that I use one of my fancy markers to
indicate  the beginning of the row. This is consistent across all of 
projects
(fancy  stitch markers are more expensive and usually come in a small  
number,
however, they are very unique and never confused with the other  markers).
The second basic rule that I use is to place a marker every 10 or  20
stitches depending on how big the project. Twenty stitches are used when  it
is a project that has more than 100 stitches on the needle with no  other
reason for breaking down the numbers (i.e. the afghan I am working on  used
this method for the beginning border).

Now, if I am working on  something with a pattern that has repeats that are
not too large, than I  will use the markers at each repeat (ex. For my 
afghan
I have: 7 border, 11  small repeat, 32 large repeat, 11, 32, 11, 32, 11, 32,
11, 7 border). When  I do ribbing, I will use a combination of two types of
markers to divide  the ribbing and I will use this method down to a 2 x 2
ribbing. If it is  smaller than that, I will only mark at the beginning of
the repeat (i.e. 1  x 1, 2 x 1, 3 x 1).

This is somewhat related so I'll include it also.  Whenever a pattern calls
for picking up a certain number of stitches, I  will use locking stitch
markers to pick up the stitches before using my  needle. This has saved me
many times by allowing me to feel the area and  distance between the 
stitches
I am going to pick up to make sure that they  appear evenly separated.

Cindy S.

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> Annette  Carr
> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 9:57 PM
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> track of stitches
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> Tip of  the Week for 5/29/11
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> Category:   Knitting, Crochet
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> 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?
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