[Nfb-krafters-korner] dropped stitches

[Deidre Muccio]

Thank you Linda. I can already imagine beads, crystals, shells, sequins ...
as patches! The cotton thing I am knitting is a nice light weight. I love
the way it feels. It reminds me of the weight of some very colorful light
weight towels I bought when in Ghana - they dry quickly. I did hear mention
of pima cotton on the ready set knit show put on by the owners of webs last
week, and now I want to go look at it just to feel it. 

	Deidre
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] dropped stitches

Diedra,
Yes, you are right - those dropped stitches will "run" and your garment will
have a hole in it which will become larger as it continues to unravel.  Ir
is very easy to fix those dropped stitches if you find them within a few
rows past where you dropped them. That is when they have to be fixed. 
Otherwise, maybe you can catch it with some thread and tie in in securely
later on.

I have a shawl I have knitted and have found some dropped stitches - I get
into trouble when working a pattern that has YO's in it usually. This is a
big problem vor me. Anyway, I did not find them till the shawl was nearly
finished - so it is setting here in my office waiting for me to address the
problem. The shawl is a lovely cornflower blue. I am going to sew in some
little pearls and Swarovski crystals - where the dropped stitches are. This
way, I will catch the loop of the stitch, and secure the embelisment - then
I will put in more of the pearls and crystals all over the shawl - so it
will look beautiful and nobody would ever suspect there was a little boo boo
or a few little boo boos there to begin with. The shawl will actually be
more beautiful than if it was just plain.

I do like to knit with cotton - I use if for dish cloths, towels, socks, and
have done a beautiful pullover sweater with short sleeves out of a nice soft
cotton by Katia. (Florida by Katia). It is beautiful and I love to wear it. 
If you use cotton for clothing, remember that those kinds of fibers are much
heavier than working with wools so the garment will be thicker and bulkier,
unless you are using the very very thin cotton yarns that are like thread. 
Plant fibers are much heavier than animal fibers - keep that in mind when
planning something using a plant fiber.

Lynda
Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117

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From: "Deidre Muccio" <deimucc at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 7:50 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] dropped stitches


> Hello all
> You know I am a beginning knitter. I have a question...
> What happens to the overall finished fabric/product when you have
> dropped stitches which have not been corrected?
> Does it cause the fabric to come apart?
> How noticeable is it?
> Also no one has said how they like knitting with cotton. I like the
> fabric it creates and I like knitting with it, but those stitches get lost
> easily if dropped. Also while trying to insert a life line, the fabric is
> not stretchy enough to make it easy. I guess, as some like Dixie have
> recommended, I need a triple 0 lace needle to use as a life line.
>
> Deidre
>
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