[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting life line

Thu Jan 12 15:13:54 UTC 2012

yes, it makes sense. I use the 0000 very  long cable circular needle -  but 
it us more trouble than it is worth to me - and I am not very successful 
with it. You have to really be able to FEEL those stitches - and I cannot. 
Makes me so mad!  lol

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting life line

> 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-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [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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