[Nfb-krafters-korner] another question

Thu Apr 12 19:44:18 UTC 2012

Hi all,

Terry P. Yes, she is knitting around in a square. It's called Log
Cabin and is a fascinating technique. maybe that should be my first
class.

the stitches she is picking up are brand new. They are being pulled
from thin air using the working yarn. So, no, your working yarn is not
going through the stitches, it is creating them by being pulled
through the part of the piece that has already been knitted.

I've got to go to a meeting, but it sure was nice chatting with you
folks. Be back in a bit!
SarahM Sykww.sarahmsykes.com/missdottieknits

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 2:19 PM,  <Blindhands at aol.com> wrote:
> I have talked to Sara about teaching a knitting class.  She vanished  for a
> little while and now she is back, I hope to stay!
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 4/12/2012 2:58:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> lyewchan at telus.net writes:
>
> Wow do  you have a way of making it all sound so simple.
> Do you teach any  classes?
> If not you should.
> Thanks for making my  day.
> Lovette
>
> On 2012-04-12, at 11:26 AM, Sarah Sykes  wrote:
>
>> Wow! I'm so glad you're getting it!  I am a  continental knitter, also,
>> so if you run into more difficulties, I  should be able to help. I
>> learned to pick up stitches in 2009 and I  felt exactly the same way
>> you describe, like a whole new world was  opened up to me.
>>
>> You asked if you should count your picked up  stitches as a knitted
>> row. No. I'll use the same example you gave  earlier to explain why.
>>
>> When picking up stitches, you should  always do so with the right side
>> of your work facing you because  picking up stitches leaves a little
>> ridge on whatever side of the work  isn't facing you when you pick them
>> up. This little ridge looks a bit  like a seam on the inside of your
>> clothing. A very few patterns like  to incorporate this little ridge
>> into the pattern, but for the most  part, the pattern will want this
>> ridge to go on the wrong side so it's  hidden.
>>
>> So, to use your example, if you pick up your 21  stitches on the right
>> side for a total of 22 stitches in the row and  then start knitting row
>> 1, your first row actually knitted is a wrong  side row. Row 2 is right
>> side, row 3 is wrong side. If you keep going  like this, row 13 will be
>> on the wrong side, then you are ready to do  your binding off on the
>> right side, just as your instructions tell you  to do.
>>
>> Happy knitting!
>> Sarah M Sykes
>>  http://www.sarahmsykes.com/missdottieknits
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 12,  2012 at 12:47 PM, Lovette Yewchan <lyewchan at telus.net>
> wrote:
>>> wow I think I did it now I assume I would not count this as  a knitted
> row or would I?
>>> Wow I feel like a whole new world just  opened up!
>>> Thank you so so much!
>>> Lovette
>>>
>>> On 2012-04-12, at 8:40 AM, Sarah Sykes wrote:
>>>
>>>> How to Pick up Stitches:
>>>>
>>>> You  will only need your right hand needle for this.
>>>>
>>>> Now, since you're doing Log Cabin, I know that you'll already  have one
>>>> lonely little stitch on this needle. That's  good.
>>>>
>>>> Hold your work so that the right hand  needle with one stitch on it is
>>>> on the right.with the edge of  your knitted piece going horizontal.
>>>>
>>>> Make  sure the working yarn is in back
>>>>
>>>> Poke the tip  of your right hand needle through your work from front to
>>>>  back, just to the left of where the one stitch you've already  got
>>>> connects to the piece. You'll want more than just one  strand of yarn
>>>> between your needle and the edge. I would  recommend putting your
>>>> needle in two strands below the  edge.
>>>>
>>>> Wrap your working yarn around the  needle as if to knit.
>>>>
>>>> Pull this new stitch  through the work to the front.
>>>>
>>>>  Congratulations! You have now picked up one stitch.
>>>>
>>>> You should now have two stitches on your right hand  needle.
>>>>
>>>> Now, poke the tip of your right hand  needle into your work again, from
>>>> front to back, this time in  a spot a little to the left of where you
>>>> picked up the  previous stitch.
>>>>
>>>> Wrap your yarn around the  right hand needle as if to knit.
>>>>
>>>> Pull the new  stitch through to the front of your work.
>>>>
>>>> You  now have 3 stitches total, 2 picked up, 1 from before.
>>>>
>>>> Keep picking up stitches in this way until you have the  number your
>>>> pattern indicates. Each time you pick up a stitch,  you will be moving
>>>> to a new spot slightly to the left of the  last one.
>>>>
>>>> The goal when picking up stitches  is to pick up the right number
>>>> evenly across the entire edge  of your work. This may seem hard at
>>>> first, but with practice  you'll think it's easy. If you come to the
>>>> end of your edge  and find out you have two many stitches, or not
>>>> enough, don't  be afraid to pull out the ones you've picked up and try
>>>> again.  Just remember to keep that first lonely stitch from before on
>>>>  your right hand needle no matter what.
>>>>
>>>> I hope  this helps you.  Please let me know if you need more
>>>>  clarification or help with anything else.  Good luck on your  project
>>>>
>>>> Sarah M Sykes
>>>>  http://www.sarahmsykes.com/missdottieknits
>>>>
>>>> On  Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Lovette Yewchan <lyewchan at telus.net>
>  wrote:
>>>>> Hi again. Sorry I am a rooky how do you pick up  these stitches and do
> you knit as you pick up or how does it  work?
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>  Lovette
>>>>>
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