[Nfb-krafters-korner] Tip of the Week - Keeping track ofstitches
Ramona Walhof
ramona.walhof at gmail.com
Fri May 27 16:29:04 UTC 2011
I use large safety pins. They are easier to find quickly than stitch
markers. I collected a bunch from dry cleaning and hang on to them. I
haven't tried rubber bands.
Ramona
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ofstitches
> GREAT IDEA Joyce, and I am going to get some. The regular stitch markers
> get LOST on me all the time, I cannot feel them and do not know when they
> have dropped off, and then I cannot find them on the floor or wherever
> they are. This is the best idea I have heard that I can apply to ME.
> Lynda River Woman
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> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 11:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tip of the Week - Keeping track
> ofstitches
>
>
>>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
>>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Tip of the Week - Keeping
>>> track of stitches
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> Annette
>>>
>>>
>>>
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