Ubernewbie question

rachel224 · 02-28-2007, 10:06 PM

Hi Ladies,
How do you count rows? I'm knitting a scarf and just want to get the hang of counting rows. A nice lady at LYN said, you count in 2 (since all I'm doing is knitting...) but what if I wanted to count each row.

Hope my questions make sense....
Thanks!

ekgheiy · 03-01-2007, 03:23 AM

It depends on the pattern, but ...

For garter - check out this thread.
And for stockinette, each "V" side by side indicates one row, so you count the "V's" upward (or downward, depending on how you look at it

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rachel224 · 03-01-2007, 03:43 AM

thanks. i think this helps...

suzeeq · 03-01-2007, 04:03 AM

On stockinette it's easy to count the bumps on the purl side. And I count them by twos as well....

sue

ekgheiy · 03-01-2007, 04:06 AM

Originally Posted by suzeeq

On stockinette it's easy to count the bumps on the purl side.

Dang it ... why didn't I think of that? All this time getting all crosseyed by the V's ...

Miss Moosey · 03-01-2007, 04:11 AM

Once you get into more complex stuff you can keep a little cheat sheet nearby where you record how many rows you have done with checks or tick marks. Or you can get a fun little gadget called a row counter which you slip onto your knitting needles and you turn the wheels so it will tell you what row it's on.

Rebecca

roseybee · 03-01-2007, 03:43 PM

I'm making a hat on circular needles and didn't want to count rows either (I'm a new knitter, too). I'm using my daughters' small hair rubber bands. Each time I finish a row I slip another one on. I have thicker ones that count as five (so when there's five thin ones on I take them off and replace them with a thick one) I was using a piece of paper to mark off rows, but kept forgetting (and misplacing the paper) Now I just count the rubber bands to know where I am.