[Nfb-krafters-korner] note to soap sack classmates

[Henrietta Brewer]

Hi Cathy,
I finished my sack last night while I was on the phone. I don't like the bind off really well. It is tight and reduces the opening of the sack. Also, I am wondering if we even need to make the eyelet row. the pattern has huge openings on its own. but I absolutely love the sack. I love the pattern for the body of the sack. Since it is a soap sack and not a wedding dress, I might make the beginning the top of the sack and use the toe bind off at the end for the bottom. But that's me, basically lazy.
Thank you again so very much for teaching the class. If you find the bind off works better another way I will be glad to give it a try. Maybe yours isn't tight doing it this way.
Henrietta
On Nov 10, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Cathy wrote:

> Hi folks,
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> I wanted to make a few additional comments. Last night after class I tried
> the bind-off three times without success. Eventually I had a tangled mess
> and decided to start from scratch. My thought this time is to work the bind
> off in the opposite direction following the steps I have outlined for you by
> moving the loops from left to right around the loom, instead of right to
> left. I really don't know if this will work better, but if you are also
> struggling with the bind-off you might give it a try.
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> Also based on Terry's comment in the first class, I have decided to seed
> stitch the first sixteen rows by simply going around and around never
> varying the knit purl pattern even when changing rows. I don't know if this
> will improve the look of the sack, but if you decide to make another one
> yourself, you can give this method a try.
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> Linda is the only one who has finished the body of her sack, so I will be
> waiting to here from the rest of you and will let you know how it goes with
> me.
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> The more I learn, the more I want to learn!
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> Cathy
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