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Posted by suzee on October 27, 2007, 1:47 pm
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:
> enigma wrote:
>> another trick, if it's the right type of sweater pattern, is
>> to knit the sleeves first. sleeves can be really boring after
>> getting the body done.
>> that's why i only do big things with stitch variations or
>> color work (even a varigated yarn helps)... i get bored.
>
> Well, seeing as though I am fitting this into the little moments of
> spare time I get through the day or when I'm waiting on something or
> someone, getting bored isn't exactly too much of a problem and is
> actually better for me anyway than having to rip somethign out 20 times
> because I keep getting it wrong.
>
> Is there a tutorial anywhere on how to neatly rip stitches in bulk
> without having to do them one stitch at a time? I can never get them
> back on the needle if I pull it off and pull stitches out.
Rip out the stitches to about the row before you need to start again,
take a smaller needle and put the sts on it as you pull out the stitches
one by one back to where you need be. You may not get them all on the
correct way, but the most important thing is to get them on a needle
first. You can re-seat them correctly as you knit across the row.
>> lee <now on ravelry too much>
>
> *not surprised but sad that that site is going to siphon off traffic
> from the newsgroups and message boards that have been going on for a while*
I don't really think it will. Initially, people will spend a lot of time
there because there's so much information, but the people on the boards
I read will still keep coming to them too.
sue
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