Looking for a discontinued yarn

[twinfaye]

Pam, it is really easy or I wouldn't know how to do it. The help button on the upper left will walk you thru it.

[yarnoholic]

Thanks Faye, I'll study up on it.

[GrammaJoe]

I always use a ruler under each line as I go. Or for more complicated graft patterns I used to use a magnetic board thingy that you put behind your page and the "ruler" stuck to your place.

[GrammaJoe]

Sorry, above was for Faye. Should have also said sorry you are having problems finding your winter red. Hope something works out for you.

[yarnoholic]

I looked for one of those magnetic boards. I remember I used to use one when I was cross stitching. Anyway Michaels didn't have one. Hence, I use the Post It notes. I think I like those better - no added weight when I travel with my work.

[MeerKat]

I am kind of late answering this post but I always write each row on paper and I leave a least 3inches between each row I write down, that is the only way I can keep track of what row I am on.

[11sandylynn]

I use a magnetic board that I bought years ago. I know they are still being sold. It comes with different size magnetic strips to put across your pattern. I'd be lost without mine.

[GrammaJoe]

I always use a ruler under each row!
Oops! did not read it to the end!

[Sweet Sue]

Twinfaye, I just read your post, and realize that this is a little late, so I know that this might not help you now, but I have a couple of suggestions for methods that I learned to use when I was knitting an afghan with a very complicated design and had a hard time keeping track of the pattern. First, can you run the pattern thru your printer/copier and enlarge the print size so it is easier to read? Sometimes that is all it will take to make the pattern easier to follow. I don't know how old you are, but lately, my eyes don't seem to track as well as they used to. Secondly, I purchased 3 or 4 colors of fine line highlighters and used them to highlight every other row of the pattern (ie: blue, unmarked row, pink, unmarked row, yellow, unmarked row, green, unmarked row, etc.). Then as I worked, I could keep better track of the line I was working on by following the color of the row. Leaving an uncolored row between each highlighted one also made it a little easier distinguish the rows. I hope that these suggestions are easy to understand, and that they will help you or someone else. I hate to constantly count or keep referring to the pattern, but I hate to frog even worse, so maybe this will at least help make following the pattern a little easier. Good luck and Happy New Year.

[twinfaye]

Thanks for your suggestions Sweet Sue and I am 63 years old and I had a detached retina last year so my vision is poor at best. I like your idea about the highlighters and especially skipping a row in between the highlighted ones. I have finished that project but I will be making more so your suggestions are helpful. I also like the magnetic board and I may try to find one of those depending on how expensive they are.