[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Knitting help

Fri Oct 18 14:50:19 UTC 2019

I also use safety pins for stitch holders, much more secure than cable needbes or regular stitch holders! Just be careful not to stick your fingers, but you will survive little sticks. 
Ramona

On Oct 17, 2019 8:12 PM, Joyce Kane via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> My feeling is that they don't want you to add a row of stitches and if you knit them onto the cable needle, you would be adding another row of stitches.  Let me advise you to get a couple of like 3 " Safety pins or a set of diaper pins, they still sell them at the grocery store.  That way you can slip them on and close the pin and don't have to worry about any falling off.  The reason I am saying get 2 safety pins so you will have the second one to put your stitches back on and then knit them off as they will be going in the correct directions.  Or put a rubber band on each end of the cable  pin to keep your stitches from sliding off.
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> This pattern asks you to put 11 stitches from your work on a cable needle and then you return to it later on picking up another stitch from the base.
> I am wondering if I knit the 11 stitches onto the cable needle if that might help instead of just slipping them.
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> > On Oct 17, 2019, at 6:08 PM, Joyce Kane via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> > I make a lot ofmittens and I use 2 circular needles and there is no sewing..  But when I pick up the stitches for the thumb there is a couple of things I have done.  I use 1 cirular needle to pick up half the stitches [like palm side] and the other needle to pick up the back side.  Here is your option if you bound off 6 stitches on both sides you can at this point pick up an extra stitch to fill in any gap and then work a couple of rounds and knit 2 stitches at the beginning and end of a row.
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> > I also have picked up the same number of stitches that I bound off and knit the thumb to the length I want it.  I don't decrease the number of stitches going up to the tip as there isn't a lot of stitches you need for a mitten.  Then as I held the tail and working yarn together knitting  around pay attention here as you want to leave the tail end inside at the half way point and then knit with your working yarn to complete the round.  After finishing your mitten go back inside and attach a piece of yarn on the side you don't have the tail and put on a yarn needle and whip stitche to the other half way point.  Tie a good knot here and with the other tail whip stitch around the base of the thumb to the other side and secure that with a knot.  This way you have reinforced those weak spots on both sides of the base of the thumb and closed up  any gaps or holes.  I use this latter way all the time.
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> > The problem is that the stitches were on a holder till the rest of the mitten was complete.
> > FOr some reason I keep messing up here. I like the pattern, but am tired of this problem occuring each time.
> > Any tips for future attempts? The stitches are always messy at the thumb. The pattern has a flap as well and I have no issues there.
> > Lovette
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> >> On Oct 17, 2019, at 5:41 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> >> If you have dropped some stitches, you have 2 choices.  
> >> You can try to pick them back up.  This involves finding the loop you dropped, then using a crochet hook to pull the closest un-knitted, ladder stitch through the loop, then the laddered stitch becomes the loop, and you repeat with the next ladder.  It's hard to explain in an email.  And you have to make the new loop bumps come out on the same side as all your other bumps.
> >> Or, you can put the dropped stitches on a holder, or pull them up to the needle any old how, then knit backwards, (unknit or tink), until you've un-knitted back to where you dropped your stitches, then start over from that point.
> >> 
> >> I've done a lot of tinking in my time.  I recently learned how to pick up dropped stitches, and that often works well, but there are still times when I have to back up for a few rows.  Mittens are pretty small, so backing up wouldn't be a big deal.  But backing up through a row where you've knit some stitches together can be very tricky.
> >> HTH.
> >> Tracy
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> >> Hi there. I am knitting the mittens that were posted a couple of years ago by someone on this list.
> >> I got to the thumb and what a mess I have. If I use the stitches that were on the older, there are big gaps and it’s like some stitches ran down a few rows. I tried to pick them up but no success.
> >> Besides starting again, does anyone have any ideas?
> >> Lovette
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