[Nfb-krafters-korner] New Report on Looming & many thanks...

[Zimmer, Cindy]

Yea Joyce, Congrats on working hard and figuring it out!

Cindy Z.

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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] New Report on Looming & many thanks...

NEWS Report:
 
I spendt yesterday working with the loom and your suggestions on making  
this work come out to my satisfaction.  
 
Let me say this, yesterday morning I sat down and asked myself "why" am I  
trying so hard with this stupid loom,?  Well it comes down to my  
Granddaughter 
Bryana.  She picked it up and did it.  She comes  over a few days a week 
and have been sitting at the kitchen table[even when  Great Grandma sits on 
the girls] and works a few rows and we girl chat a  little.  
 
With the thought of toss the loom and pick up the round knitting  needles...
 
I frogged out what I had done and started over.  I still used 2  strands of 
worstered weight.  I concentrated on e wrapping looser  and  varying where 
I stopped and started when taking off my stitches.  I did  notice an 
improvement somewhat.  I still seemed to have a gappy loose [1  stitch] that moved 
around [must be that first beginning stitch]. At least it was  not making a 
ladder up the mitten.
 
Yesterday afternoon I frogged it out and decided a new road to try...   I 
went and got out a ball of Thick and Quick yarn[I was saving it for the  
Princess/Bryana].  With all your advise and thoughts I concentrated and  began 
over.
 
NEWS FLASH!!!
 
I am thrilled.  I did 12 rows and did the staggering and loose wrap  and I 
am sooo happy.  I have nice even stitches.  No gappy  anythings.    Bryana's 
is better then mine[and I am very happy  about that] at least I don't have 
these loose areas.  I can't wait to show  it to her this afternoon when she 
stopps over.  I have praised her on how  well she did and I have asked her 
to show me how she is doing it[not easy since  I have no sight and feeling 
her hands is well...
 
So I am going to work on doing the cuff this afternoon.  I know that  was a 
bit tough in being sure how many strands from the first row to put up and  
then knit all but the one e wrap on top off. [Hopefully it will be easier  
with the Thick and Quick 1 strand that I am using now].  
 
Many thanks for each one of your time and patients in explaining how to try 
 to make this right.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com 
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