A lifeline can be a life saver and it just might be the technique I need to use to help the False Creek Cowl and I make amends. According to Heart Strings Fiber Arts : A lifeline in knitting is a temporary thread inserted through a row of stitches. The knitting lifeline serves as a checkpoint if we have a calamity and need to rip out and re-do several rows. See the white lifeline. This is a relatively complicated lace and a very appropriate use for the lifeline This technique is most often used when knitting lace to help the knitter avoid having to frog an entire project because it is so difficult to pick up yarn over and knit-2-together stitches. (Like I said the lace in False Creek Cowl is simple, but perhaps not simple enough for me. Just using a lifeline could have saved me all that wasted effort.) A lifeline is pretty easy to use. See this video for the specifics of the technique. The key ideas to...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.