Need help on many levels of this blankie

#1

Hi all, ok started this blankie with all the “confidence” I have
http://www.flickr.com/photos/71099383@N00/3049931159/ My first set of pat sts looks great, the sec set of pat is totally goofed up…I am working on a circ and I think somehow turned my worked around…cause I K when I should of P (umm I felt it wasn’t right while doing it too[B])…2 questions here: When using a circ with lots of sts.do you switch hands just like straights? How do you know RS from Ws…and I need to Tink back to the last row of the first set of sts (knit row) whats the easiest Lifeline to[/B] [B]do?[/B] :aww: FYI I always work small projects “joined” in the round…I hardly ever use my circs like straights…make sense? Thanks all

#2

Yes, you knit the same as you would on straight needles, turn the needles at the end of a row. You can mark the RS in the middle of a row with a safety pin, paper clip, or another piece of yarn. You don’t need a lifeline to ‘tink’ which is just unknitting a row or two stitch by stitch. There’s a video on the Tips page under Fixing Mistakes.

#3

Yes, I have unknit tons of times…just not over 200 sts and I want to go exactly to the last row of the pat of the first rep because the last row is a k row…which will be easier (for me) to get back on the needles…if you look at the pic, the pat is a series of yo and k4tog tbl and k4tog…this bring the “shell” tog…so I want to get to the very end of the pat rep on the very first set of shells…

#4

I don’t use lifelines, I just rip out to the row above the one I want to put on the needle and insert it into each stitch as I pull out that row. You’d be surprised, but as long as you don’t stretch your work, you don’t drop any stitches that way. But there’s a lifeline video under Fixing mistakes page.

#5

TINKING ACCOMPLISHED:heart: Note to self: YOU HAVE MASTERED KNITTING WHEN YOU UNKNIT!!!

#6

Yep. You show it who’s in charge… :cheering: