Att'n: WENDY /slash/ myswendy : LIFELINE info!!

YarnWright spun a FINE 'yarn':

Crappola! The last link 'broke'... you'll have to cut/copy and paste both rows, all of the link to get to the video, sorry! :D :( Noreen

lifelines:

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I just gotta throw my 2 cents in here. The right material for lifelines in fine (like 4# test) nylon monofilament. It is just stiff enough to hold the stitches when you frog, but it is thin enough that it does not interfere with gauge, and it is slippery enough that it is very easy to pull out.

While I am at it. Stitch markers; for a long time, I used, loops of yarn or cord, but that does not transfer from one needle to the next as fast as a more rigid marker. So for the last few months, I have been stealing split rings from my fishing tackle box. Not quite perfect! Perfect is little slices of clear plastic tubing that I buy in the hardware store, and slice into tiny doughnuts with my pruning shears. They slide form needle to needle easily. They can be easily seen, but they are not so obvious that they distract from the pattern. When I need to mark different kinds of items in the same piece, I tie little tails of waste yarn to them or I color the tubing with a permanent marker before I slice my markers off.

Aar> > *Here's Jackie's

tutorial:*

lifelines:

I'm a little late with this, but if you're knitting on Knitpicks Options or Boye NeedleMaster circulars you can thread the lifeline through the little hole you use to tighten the tips onto the cable and the lifeline will automatically be dragged through the stitches.

Unfortunately, it will also be dragged through the markers, but I just switch to those cut-out markers (the ones that are identical to the rubber bands used on dental braces) and return to my regular markers on the next row. Then I retrieve the others when I pull the lifeline out. Not that I'd have to, though, because my orthodontist gave me a life-time supply some years ago.