[NFB-Blind-Crafters] Hints for beginner knitters

[carcione at access.net]

I was doing my homework for the square we'll be knitting, and I thought of 2
hints I'd give beginner knitters.

The first is to figure out a way to keep track of what row you're on.  I use
my abacus, but there are other ways I've occasionally used.

If I'm reading the pattern on a braille display, I know from the display
where I am, because it keeps my place. 

Or, if I have the pattern in a PDF or email, I copy it to Windows Notepad,
so I can edit it.  Then I can put an X where I am, or, if I just move down
for each line, I put an X where I finished.

I know other people have other methods, and I hope they will chime in.

 

The other hint is to use stitch markers.

I put a different stich marker at the beginning of an odd row than at the
beginning of an even row.  That way, I always know what kind of row I'm
working, without having to feel for the bumps. 

If I have a lot of stitches, or more than a couple pattern repeats in a row,
I put a marker every couple repeats, or every 20 stitches.  It saves me
counting lots of stitches, and inevitably losing my place near the end and
having to start over.

Also, if I'm working a pattern and come to a marker when I wasn't expecting
to, I know my mistake is somewhere between where I am and where my last
marker was, so I only have to go back a little bit. 

I also like to have some locking stitch markers on hand.  They look kinda
like safety pins, only roundish.  They're handy if I decide I need a marker
after I've passed the spot where it should go.  I also stick one on a
dropped stitch, so hopefully I can work it back up next time I come around
to it.

 

Lastly, there is a class for beginner knitters on the first Thursday of the
month, and anyone can sign up for it.

Tracy

 

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