[Nfb-krafters-korner] help with beginning Krochet

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are you talking about crocheting or knitting? I assume crocheting -- so I do 
have a little maneuver that helps me get the yarn pulled through without the 
hook getting caught.
First of all, is that the correct interpretation of your problem?  I assume 
you just put the hook through the stitch on the previous row and then 
grabbed the yarnwith the hook, and now you want to pull that yarn back 
through the old stitch -- right?
If so, then try rotating the hook a little so the hook is curving down and 
the yarn is wrapped around it.  Then pull the hook back out the front, 
keeping the hook part down so it doesn't catch the stitch you are going 
through.

I don't know if I'm making sense or not, but I remember having my hook get 
caught when I first learned to crochet and  this twisting the hook down is 
the only thing that solved it for me.

You know it's hard to explain something you do naturally -- I don't even 
think any more about catching the stitch when I'm crocheting as i have that 
way of avoiding it.  Another thing that makes it hard for me to describe 
crocheting to someone else is that I crochet either righthanded or 
lefthanded, but prefer lefthanded crocheting -- and that pretty much flips 
everything around in a mirror image.
I have brittle bones and have broken my right arm so many times that I have 
taught myself to do many things lefthanded.  My right hand is not as strong 
as my left, for one thing.

Anyway, gotta go -- happy krafting.
--le


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angela Frederick" <angelahoward at mail.utexas.edu>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 7:55 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with beginning Krochet


Hi, everyone,



My name is Angela Frederick; I have been a member of the NFB for years, but
just heard about your division today.  I am hoping that someone on the list
might be able to help me.  I have always wanted to learn how to crochet and
knit and finally signed up for a crochet class, which starts tomorrow.



My friend tried to show me a beginning stitch just to get a head start.  I'm
having trouble, though, getting the hook under the loop to make my stitch.
It just slides right into the hook with the front yarn.  I am wondering if
there is a trick for this.



I would appreciate any advice you have to offer.



Thanks so much.



Angela



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