[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting tension?- Therese

[Blindhands at aol.com]

I totally agree with Dixie.  I use wooden needles.  I do have a  set of 
Denise interchangeable  needles and they are a plastic type, but I  do love 
them, too.  I do not like the interchangeable   that  screw together as they 
come unscrewed.  The Denise have a locking thing and  do not come apart unless 
you push down and twist.  Neither of these slip as  the metal needles do.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 11/15/2011 7:50:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
blueherons at sbcglobal.net writes:

I can  attest to the fact that blindness doesn't make a tighter knitter.   I
was totally sighted until 7 years ago.  Sighted I would knit and my  tension
would get tighter and tighter as I went.  I am now totally  blind and my
tension is much looser.

For me the big change came with  the needles.  I used to use the metal
needles.  I would hold onto  my knitting for dear life, so afraid it was
going to slip off those  slippery needles.  A woman told me to try wood
needles, and it made a  world of difference in my knitting.  There is just a
little bit of  friction using the wood that makes it so I loosen up on my
grip and can  knit a much nicer fabric.




Dixie
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