[Nfb-krafters-korner] crochet

[Susan Roe]

Becky,

I also used the safety pin for that last stitch when I was first learning 
years ago.  I still use it if I'm crochetting with fine yarn.

Susan r.
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:53 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] crochet


> Oh smile, the question about uneven rows has me smiling.  I can hear my 
> mom
> being very patient, a rare time indeed, saying, Ok Becky you started with
> eleven chains and now you have ten single crochets. You chained one and
> turned.  Now feel how each of the tops of the single crochet have two
> threads as tops. Now put your needle just below the tops and yarn over. 
> Now
> at the end of this row count and see if you have indeed ten single 
> crochets
> made.My mom had fits with me as I would skip stitches or crochet twice in
> the same hole. Oh trust me I was a slow learner.  So yes for the next
> several rows count your stitches absolutely count.  I taught one lady who
> got eighteen stitches. She started going down the side and around.  There 
> is
> nothing wrong with in her case putting a bobby pin at the end of the row.
> That bobby pin had her doing better then I did when I first learned,
> smile.She knew that was the last stich in that row. She phased the bobby 
> pin
> out as she gained experience.
>
> Warm hugs,
>
> Forgive me if I confused anyone or said something the teacher does not
> recommend.
>
> Becky and Jake
>
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