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Posted by YarnWright on March 15, 2007, 8:13 pm
leannehutton@Yahoo.com spun a FINE 'yarn':
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> Good morning! I am new to your groups and pretty new to knitting (4
> scarfs, 1 doll blanket and 1 kerchief under my belt so far).
>
> I am making a hooded baby blanket from a pattern I found at JoAnn
> fabrics. It calls for the first 8 rows to be knit in seed stitch with
> two strands of yarn held together. That wasn't a problem at all.
> Unfortunately, I have not yet purchased a row counter and have lost
> count of how many rows I knit. I am really having trouble counting
> them due to the thickness from 2 strands of yarn and because this is
> my first adventure with seed stitch. Can anyone offer advice?
>
> Thank you so much for your help!
>
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Hi!
If you count the purled 'bumps' you'll find that 3 = 6 rows.
HTH,
Noreen
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> scarfs, 1 doll blanket and 1 kerchief under my belt so far).
>
> I am making a hooded baby blanket from a pattern I found at JoAnn
> fabrics. It calls for the first 8 rows to be knit in seed stitch with
> two strands of yarn held together. That wasn't a problem at all.
> Unfortunately, I have not yet purchased a row counter and have lost
> count of how many rows I knit. I am really having trouble counting
> them due to the thickness from 2 strands of yarn and because this is
> my first adventure with seed stitch. Can anyone offer advice?
>
> Thank you so much for your help!