Have you ever had the yarn break on you when
you’re knitting across the row? Sometimes there is a weak spot and it will
break and of course, you don’t see it happening or notice until it’s too late.
Usually everything ends up on the floor or at least half of it. I have my
machine positioned so the back of the table is just out a little from the wall
about a foot – easy enough to reach in behind to change yarn or whatever needs to
be done back there but close enough so if the yarn breaks, the auto-tension
snaps back and hits the wall with a big ‘thwack!’ and it alerts me to quit
immediately – the important thing is to stop before you get to the end of the
row because more than half of the work will be dropped but if you were able to
stop in time and the last side is saved from dropping, it will be much easier
to salvage and rehang the work - if it’s single bed work! Double bed, give up
and go drink!
The afghan is done! I did take the pieces over to Derek's just so I could be sure the colours were right - not that I was going to do anything about it if they weren't! It looks great, feels great, he likes it!
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