[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Progress

Tue Aug 10 15:08:02 UTC 2010

Okay, let's see if I can explain this a bit better.  All a butterfly bundle 
consists of is takeing the long tail of a cast on after you have finished 
with your cast ons, is wrapping the yarn around your index and middle finger 
tips in a figure eight pattern and then slipping that off and coiling a few 
turns around the bundle to tie it off.  It just tucks it up neatly out of my 
way until I'm finished the entire piece.  Then if it is something as simple 
as a scarf or throw, I just untie the bundle and weave it in.  However, if 
it is an item that needs to be sewn together, I like to use the long tails 
to sew these pieces together as much as possible.  That way, it still means 
fewer ends of yarn to worry about weaving in.

I hope this makes more since.

Susan R.
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Progress

> 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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