[Nfb-krafters-korner] casting

[Eileen Scrivani]

Terry K:

Sorry, just realized that if you are throwing your yarn English style, the 
way your finger is positioned in back of the right needle prior to wrapping 
it, you probably are moving in a clockwise motion to wrap the yarn.  Joyce 
will be the person to answer this one since that's how she knits.  Could it 
be that your finger is moving but you are not getting the yarn to wrap on 
the needle?  Perhaps, inserting the right needle a little further into the 
loop will let your right finger wrap it?  Have you ever tried holding  the 
yarn in your left hand and let the left hand place the yarn over the right 
needle?

Keep me posted and let me know how you make out with it.

Eileen



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From: "Eileen Scrivani" <etscrivani at verizon.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:43 PM
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] casting

> Terry K:
>
> I'm assuming you are talking about casting on since we haven't actually 
> covered the actual knitting of a row.  But no matter if you are casting on 
> stitches or actually knitting, whenever you wrap the yarn over the right 
> needle, it is **ALWAYS** done in a Counter clockwise motion!  Wrap the 
> working yarn over the top of the right needle coming from the left going 
> to the right and then back down in back.  the right needle should be 
> positioned both under & in back of your left needle when you wrap the yarn 
> over it.
>
> If you are not creating a stitch on your right needle after you draw the 
> yarn down through the loop on the left needle, it may be either the way 
> you were originally wrapping the yarn in a clockwise motion rather than 
> the correct counter clockwise motion, or that you are not putting enough 
> tension on the working yarn as you try to draw the new loop onto the right 
> needle. If you don't have enough tension on the working yarn it just may 
> not be able to catch on the right needle.
>
> The way you wrap the yarn over your right needle is important and if you 
> wrap clockwise that is wrong, reverse the direction to counter clockwise.
>
> If you throw the yarn English style that fine, I'm not out to change what 
> you already know.
>
> HTH.
>
> Eileen
>
>
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> From: "Terry Knox" <tknox6 at sc.rr.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 3:52 PM
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] casting
>
>> Hey Joyce or Eileen,
>>
>> Question, I do have previous knitting knowledge, not much but some. 
>> Joyce, I
>> can not break the habit of English knitting. Like a little bit country a
>> little bit rock and roll. I knit like in book Touch of yarn, but I am
>> missing something. I have no problems with slip knot, cause I use them in
>> crochet and all. I place slip in my left hand, pinch with thumb and 
>> pointer,
>> drop right needle and throw yarn over rightneedle and scratch over left, 
>> but
>> I am not coming up with a loop on my right needle to place on left.  Am I
>> not throwing my yarn the correct way? I have rechecked the book and it 
>> says
>> wrap yarn clockwise? around needle, drop yarn into y connection and 
>> scrath
>> thru. Suggestions?
>>
>> I know Eileen you teach continental way, but I can not grap yarn while in 
>> my
>> left hand. I do like the suggestion of, after making split knot, place 
>> tail
>> under your watchbank so you do not pick it up when casting.
>>
>> Terry Knox
>>
>>
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