[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting

[Terrence van Ettinger]

Terry, you're not alone.  I think I got the cast-on, but it doesn't seem to be any of the ways described; I can't see how, for example, you get the needle coming in from the left when you're holding the needle with the already-cast stitches in your left hand.  I have, though, been able to do it bringing the second needle in from right to left, coming in from the front and out to the back.  When I do my knit stitches, they either don't seem firm enough at first, and/or later on seem so tight that it's hard to poke the needle through the original cast-on stitches after a while.  I'm going to take another shot at it tonight, and may well go get myself some size 10s.
Oddly, speaking of sizes, mine seem to have the number 11 printed on the stopper end, though I'd asked for size 8; is that 11 supposed to be the size, and the customer service person wasn't looking, or does the 11 mean something else?

Thanks,
Terrence

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On Aug 3, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:

> Terry, 
> 
> You need to learn just 2 other things.  You need to learn how to bind  off. 
> That is putting an finished edge on  the lastrow.  If you  learn just the 
> Bo[bind off] you can make scarves,hats, dish  cloths ,  afghans and there 
> are probably more projects you can make.  This will keep  you going for an 
> awful long time.  The last stitch and you don't have to  learn this one if you 
> don't want to. is the Purl stitch.  Every knit design  is made from a 
> combination of the knit and purl stitches.  You can keep  yourself busy until the 
> sun doesn't shine just with the knit stitch.  So  you are more than half way 
> there.  This week you will learn the bind  off.
> 
> Joyce  Kane
> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
> Blindhands at AOL.com 
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