[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Progress...finally!

[maria aka bubby]

Hi.

ok I am in the process of joining ravelry.
I'll let you know how it goes.



God bless, Maria and karly from australia.
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On 9/1/2010 9:33 AM, slery wrote:
> Maria,
>
> Have you tried Ravelry.com?
>
> They have a chart when you list your needles that have both sizes. Also,
> some of the online shopping places will list both for their needles.
>
> Just trying to give you some ideas of places that you can always have access
> to.
>
> Cindy
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> maria aka bubby
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 7:07 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting Progress...finally!
>>
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> in australia our standard needles are 4 mm? so when you guys speak of
>> size eights and size 11's how do they equate to our sizes does anyone
>> know?  thanks
>>
>>
>> God bless, Maria and karly from australia.
>> twitter: bubbygirl
>> skype: bubbygirl1972
>> msn bubbygirl1972 at gmail.com
>> same for email.
>> proud member of tafn
>> listening to www.powerradio104.com
>>
>>
>> On 8/26/2010 3:51 AM, Terrence van Ettinger wrote:
>>> So after questioning myself all through class and *FINALLY*
>> realizing
>>> at the very end that I had the wrong size needle, I went out and
>>> bought myself some SIZE 8's, not 8 MILIMETERs!  I actually
>> went to a
>>> yarn store this time, and got to look at what they called a size 11
>>> (the number on the end of my original pair).  Sure enough, the 11s
>>> turned out to be 8mm.  I took my wooden size 8s home and started
>>> practicing with them.  Well, come to find out they had a
>> defect, and
>>> had to be replaced.  I went back to Far North Yarn, and asked for
>>> another pair; they took one look at my defective pair and replaced
>>> them at no cost to me.  I went home and started some real simple
>>> knitting...and it actually looks knitted!  I'm going to
>> re-tackle that
>>> pattern tonight.  I'll let you all know how it goes.
>>>
>>
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