[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Progress

Terrence van Ettinger terrencevane at gmail.com
Mon Aug 9 18:51:31 UTC 2010


Butterfly bundle?  I'm not familiar with that idea.

Terrence

On 8/9/10, Susan Roe <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net> wrote:
> I like long tails, so I always butterfly bundle them and that keeps them out
> of my way.
>
> Susan R.
> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Progress
>
>
>> Terrence:
>>
>> If the tail is getting in your way, you can put some tension on it to try
>> and hold it out of the way until you are past the area where it might be
>> catching up.  Again, I hold my working yarn in the left hand, so if the
>> tail is getting in my way, I will often place it between my pinky & ring
>> fingers of the right hand so I know exactly where it is.
>>
>> Eileen
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 1:11 AM
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Progress
>>
>>> That's basically what I'm doing on this one.  Also, do you pull the tail
>>> taut when it appears toured the pointed end of the needle after knitting
>>> the first row?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Terrence
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Aug 8, 2010, at 6:46 AM, "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Terrence:
>>>>
>>>> Glad you're making progress.  Keep practicing and don't just stop after
>>>> 1 row and pull it all out.  Try to keep it going and knit 10 or more
>>>> rows. Also, remember to try casting on more like 20 stitches rather than
>>>>
>>>> only 10 and see if that too helps to even out your stitching.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck.
>>>>
>>>> Eileen
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>> From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 5:02 AM
>>>> To: "Krafters listserv" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Progress
>>>>
>>>>> Wow!!  What a difference the right weight yarn makes!!  I actually am
>>>>> getting something that looks like it's knitted, not all wacko!  '-)  It
>>>>>
>>>>> does seem just a little loose though; I think I'm going to see if I can
>>>>>
>>>>> tighten it up a bit.  But at least I'm getting *rows* now, not
>>>>> weird-looking ... er ... stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> Terrence
>>>>>
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