[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting

[Eileen Scrivani]

Hi Terrence:

Okay, yes, it can be an awkward maneuver, but I assure you it is done by 
putting the right needle into the loop from the left to the right and from 
the front to the back.

The way you describe what you are doing is a different type of knit stitch 
called knitting through the back loop.  While it is a "knit" stitch, it 
twists the stitch and will give a different look to your work.  Many 
knitters go through life knitting this way and think they know the "knit" 
stitch, but they are not 1 in the same.  Again, what you are doing is called 
knitting through the back loop and it is a totally different stitch from the 
true knit stitch.

If it helps, when you insert the right needle into the loop on the left, 
your right needle tip pretty much points in the same direction as the left 
needle point -- that is to say, both needle points point to the right.  That 
is how you insert that right needle point into the loop from left out to 
right and from the front to the back.

Let me know if you need any one on one before Friday night.

Eileen


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From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 4:18 PM
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting

> 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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