Comments on: Learning Stitches- And Messing Up http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/05/28/learning-stitches-and-messing-up/ Summer 2008 Knit Along Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:05:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Darla http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/05/28/learning-stitches-and-messing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Darla Wed, 28 May 2008 11:03:04 +0000 http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/?p=147#comment-110 Hi yarnmonkey!! Don't worry, I think we all mess up once in a while! What I have done is put stitch markers between every repeat (or every couple - up to you) - then, you only have little sections to worry about at a time. Count the stitches in each section to be sure you got that one right. After a while, it gets better, promise! I am currently working on a mystery KAL that has three sections on one side, a middle section, and then three on the other side. I put a stitch marker between each section. Now that the sections are getting larger, it is nice to have the stitch markers between each section so I don't have to tink back so much if I need to. When I first started to knit lace (January of this year), I did not know many of the stitches on the charts. Keep the legend close by so you can refer to it when needed. Now, I don't have to pull it out as much to remember a stitch. Lastly, LIFELINES!!! Lifelines are invaluable to me when I knit. Thread a non-waxed floss or thread through your stitches on the needles (be careful not to thread through any stitch markers). If you need to frog anything, you can rip out to your lifeline without fear of losing your stitches. Reinsert when you feel it necessary (I usually do it between repeats of pattern rows - it is easier to do it on a plain knit/purl row so you don't have a chance of missing a yo. Sorry that I wrote so much! Hope this helps - we all get frustrated now and then, don't let it get you down! Happy Knitting! Darla - Detroit Hi yarnmonkey!! Don’t worry, I think we all mess up once in a while! What I have done is put stitch markers between every repeat (or every couple – up to you) – then, you only have little sections to worry about at a time. Count the stitches in each section to be sure you got that one right. After a while, it gets better, promise! I am currently working on a mystery KAL that has three sections on one side, a middle section, and then three on the other side. I put a stitch marker between each section. Now that the sections are getting larger, it is nice to have the stitch markers between each section so I don’t have to tink back so much if I need to.

When I first started to knit lace (January of this year), I did not know many of the stitches on the charts. Keep the legend close by so you can refer to it when needed. Now, I don’t have to pull it out as much to remember a stitch.

Lastly, LIFELINES!!! Lifelines are invaluable to me when I knit. Thread a non-waxed floss or thread through your stitches on the needles (be careful not to thread through any stitch markers). If you need to frog anything, you can rip out to your lifeline without fear of losing your stitches. Reinsert when you feel it necessary (I usually do it between repeats of pattern rows – it is easier to do it on a plain knit/purl row so you don’t have a chance of missing a yo.

Sorry that I wrote so much! Hope this helps – we all get frustrated now and then, don’t let it get you down! Happy Knitting!

Darla – Detroit

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