[Nfb-krafters-korner] circular needles
Blindhands at aol.com
Blindhands at aol.com
Thu Sep 2 20:56:00 UTC 2010
Cindy,
You can use circular needles to knit a flat surface working back and forth
or you can use them to knit in a circle [no seams needed]. Terry gave you
the directions on things to be sure to do when knitting in a circle for
hats, mittens, body of sweaters and sleeves[no seams to sew ]. You can use
them to knit like your straight needles especially useful when knitting
something that has a lot of stitches on it. I am 3/4 done with a blanket I am
knitting for my queen size bed. I am using 50 inche circular knitting
needles. I started off with 3 stitches and every row I added on one stitch.
Well at my max I had on my needles a little more than 550 stitches and now I
am on the decreasing stage of it. Using circular needles you can
distribute the weight of such a project and also you have a choice of lengths in
circular needles. I stitch from one side to the other and then work back the
other way. So think about regular needles, you work the stitches off one
needle to the other needle. When you are working with circular needles the
stitches are staying on the cable that attaches both needles.
You need to take my circuloar needle hat class. I will work that class
into the schedule as it is a good class for the winter.
Joyce Kane
www.KraftersKorner.org (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
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