tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791518.post115520139643498766..comments2023-09-19T09:05:36.594-07:00Comments on Blackstage Stitches: Yay-UghKThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03870494477834182986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14791518.post-1155429621997562552006-08-12T17:40:00.000-07:002006-08-12T17:40:00.000-07:00Well, it's totally too late to be of any help now,...Well, it's totally too late to be of any help now, but two things.<BR/><BR/>1. Crocheted borders aren't even really crochet. They're very easy, and without knowing anything at all about crochet you could probably fake it and come darn close to the real thing.<BR/><BR/>2. My own little trick for picking up nine hundred fifty seven bazillion stitches = fold your project in half again and again until you're looking at a section of fabric that's not intimidating (you may need to half, quarter, eigth or sixteenth it, depending on the size of your intimidation). Place a safety pin at each fold. Now, lets say you've divided it into 16ths, you'll pick up one-sixteenth of the stitches in between each safety pin. <BR/><BR/>So, for easy math, lets say I need to pick up 200 stitches. I'm going to fold my garment in half, then half again, then half it one more time - into eigths. I'll put a safety pin at each fold and I need to pick up 1/8 the stitches between the pins. That means I only have to get 25 stitches pretty even, not 200.<BR/><BR/>Make sense?<BR/><BR/>The trick is to just get it into small enough increments that it's not scary anymore.<BR/><BR/>:D <BR/><BR/>Hope your weekend was fun! Don't be upset if Teddie is mad at you when you get back. Remember that you (in his eyes) abandoned him, and give him a little extra loving to make it up to him!Amiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06902177995467607477noreply@blogger.com