A stitch holder was designed to cater to one and only purpose in a knitter’s life, and that is to hold open stitches when not on needles. They come in various sizes, which correspond to the number of stitches – more the number of stitches, bigger the holder you use. I have slowly begun to feel that knitting and crochet to some extent has so many such tiny and large tools and equipment, that do such specific work. They may not be useful for any other purpose other than what they were designed for. Do I really need some of these tools, if not all? Not really. I could, and have, easily used a beading wire, embroidery floss, skewers, spare […]
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KNITTED LIFELINES
A lifeline is a line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling to, instead of facing imminent death. In knitting, a lifeline is a piece of yarn or thread that runs through each and every stitch of one row. It’s a proper case of prevention being better than unravelling the entire project, in case of a massive goof-up. Because stitches are live while working on a knitted piece, especially lace or brioche, there is ALWAYS a possibility of stitches getting dropped or me misreading the pattern or due to genuine confusion. The worst errors have occurred when I have been trying to fix previous errors, and then I fall into a spiral of doom and despair, and have […]
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STITCH MARKERS
Stitch markers are tiny yet efficient accessories in a knitting bag. They maybe made of metal or plastic and look like teeny-meeny CUTE safety pins.They are incredibly useful and I found them very handy, especially when I was a beginner. By slipping onto a knitting needle to mark a particular position in a row, it kept my work steady and clean. Today it is the key to keeping my sanity, as I mark each fifth or tenth row done with a stitch marker… Instead of counting the same rows twenty million times.”Many small objects, in many small places, do many small things, that can alter the face of the world.”
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