[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting life line
Annette Carr
amcarr1 at verizon.net
Thu Jan 12 11:52:42 UTC 2012
Hi Cathy and all,
Yes, you thread either yarn, string, thread, or a very thin, long circular
needle through your stitches on your needle. I think when Terry refers to a
cable, she is talking about the cable of a circular needle. I Sometimes use
one of my interchangeable circular needles and take the points off of the
cable after threading it through the stitches and put the end caps on the
cable so that the cable does not pull out of my work. I rarely use my
interchangeable cables for life lines because it is very think and add too
much bulk inside the stitches while I am trying to knit the next row. I
rarely use thread as I cannot feel where it is and it does not help me find
my stitches if I need to pick them up. So my favorite options are to use
yarn or a 00 60 inch circular needle. Since I only have one 00 circular
needle, I end up using a combination of the 00 needle and the yarn.
If I am knitting a pattern that is straight knit or alternating knit and
pearl rows, I might choose to put the first life line in after I've
completed row 10. I would continue knitting and when I complete row 20 I
would put a second life line in. When I get to row 30 I would pull out the
first life line from down in Row 10 and insert it into row 30. I would
continue this leap frog method by next inserting the life line from row 20
into row 40, and so on.
If I am working on a pattern that has a lot of yarn overs and knit 2
together in the pattern, I do not always insert my life line in at the
beginning of the pattern repeat. I might put it in the last pattern row
where I used stitches other than knit or pearl so that if I have to rip
back, I do not have to lose my hard work that went into that row. So let me
give an example:
If my pattern is Row 1 knit across, Row 2 pearl across, Row 3 pattern, Row 4
pearl, row 5 pattern, row 6 pearl, I would probably insert my life line
through my stitches on my needle after I have completed row 5. I often find
it difficult to work a pattern row if the life line is in the row prior.
The stitches will be tight because of having both the needle and the life
line inside of them. So I find that by inserting the life line into the row
prior to a pearl or knit row, my frustration level is kept to a minimum.
I hope this makes sense.
Annette
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cathy
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 12:26 AM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting life line
Hi all,
Wow this knitting lifeline is a really interesting concept to me! I have
never heard of it and gave up knitting with needles solely because I could
never pick up my dropped stitches! Now years later I learn that this life
line is a preventative to dropping stitches. So Annette, you knit a row,
then thread yarn or a knitting needle in to that row before continuing? Am I
understanding the concept correctly? Terry you said something about a
cable, what do you mean?
Cathy
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Annette Carr
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:39 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
I insert my life line into the stitches after I get the row knitted. I
either use a 00 circular needle or a piece of scrap yarn on a needle.
HTH,
Annette
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Melisa Loutfi
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:23 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
Teri,
I also became blind recently. I am interested in learning the lifeline
method that you discussed below. I have used something similar in the past
to preserve stitches before ripping out. I would run a darning needle with
thread through each stitch in the row below the problem row. Then I could
rip back.
In the lifeline method, is the knitter to insert a cable through a
stitches as the row is being knitted as a safety precaution?
Melisa Loutfi
On Jan 11, 2012, at 7:16 AM, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] wrote:
> Linda;
> Get your friend to teach you about using a life line so you can take
> out
errors and not lose your work. We had some discussion about it, maybe a
year or so, ago. You put a thin cable through your stitches and every 5 or
10 stitches, you move the cable up your work, to hold your stitches, while
you work, some more. If you have to take out stitches, the cable will
prevent your stitches from running past that point in your work.
> I understand the consept, but am not any good at the method.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:28 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>
> Though I have been a knitter for about 60 years, doing it
> non-visuaolly is an enormous challenge for me. I have a very hard time
> even when doing double yarn overs. Right now, I am working on a shawl
> that has them every 6th row - and I have quite a few that I have lost
> and did not know it till it was too late to work them in - so, on this
> shawl, when I am finished, I will put some nice crystal beads here and
> there, beginning with all the places where I have lost stitches. I
> have tied them with a strand of yarn, and so I know where they are -
> when the shawl is done with the knitting part, I will put some
> crystals and pearsl here and there all over the shawl. I hope this
> will be a nice detail - but it has certainly grown out of my inability
> to FIX mistakes. Most mistakes, I cannot fix myself - even afer four
> years of working my butt offf to re-learn how to knit again.
> Fortunately, I have a very good friend who responds to me calls for
> "Knitting Emergency" help. I do not, and never
will have that sense of touch that a long time blind person has had since
childhood. My brain is still VISUAL, and I imagine it will always be that
way. I am still a visual learner regardless of the fact I cannot see what I
am knitting.
>
> I understand all things visually, not through touch. Trying to FIX my
knitting boo boos through touch is not working very well at all. I can do it
somewhat, but not well.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lovette Yewchan" <lyewchan at telus.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 10:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>
>
>> I suppose tube socks would work but wondered about the heel ones. He
>> instep picking up etc. sounds too complicate for me at this point.
>> Lovette
>>
>> On 2012-01-09, at 5:11 PM, River Woman wrote:
>>
>>> Lovette, I have the same dilemma. I used to make socks whe I could
>>> see but now I cannot do it. I would really love to make them again,
>>> but I just end up with a mess now - I would love some ideas on how
>>> to do them in a way that I could manage. Lynda
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lovette Yewchan"
>>> <lyewchan at telus.net>
>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 6:26 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>>>
>>>
>>>> It is wool ease size 2.75 MM needles recommended.
>>>>
>>>> On 2012-01-09, at 10:02 AM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What type of yarn do you have for these socks? Without weight of
>>>>> yarn no idea what to advise for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joyce Kane
>>>>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>>>>> Blindhands at AOL.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In a message dated 1/9/2012 12:41:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>>>> lyewchan at telus.net writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi there. I have soome sockease wool and want to make socks but
>>>>> the pattern on the paper is too hard for me. DOes someone know of
>>>>> a beginner sock pattern that would not be too hard? Thanks.
>>>>> Lovette
>>>>>
>>>>>
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