[Nfb-krafters-korner] Doing it wrong

[Cathy]

Hi Terry and all,

Oh Terry I do so feel for you, having to take apart your scarf!. a similar
catastrophe happened to me last night.
I brought my lacy shawl to a friend to sew on the clasp and found out that I
had knitted part of it in T and Q denim and the other half in T and Q denim
twist! The company apparently gave me skeins of different colors, for I had
ordered three of all the same color! I was so depressed, I figure it must
look weird though my friend said that it did not.

If that wasn't bad enough, I went home after that and bound off my other
shawl for my mum using the pearl bind off method and it worked beautifully.
So I then checked my cast-on row to see if the two edges looked the same,
only to find that the middle of my cast-on row was coming apart! I tried to
fix it, spent hours trying. Tanya said that she did not know what to do. so
I took the entire piece apart. 18" by 60".  I wanted to cry and did a
little. Still haven't done anything about the shawl in two different colors
yet. 

So I feel your pain with your scarf. You are not alone!

Cathy
 

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Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:20 AM
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Doing it wrong


Just like Debbie and her latch hook project and having to do the first row
over, I just lost a whole scarf, last night!  I am trying to learn how to
cast off and for some reason, I am having trouble doing it on the flexie
loom.  After our chat, on Monday, Tonya and I went through the first few
steps.  some how, I must have done a stitch wrong, because when I went to do
the last step, last night, I found 2 loops on one of my pegs.  Now what
should I do???  I finally knitted it off and finished the last step, but it
looks a mess.  something must have gone wrong.  Guess we should never have
done it so late at night.

I made a small sample to try again so I will get it right.  I am not going
to risk another scarf, this way!  I want my multi to come out, beautiful!
At least I have 3 months to work.  I did not ruin it the day before the
show.

It still hurts, all the work that went into that scarf.  It just makes you
want to cry!

Terry P.


Theresa L. Powers (Terry)
Grants Clerk
Tobacco Control Research Branch
NIH/NCI/DCCPS/BRP/TCRB/DEAS
6130 Executive Blvd, MSC 7337
EPN 4039B
Bethesda, MD 20892-7337

Rockville, MD 20852-7337 (express mail)

Phone: 301-496-8584
FAX: 301-496-8675
E-mail: terry.powers at nih.gov<mailto:terry.powers at nih.gov>


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