[Nfb-krafters-korner] touch of yarn book

Sun May 1 17:57:03 UTC 2011

I am hoping that instructions written by a blind person might help me solve 
some of the stupid mistakes I am making over and over again. Hope it helps 
me with the nuances I am missing - it is the little things that I am missing 
that are really messing me up. It would probably be so much easier for me if 
I had not knitted for over 50 years before going blind. If I had learned it 
while blind, I would not be making all the stupid flub ups I am making.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Anderson" <silkylin at juno.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] touch of yarn book

>I just received my copy of the Braille edition of the book. It is very 
>nicely done. I am very anxious to get started. Linda Anderson
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 12:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with understanding knitting term?
>
>
>> What a good idea. I have had problems with using markers.  the ones 
>> shaped like a pin pop open and get lost all the time, once they are off 
>> my needles I cannot find them usually. Frustrating. And, the solid circle 
>> ones are better, but still have problems with them popping off and I 
>> don't knot it. I will try the rubber bands - this sounds like it will 
>> work. I am, right now, having a ton of problems just trying to knit the 
>> Reader's Wrap...since it is a long stretch of stockinette stitches, in 
>> between an 8 row border on each side....have torn it down till I am so 
>> sick of it - getting nowhere fast and very very frustrated. I need the 
>> markers at each end of the stockinette stitches (61 of them) and I think 
>> I need to put them into the 61 stitches, too, since I end up with one or 
>> two extra stitches a LOT and then I am back to tearing down again. 
>> argggggghhhhh
>> Lynda River Woman
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2011 1:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with understanding knitting term?
>>
>>
>>> Another tip regarding what Annette has stated.  I love to use rubber
>>> bands.  I have purchased a very large bag of rubber bands thru the 
>>> office supply
>>> store[Staples] and they are maybe thinner then 1/4 inch and about 2 
>>> inches
>>> in length in the folded position.  I take one end and knot it which 
>>> leaves
>>> a circle out of the remaining part.  It is easy enough to  feel.  I can
>>> slip it on my finger when I need to move it or remove it [as  Annette 
>>> has
>>> suggested]and due to the rubber they do not slip off your needles as 
>>> readily as
>>> some of the stitch markers I have used.
>>>
>>> I don't use the wide rubber bands as these that I use are about the
>>> thickness of worstered weight yarn or maybe a little thinner.
>>>
>>> Since they are not that expensive there is no concern if you lose  them.
>>>
>>> Joyce  Kane
>>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>>> Blindhands at AOL.com
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 4/30/2011 6:46:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> amcarr1 at verizon.net writes:
>>>
>>> Hi  Lovette,
>>>
>>> I would like to add a tip to Ninn's description of a WT.   Because I 
>>> cannot
>>> always feel how my yarn is laying I have trouble finding  where my 
>>> wrapped
>>> stitches (also called inactive stitches) begin and end  verses my 
>>> working
>>> stitches (also called active stitches) that I am  currently working 
>>> with, so
>>> here is what I do.
>>>
>>> After  completing my wrapped stitch and before I start working back in 
>>> the
>>> other  direction, I place a stitch marker on the needle where the 
>>> wrapped
>>> stitch  is sitting.  When I come back to that marker and I am ready to 
>>> make
>>> a
>>> new wrapped stitch, I remove the marker, make my wrapped stitch, place 
>>> the
>>> marker back on the needle where the wrapped stitch is and continue 
>>> working.
>>>
>>>
>>> When it comes time to incorporate the wrapped stitches  back into my 
>>> active
>>> stitches, here is how I manage the marker.  Once I  get to the marker I
>>> remove it, work the wrapped stitches or stitches as  directed in the
>>> pattern,
>>> place the marker back on the needle with the  wrapped stitches, turn my 
>>> work
>>> and continue working the active  stitches.
>>>
>>> The markers I use for this task are very big which allows me  to place 
>>> it on
>>> my left pinky to hold it while I am making the wrapped  stitch.
>>>
>>> I hope you find this tip  helpful.
>>>
>>> Annette
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of linda
>>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 12:24 AM
>>> To: 'List for  blind crafters and artists'
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with  understanding knitting 
>>> term?
>>>
>>> Hi Lovette,
>>>
>>> I will try to describe  the w&t for you.  The wrap occurs when you move 
>>> the
>>> working yarn  forward and back, i.e., from a knit position, you move 
>>> your
>>> working yarn  between your needles to a purl position.  Then you slip 
>>> the
>>> next  stitch from the left needle to the right needle.  While the 
>>> slipped
>>> stitch is on the right needle, you move your working yarn between  your
>>> needles to the back or to a knit position.  This action has now  caused 
>>> the
>>> working yarn to wrap around the base of the slipped stitch,  imagine a
>>> collar, if you will.  Now you move the slipped stitch back  to the left
>>> needle  and then, without finishing the row, you turn your  work as you
>>> would
>>> turn your work at the end of a row.  Then continue  knitting according 
>>> to
>>> the
>>> pattern.  This creates an incomplete row or  short row.  Eventually, 
>>> your
>>> pattern will have you knit a complete row  that will incorporate the 
>>> short
>>> row stitches and then continue on to the  stitches that were not knit 
>>> when
>>> you knit your short row.  The effect  is like a dart in a blouse.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps.  If I can help  further, please let me  know.
>>> Blessings,
>>> Ninn
>>> the_ninn at tx.rr.com
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original  Message-----
>>> From:  nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]  On Behalf Of Lovette
>>> Yewchan
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:40 PM
>>> To:  blindstitchers at googlegroups.com; nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] help with understanding knitting term?
>>>
>>> Can  someone describe this more for me?
>>> I am involved in a monthly dishcloth  list and this month they are
>>> doing  a cloth with the wrap and turn.  This is how it is described.
>>>
>>>
>>> Wrap and turn (WT)-
>>> move working  yarn to front or back of piece (depends on if you were
>>> purling or  knitting... you'll know) slip one stitch onto the right
>>> needle, bring your  yarn back to the side it was previously on, slip
>>> the stitch back onto the  left needle and turn your work and continue
>>> on as pattern directs.
>>> I'm  just not quite understanding the wrap part so if someone could
>>> really  describe it I would really appreciate with examples  maybe?
>>> Thanks.
>>> Lovette
>>>
>>>
>>>
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