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Leahpants85
Warming Up
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 Posted - 09/03/2005 : 09:09:18 AM
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i've been trying to rib a scarf for my cousin, and i get so far and then i get interupted, i have to eat, go to the bathroom talk to someone blahblahblah- and then i come back, rib for two or three mroe rows and realize i completely screwed up the ribbing. i've been using stich markers to remind myself to change from knit to purl or back (because yes, i forgot) but i can't figure out a ridiculously clever little antidote. any ideas or do i just need to grow an attention span?
Leah
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fmarrs
Guardian angel
USA
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Posted - 09/03/2005 : 11:12:33 AM
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No, you need to learn to recognize your stitches. Knitting will always be difficult for you if you intend to go on your memory alone for which stitch comes next.
These directions will cover all basic ribbings, those that look like stripes on your sweater. Some ribbings have designs in them and they are more difficult. Some even have cables in them. Look at your knitting, not the stitch that comes next, but the stitch on the row below. If it forms a V and is smooth, it is a knit stitch and you knit the one above it. If it has a little horizontal ridge and you feel a bump when you run your finger up it, it is a purl and you purl the one above it. That hold true regardless of what you are knitting. On the row below the V is a knit, the bump is a purl. Now when you are learning your pattern stitch, learn it in the vertical (which stitch goes above which stitch) and not just in the horizontal. You will make fewer mistakes, need fewer marker, and be able to recognize when your knitting needs to be changed. For example, in some stitch patterns you will want to put a purl above a knit or a knit above a purl, but you will be able to do that because you recognize the stitch on the row below.
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Leahpants85
Warming Up
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Posted - 09/05/2005 : 6:05:40 PM
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thank you:)
Leah
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pieheart
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 09/05/2005 : 6:20:00 PM
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And just my 2 cents: Never, ever, ever, even if you just drank seventeen cups of tea and have crossed your legs three times and need to go......... you know where....... leave your knitting in the middle of the row. Ever. Or at least until you can read your knitting. This one practice has saved me so much heartache! Of course, when you are knitting a circular shawl with over 1000 stitches this is a bit more difficult :) [If you must leave your knitting, at least finish a complete pattern repeat]
My kids are so used to hearing me say this little phrase: "After I finish this row" that when they ask me to do something they start with: "when you finish that row, Mom, can you....."
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Leahpants85
Warming Up
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Posted - 09/07/2005 : 5:19:15 PM
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haha pieheart i typically do that to my boyfriend, he'll be like ok are you ready? and its "after this row.." and he just looks at me like i'm insane. anybodys two cents are appreciated:) thanks!!
Leah
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