{"id":6213,"date":"2012-06-09T08:01:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T06:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unikatissima-e.riamore.eu\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2012-06-04T12:27:15","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T10:27:15","slug":"crocheted-row-counter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/?p=6213","title":{"rendered":"Crocheted Row Counter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"..\/uploads\/unikatissima Crocheted Row Counter.jpg\" alt=\"unikatissima Crocheted Row Counter\" width=\"108\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignleft size-medium\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"links\"><a href=\"#li120609\"><strong>Links of entry<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Recently on a weekend I wanted to knit 78 rows. I always loose count, because I simply don&#8217;t like to keep a tally where I must lay the needles out of my hands.<br \/>\nAnd I didn&#8217;t have the right beads for a <a href=\"?p=2219\">row counter bracelet<\/a> or the wire for a <a href=\"?p=5645\">knitting row counter<\/a>, so I crocheted quickly something from stash yarn ;-)<\/p>\n<p>My crocheted row counter consists of 2x nine connected loops (you can take ten loops too, what you prefer).<br \/>\nFor the first loop I crocheted 9 chains, then always 5 chains and a <a href=\"http:\/\/crochet.about.com\/library\/bltrtreble.htm\" target=\"_blank\">treble treble<\/a> in the first of the 5 chains.<\/p>\n<p>Then I colour marked the first and the fifth loop (embroidered with different coloured yarn).<\/p>\n<p>Technically you should use the row counter after the edge stitch, but I&#8217;ve used yarn that is slightly too thick and used my row counter before the row.<br \/>\nThe disadvantage is then, that the row counter always glides over the whole needle, but I&#8217;ve been satisfied anyhow with my first shot from the hip ;-)<\/p>\n<p>Technically too I should steam my row counter because it curls, but I could use it anyhow.<\/p>\n<p>Well, and now the use: For me the yellow row counter counts the one place digits, the green one the tens place digits.<br \/>\nI pick up the next loop on my needle every other row when I come along, I&#8217;m counting thus double rows.<br \/>\nI don&#8217;t plan to knit more than 198 rows in an item, so two row counters are well enough for me ;-)<\/p>\n<p>After having done the ninth loop of the yellow row counter I&#8217;m taking the first loop of the green row counter on my needle = row 10.<br \/>\nFrom row 11 on I use the first loop of the yellow (= 1) and the first loop of the green row counter (= 10) on my needle = row 11. etc. etc.<\/p>\n<p>It worked well for me in any case and I&#8217;m nearly looking forward to knitting my next item where I have to knit a lot of rows ;-)<\/p>\n<div class=\"clearboth\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><a name=\"li120609\"><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/crochet.about.com\/library\/bltrtreble.htm\" target=\"_blank\">How To Crochet A Treble Treble Stitch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here at unikatissima:<br \/>\n<a href=\"?p=2219\">Row Counter Bracelet<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"?p=5645\">Knitting Row Counter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links of entry Recently on a weekend I wanted to knit 78 rows. I always loose count, because I simply don&#8217;t like to keep a tally where I must lay the needles out of my hands. And I didn&#8217;t have the right beads for a row counter bracelet or the wire for a knitting row &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/?p=6213\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Crocheted Row Counter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,42,73,82],"tags":[455,468,483,487],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6213"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6219,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6213\/revisions\/6219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unikatissima.riamore.eu\/e\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}