15th Jun 2008

yarn over party

My beaded lace project is going well, however if I mess up it’s a big pain to go back and fix mistakes. Counting stitches has helped me stay on track but every once and a while I miss something here or drop a stitch there. With this and past lace projects I’ve always had a hard time remembering which way YOs (yarn overs) are supposed to slant when tink-ing (un-knitting stitch by stitch… it’s the word “knit” backwards… knitters are such a clever breed haha).

After taking the time to figure out a mnemonic device, I realized that it looks just a like a back slash on a keyboard. If that isn’t nerdy enough, I came up with this rhyme-ish thing:

“Up and to the left, is cor-rect.”

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Think I can’t up the nerd ante anymore in this post? You are wrong, sir. Here is the rhythmic counting for the rhyme: 1e+a 2 3+ 4. I win. =P

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One Response to “yarn over party”

  1. June 16th, 2008 at 9:25 am Donna Says:

    I was checking to see the progress on your beaded lace scarf from Raverly, and had to leave you a comment. Knitting + Rythmic Counting = Brilliant! Maybe my music degree will come in handy after these few years of nothing after all. Lol. I’ve had your yarn over rhyme in my head for a day now. Now I must go rip a purse out for the 10th time.

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