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knitting around raccoons Karlisa 02-17-2008
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Posted by Karlisa on February 17, 2008, 8:58 am
My son Noah is 3 and I'm beginning to believe that he is part raccoon. I'm
used to his constant, grand scale mischief and messes--the Christmas
ornaments in the dishwasher, the baby powdered poured throughout the house,
stealing my husband's large box of Valentines chocolates and then eating one
bite out of each one, etc. This morning he came close to reducing me to
tears. I discovered that he had pulled my knitting needles out of my
project! The pattern isn't so complicated--YO, K2 tog across--but trying to
put it back on the needles is proving to be an exasperating experience. The
fabric is so "woodgy" and every stitch seems to want to unravel. When I put
the YO's back on the needles, do I do I pick them up from front to back? It
all looks so hopeless, and I've never dropped this many stitches all at once
before! HELP!

lisa
mother of a busy raccoon
--
The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by
those who got there first.



Posted by Bernadette on February 17, 2008, 11:45 am
On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:58:02 -0500, Karlisa wrote:

> My son Noah is 3 and I'm beginning to believe that he is part raccoon.
> I'm used to his constant, grand scale mischief and messes--the Christmas
> ornaments in the dishwasher, the baby powdered poured throughout the
> house, stealing my husband's large box of Valentines chocolates and then
> eating one bite out of each one, etc. This morning he came close to
> reducing me to tears. I discovered that he had pulled my knitting needles
> out of my project! The pattern isn't so complicated--YO, K2 tog
> across--but trying to put it back on the needles is proving to be an
> exasperating experience. The fabric is so "woodgy" and every stitch seems
> to want to unravel. When I put the YO's back on the needles, do I do I
> pick them up from front to back? It all looks so hopeless, and I've never
> dropped this many stitches all at once before! HELP!
>
> lisa
> mother of a busy raccoon

I'm sorry Lisa, that is so frustrating. The worst my youngest ever did
that way was to take the needle our from an Aran I was knitting and I
admit I did howl because I was such an inexperienced knitter at that time!

The best I can find is:
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/FEATtheresa.html
and they do explain how the stitches should look when you have picked them
up again. I hope it helps.

--
Blessed are the cracked for they let in the light

Posted by on February 17, 2008, 4:12 pm
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:58:02 -0500, Karlisa wrote:
> > My son Noah is 3 and I'm beginning to believe that he is part raccoon.
> > I'm used to his constant, grand scale mischief and messes--the Christmas=

> > ornaments in the dishwasher, the baby powdered poured throughout the
> > house, stealing my husband's large box of Valentines chocolates and then=

> > eating one bite out of each one, etc. =A0This morning he came close to
> > reducing me to tears. =A0I discovered that he had pulled my knitting nee=
dles
> > out of my project! The pattern isn't so complicated--YO, K2 tog
> > across--but trying to put it back on the needles is proving to be an
> > exasperating experience. =A0The fabric is so "woodgy" and every stitch s=
eems
> > to want to unravel. =A0When I put the YO's back on the needles, do I do =
I
> > pick them up from front to back? =A0It all looks so hopeless, and I've n=
ever
> > dropped this many stitches all at once before! =A0HELP!
>
> > lisa
> > mother of a busy raccoon
>
> I'm sorry Lisa, that is so frustrating. The worst my youngest ever did
> that way was to take the needle our from an Aran I was knitting and I
> admit I did howl because I was such an inexperienced knitter at that time!=

>
> The best I can find is:http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/FEATtheresa.htm=
l
> and they do explain how the stitches should look when you have picked them=

> up again. I hope it helps.
>
> --
> Blessed are the cracked for they let in the light- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Lisa hang some High coat hangers on the wall , and put your work
there , and/ or close it in a cupboard , any way you should take care
so that he won`t touch it anymore since he might by mistake hurt
himself with a needle ,,,, Ps are all your Suckets safety
covered ???
mirjam

Posted by Karlisa on February 18, 2008, 3:45 pm

> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:58:02 -0500, Karlisa wrote:
> > My son Noah is 3 and I'm beginning to believe that he is part raccoon.
> > I'm used to his constant, grand scale mischief and messes--the Christmas
> > ornaments in the dishwasher, the baby powdered poured throughout the
> > house, stealing my husband's large box of Valentines chocolates and then
> > eating one bite out of each one, etc. This morning he came close to
> > reducing me to tears. I discovered that he had pulled my knitting
> > needles
> > out of my project! The pattern isn't so complicated--YO, K2 tog
> > across--but trying to put it back on the needles is proving to be an
> > exasperating experience. The fabric is so "woodgy" and every stitch
> > seems
> > to want to unravel. When I put the YO's back on the needles, do I do I
> > pick them up from front to back? It all looks so hopeless, and I've
> > never
> > dropped this many stitches all at once before! HELP!
>
> > lisa
> > mother of a busy raccoon
>
> I'm sorry Lisa, that is so frustrating. The worst my youngest ever did
> that way was to take the needle our from an Aran I was knitting and I
> admit I did howl because I was such an inexperienced knitter at that time!
>
> The best I can find
> is:http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter02/FEATtheresa.html
> and they do explain how the stitches should look when you have picked them
> up again. I hope it helps.
>
> --
> Blessed are the cracked for they let in the light- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Lisa hang some High coat hangers on the wall , and put your work
there , and/ or close it in a cupboard , any way you should take care
so that he won`t touch it anymore since he might by mistake hurt
himself with a needle ,,,, Ps are all your Suckets safety
covered ???
mirjam

Well, they're covered, but Raccoon Boy knows how to remove the covers. He
seems to have moved on from this stage, though. That was more of an issue
at age 2.

lisa



Posted by myswendy on February 20, 2008, 9:45 pm
Ps are all your Suckets safety
> covered ???
> mirjam- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -



What's a sucket, please?

Wendy
A KFIC

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