[Nfb-krafters-korner] Thank you and a query about dropped stitches.

[Becky Frankeberger]

Wonder if you would benefit from the thin needle on a wire that you place
say, every ten rows. This way when you drop a stich, it will only drop as
far as that thin wire needle. The needle is a double zero. I gather you run
it under your current needle placement, then continue knitting up ten rows
or the pattern, and slide this thin needle again under your current work
needle. 

Later you can learn how to repair the dropped stitches. But this will help
keep you from getting discouraged. 

Becky 
-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Valerie
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 2:52 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Thank you and a query about dropped stitches.

Thanks so much for the help with my rambly description about the unknown
type of stitch I was doing. Now I have some idea of what it is and how it
might make a difference in how stitches appear in the work. Thanks very much
for the time taken to write out details for me.

 

I think I should not have boasted that I had 15 rows with not a dropped
stitch, because last evening I dropped them badly.  This is a question and
maybe it is just me alone who has clumsy fingers, but have others found
dropping stitches is something that happens to them a lot?  I knit very
slowly, try to feel the stitch well before inserting the needle etc.  Are
there any tips to knitting when you just can't see what you are doing and
relying on feel of the yarn and needles alone?  

V in Aus. 

 

 

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