>>I too learnt to the chant of ' 2 over 3 and 2 & 4 back, 2 over 3' and still teach it that way.
>Never thought of it that way -- never heard it said just that way. When manning the 'try it' pillow and talking >someone through the stitches, I found myself saying, "middle (two threads) cross to the right, then both >pairs to the left", then, "middle right, both left". It shortens down to, "middle, both, middle". If they persisted past >a dozen stitches, then I would start inserting the correct terms of cross and twist. I wasn't taught to say anything, but I usually just count - "1 2 3" (movements) if I'm doing cloth stitch, "1 2 3 4" for cloth stitch and twist, and "1 2" for half stitch. The reason is that I would keep forgetting how many movements I'd done, and end up doing a cloth stitch and twist when I was supposed to be doing a cloth stitch. (I think my short term memory is going!) Maybe I should start breaking the different stitches down into C and T as I do more complex patterns from diagrams, rather than thinking of them as stitches. Regards, Annette in London - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
