My mother is in her eighties, and was crocheting an afghan of cats. The pattern consisted of about 8 rows, each one different, and then a repeat of these 8 rows. She kept getting lost in the pattern, so I took index cards and printed each row of the pattern on a separate index card. This way she could work from the first card, slip it behind the others, do the second, etc.
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Thats a GREAT IDEA. some patterens are so involved, and most of use don't sit down and start and end the project just like that. So if you leave and come back or answer the phone, have a live out side of crafts, its very easy to get mixed up, for lots of us, and then have to undo several rows is such a waste of time. When ever I travel and take my crochet, I photo copy the pattern, also enlarge the type, so its right there when I need it and don't have to get out my reading glasses to try and read it.
I used to get lost in my crochet patterns too but when they came out with the sticky notes I use them to mark where I am at. You can move them several times before they loose their stick.
what a wonderful idea! and how wonderful that your mother still does needlework and Bless your heart for helping her to be able to do it! I love that idea for myself as well and I'm not in my 80's yet!
Great ideas and I also copy and enlarge the pattern but I use a highlighter when I end a row. This works especially well when traveling.
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