[Nfb-krafters-korner] Pattern tips

[Catherine jacobse]

Hi,
Sharing tips is always good.
I have patterns copied in documents on my computer. The current project is a crochet sweater for 18 month old; the number of chains and stitches at end of each row is the third set.  Getting confused yet?  So I don’t get confused  I duplicate  the document and call it current project (or whatever makes sense at the time)  Then I delete all the directions and numbers that do not apply to my current project for  18 month old sweet baby boy. OK my little grandson.
This may sound like a lot of work and time: this is my first attempt at  crocheting an item of  clothing so I need to be anal.  It’s  better to set this up correctly the first time.  Plus by the time I’m finished doing all this copying, reading  and deleting, I have the pattern memorized!  LOL
The other tip that is working for me is having the yarn in a small plastic garbage container, like found in a   bathroom.  I keep my hook, yarn and completed pieces in this container - pick up & go.  When crocheting the yarn is not unraveling all over the place = trip!  There’s also a  piece of cardboard cut to the length of the item and notches for the width. 
Happy hooking,
Chatty Catherine   .    
 On Apr 24, 2016, at 10:05 AM, Terry Knox via Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Over the past months some tips have been shared by crafters on list. Joyce
> shared to use an index card for a pattern tool for cutting and I know there
> were others that I should have kept along the way. I will now! Here is one
> for those of you who need to start a pattern file for measuring. Since I
> crochet a lot of afghans I am always looking for the length and wideth of a
> throw, single bed etc. So I will share how I do this. In a zip lock bag that
> is in my file box I have one length of yarn the size I make for a single
> bed, with a index card attached on the top that has a pen friend lable that
> says, "length, single bed". Just one piece of scrap yarn that I take out of
> file and place with yarn I am using as I work on the afghan. When finished
> it goes back in pattern file. I do the same on wideth. There is not someone
> here all the time to ask, so I always have this on hand. Becky, I use this
> method with curtans also. I measure the window length with the scrap yarn,
> mark it with a card and have it on had to review as I work. This might help
> your knitting machine as you can not remove your project. Hope you all enjoy
> this little help.
> 
> Terry K
> 
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