[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Knitting help

Mon Oct 21 20:47:23 UTC 2019

I felt the area, and, I can't feel where the error was. she did such a good 
jovb at fixing it.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Lovette Yewchan via NFB-Krafters-Korner
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 4:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Knitting help

That’s great. What a great feeling!
Lovette

> On Oct 21, 2019, at 12:42 PM, Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E] via 
> NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> I was at my sisters house, this weekend and after doing my boarder, I was 
> to purl the row, but I caught myself!
> I had purled 1 stitch and gone back to knitting!
> I tried to tink my work, but for some reason I dropped 2 stitches, down to 
> the next row.  This yarn is fuzzy and splits easily.
> I actually tinked 1.5 rows and you would never know I did anything wrong!
> I almost thought I was going to have to trash the thing, but I did it!
> Terry
>
>
> Bigquestion, is there a difference in how you tink a knit stitch and a 
> purl stitch.  I know how to tink a knit stitch.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Courtney F. Smith via NFB-Krafters-Korner 
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> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 6:49 PM
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> Cc: Courtney F. Smith <cmfulghum at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Knitting help
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> Knitting backward.
>
> Tink is knit spelled backward.
>
> For me, if I made a mistake on a stitch or stitches I just undo my work 
> stitch by stitch until I get back to the error & then correct the error & 
> continue with my project. If it is a big mistake, then I’ll frog the whole 
> project by ripping out all the stitches & starting the entire project 
> over.
>
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> From: NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> on 
> behalf of Diane via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 5:43 PM
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> Cc: dianefilipe at comcast.net
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> What is tinking?
> Diane
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Oct 17, 2019, at 11:38 AM, Henry Osborne via NFB-Krafters-Korner 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi Tracy and Everyone, I would like to suggest a class in Tinking for 
>> next year, if someone would be willing to teach it.
>> I would probably be one of the first to sign up for it.
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Tracy Carcione via
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>> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2019 8:41 AM
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>> Cc: Tracy Carcione
>> Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Knitting help
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Yewchan via NFB-Krafters-Korner
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 10:14 PM
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>> Cc: Lovette Yewchan
>> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Knitting help
>>
>> 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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