[Nfb-krafters-korner] help with beginning Krochet

Sat Jun 5 02:30:20 UTC 2010

oh, i see -- in that case, you need to avoid pulling the current loop (or 
stitch) too tight or you won't be able to fit the hook through it.
Just try loosening the yarn and see if it starts to work naturally.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angela Frederick" <angelahoward at mail.utexas.edu>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with beginning Krochet

Actually, I don't even have a row done yet.  I'm working on the foundation
row.  So, my friend made a stitch for me.  Then she told me to wrap the yarn
around the back side of the hook to make another loop.  That new loop I make
slides under the hook, and I'm supposed to pull the original loop connected
to my row over the hook (and the new loop) to make another stitch.  I can't
seem to pull that original loop over the hook the way she's trying to teach
me to do.  It's pulled so tight that it just slides under the hook like the
other loop.

I hope this explains it better, and I really appreciate any suggestions
anyone could give.  I want to know at least a little bit before my class
tomorrow.

Best wishes,
Angela

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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of qubit
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 6:26 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with beginning Krochet

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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