[Nfb-krafters-korner] Lisa/Sewing two pieces together

Tue Feb 12 11:46:34 UTC 2013

Okay Lisa, this is what I picture it looking like.  Once you have slipped 
your arms through the openings, the sewn edge becomes your arm pit seem. 
This allows the left and right ends of the rectangle to cup you around the 
shoulders, with the rectangle spreading open across your back to the other 
shoulder.  Now with the larger needle and the homespun yarn, this should be 
rather stretchy and should open up and lay flat instead of bunching up.  Now 
I can imagine it may come up some on the back of your neck, but as long as 
this wasn't tight, it may lay flat and comfortable.  The main thing you'd 
have to check out right after you did your chain is how that fits across 
your back.  I would hate to get it done only to find it is either too tight 
or too loose.

I'll check my hooks and see if I have an N and send my sister to pick me up 
some homespun and see what happens.  LOL

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisamaria Martinez" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Lisa/Sewing two pieces together

> Susan,
>
> This helps but is different than what I was imagining. I thought the
> seam was sewn down the long open ends with a gap in the middle. I
> think it makes more sense to sew the seams on the short ends of the
> rectangel. I guess the problem I am having is what the shrug looks
> like on especially since there is no opening for your head. When you
> slide your arms through the arm holes I am imagining that the material
> bunches up quite a bit? Any description around this will be helpful.
>
> I think this is a super easy pattern and looks like it will crochet up
> very prettily. I haven't started. I'm waiting to figure out how it
> will wear first. The recommended yarn was Homespun and the hook size
> was N (9 mm).
>
> Thanks for all the help.
>
> On 2/11/13, Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Hi Lisa,
>>
>> I took a look at your pattern and it is really nice and simple.  I am
>> thinking about doing one myself.  What size hook did you use?  For the
>> finishing, once you have folded your rectangle in half, with the folded 
>> edge
>>
>> away from you and the open edge closest to you, starting with the left 
>> short
>>
>> end, measure 7 inches down from the folded edge and place a marker (such 
>> as
>>
>> one of those plastic safety pins).  Do the same on the right hand side.
>> Then beginning at each marker, sew together your short sides down to the
>> corner closest to you that joins the short side with the long open ended
>> sides closest to you.
>>
>> Since there is no right or wrong side to this piece, I would turn it 
>> inside
>>
>> out which would tuck in any edges you may have once you have made your
>> seems.  Now, to sew up that seem, you can do that one of three ways.
>>
>> 1. Single Crochet:  Attach your yarn at your stitch marker and pull a 
>> loop
>> through with your hook and use that loop as the beginning of your single
>> crochet.  Then just incert your hook along the edges through both
>> thicknesses of crochetted material and work as though you were 
>> crochetting
>> along a single thickness of crochetted work.  Bind off at the end once 
>> you
>> have reached the corner.  This is a seem that would do best to be on the
>> inside of your work.  Exact positioning of stitches and material rows are
>> not important.
>>
>> 2. Slip Stitch:  Attach yarn as mentioned above.  Pull a loop through 
>> with
>> your hook.  This is going to produce a raised line of flat stitches on 
>> the
>> side of the material facing you and will not cross up and over the open
>> edges.  It will be similar to a sewing machine stitch, but with only one
>> thread.  Moving from right to left along your piece, insert your hook a
>> little down from where you drew your loop through and pull a second loop 
>> up
>>
>> onto your hook.  Now you have 2 loops on your hook.  Pull the loop you 
>> just
>>
>> pulled onto your hook through the second loop on your needle.  You now 
>> have
>>
>> just 1 loop on your hook.  Keep these stitches loose because that allows 
>> you
>>
>> to continue to the left, pick up another loop and draw that loop through 
>> the
>>
>> second loop.  Continue this stitch moving about an 1/8 to 1/4 inch 
>> further
>> as you go.  Bind off.  You can make this stitch a little fancy by adding 
>> one
>>
>> or two chain stitches between each time you move your hook over the 1/8 
>> to
>> 1/4 inch over.  This will give it a bit of texture with one chain and a
>> slightly ruffled look with two chains.  This seem can eather be left 
>> showing
>>
>> for decoration or turned inside.
>>
>> 3. Shoe Lacing:  I don't know if this is the correct name, but that is 
>> what
>>
>> I call it because it reminds me of lacing a shoe with one lace.  With a
>> large eyed needle, attach the yarn to your piece.  Picture your two edges 
>> as
>>
>> the split in your tennis shoe where you lace them up and the eyes along 
>> each
>>
>> side are where you are going to incert your needle.  The front side 
>> facing
>> you is one piece, the side facing away from you is the second piece and 
>> the
>>
>> space where the two pieces touch is the middle.  Keep lacing a shoe in 
>> mind,
>>
>> incert your needle through the back side through to the middle and up
>> between the two pieces, being sure not to catch any of the front piece in
>> the needle.  Pull the yarn close, but not tight.  Bring your needle 
>> opposite
>>
>> to your front piece and incert your needle from the front side through to
>> the middle space and up, not catching any of the back piece of material.
>> draw yarn close, but not tight.  Move down a bit on your back piece and 
>> do
>> it again.  through the back and up the middle, snug, through the front 
>> and
>> up the middle, snug.  These cross over stitches are done opposite each 
>> other
>>
>> and closes the middle gap at the same area/level so it won't leave gaps
>> between stitches, but it will pucker if you draw your stitches too tight.
>> Where you place the needle is not as important as in knitted material. 
>> For
>>
>> knitted material, I like to aim for the ridged bump that is between the
>> looser stitch area as you turn each knitted row.  This seem can be either
>> left showing or turned in.  You can also use this technique with edges 
>> held
>>
>> flat together or lay your piece out flat with the sewing edges facing 
>> each
>> other and you will still use the lacing method, but your action will be;
>> through left side and up through middle, snug, through right side up 
>> through
>>
>> middle, snug.  Move down on left side about 1/8 to 1/4 inche and repeat.
>>
>> I hope this helps you in choosing a method to seem this nice shrug.  If 
>> you
>>
>> still have trouble, use my e-mail linc below and I'll give you my phone
>> number.
>>
>> Susan
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 2:48 PM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Help with Lion Brand pattern instructions
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I hope that this is okay to post sends lion Brand allows you to share
>>> pattern instructions.
>>>
>>> I don't understand how to finish this shrug. Based on the instructions, 
>>> in
>>>
>>> my mind, there is no opening for your head. Can anyone explain? Is there
>>> an error in the pattern?
>>>
>>> Thank you so much.
>>>
>>> http://www.lionbrand.com//patterns/90689B.html?iP=2&p=2&ss=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lionbrand.com%2Fpatterns%2F90689B.html
>>>
>>>
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