[Nfb-krafters-korner] seed stitch Hints for lots of sts

[Blindhands at aol.com]

If you have a lot of stitches to keep track of or what it sounds like Lynda 
 is having trouble with Let me advise this:
 
I use rubber bands.  I tie 2 rubber bands together so one dangles off  the 
other.  I knot both rubber bands so it is easily found by touch.   Now it 
might sound tedious , but put 1 rubber band every 10 or 12  stitches.  Don't 
put it 20 stitches apart as you will lose track.  Now  count as you knit.  It 
is kind of a life line.  If you are suppose to  end up with a purl at the 
end and you got a knit, you only need to go back 10  stitches.  The double 
rubber bands will be easy to feel and the weight of 2  of them together will 
keep them dangling down so they won't fall off.  I  get like the average size 
rubber bands.  They are maybe 1/4 inch thick and  2 inches long laying flat 
or a little less.You can purchase them in an office  supply store or 
grocery store in the school supplies.They adjust to what size  needles you are 
using, just tie that first knot so it fits over your needle and  has room to 
slide easily.
 
If you have to put it down to answer the phone it is easy enough to figure  
out where you left off or just take the stitches out back to the last 
rubber  band and start counting over.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 7/6/2012 6:24:33 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
riverwoman at zoominternet.net writes:

I have  the same problem, Neva. I have tried to make the "Reader's Shawl" 
several  times - it has a seed stitch border all around it. I have had to 
tear it  out completely a couple of times after I had gone a long way - as 
in 
on  the second skein of yarn! I got so disgusted I quit trying. It is on 
small  needles with fingering weight yarn - and I cannot feel it and I get  
confused and there are just waaaay too many stitches to even try counting  
all the time. So I give up. If someone knows HOW to overcome this problem  
so 
I could actually do the seed stitch successfully, I would love to hear  it. 
But for now, I consider it something I just cannot do and once you  make a 
mistake on it, it is so apparent - it sticks out but I normally  don't know 
it for a long time and then I have to rip it all out and start  again - 
ugh!Lynda
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since  1976
Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117

Visit my Web Site at:   http://lyndalambert.com
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-----  Original Message ----- 
From: "Neva Fairchild"  <nevafairchild at verizon.net>
To: <nascaryarnman at gmail.com>;  "'List for blind crafters and artists'"  
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Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012  11:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] seed stitch


>  Which stitch to start with is going OK, it's when I'm working on a row  
> that
> I forget which stitch is next. Blame it on the  anesthesia, but I have to
> start back at the beginning of the row  several times to count over and 
see
> what stitch I just did so I know  which is next. Is there another way?
>
>
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> Neva  Fairchild
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> -----Original  Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Henry  
Osborne
> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 9:36 PM
> To:  nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] seed  stitch
>
> Hi Neva,
> If you count the rows, try to remember  that all of your odd numbered rows
> will start with a knit stitch, and  your purl rows will start on the even
> numbered rows.
> Hope this  helps you.
> Henry
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