[Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?

Wed Jan 11 14:48:37 UTC 2012

Thanks, Terry,
I took the class when it was offered, by Eileen, I thiknk. I am no good at 
it though. It just makes things worse for me with that cable dangling down 
the edged, and even when I try to get that cable through the stitches, I 
miss some.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]" <Terry.Powers at nih.gov>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?

> Linda;
> Get your friend to teach you about using a life line so you can take out 
> errors and not lose your work.  We had some discussion about it, maybe a 
> year or so, ago.  You put a thin cable through your stitches and every 5 
> or 10 stitches, you move the cable up your work, to hold your stitches, 
> while you work, some more.  If you have to take out stitches, the cable 
> will prevent your stitches from running past that point in your work.
> I understand the consept, but am not any good at the method.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 10:28 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>
> Though I have been a knitter for about 60 years, doing it non-visuaolly is 
> an enormous challenge for me. I have a very hard time even when doing 
> double yarn overs. Right now, I am working on a shawl that has them every 
> 6th row - and I have quite a few that I have lost and did not know it till 
> it was too late to work them in - so, on this shawl, when I am finished, I 
> will put some nice crystal beads here and there, beginning with all the 
> places where I have lost stitches. I have tied them with a strand of yarn, 
> and so I know where they are - when the shawl is done with the knitting 
> part, I will put some crystals and pearsl here and there all over the 
> shawl. I hope this will be a nice detail - but it has certainly grown out 
> of my inability to FIX mistakes. Most mistakes, I cannot fix myself - even 
> afer four years of working my butt offf to re-learn how to knit again. 
> Fortunately, I have a very good friend who responds to me calls for 
> "Knitting Emergency" help. I do not, and never will have that sense of 
> touch that a long time blind person has had since childhood. My brain is 
> still VISUAL, and I imagine it will always be that way. I am still a 
> visual learner regardless of the fact I cannot see what I am knitting.
>
> I understand all things visually, not through touch. Trying to FIX my 
> knitting boo boos through touch is not working very well at all. I can do 
> it somewhat, but not well.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lovette Yewchan" <lyewchan at telus.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 10:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
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>
>>I suppose tube socks would work but wondered about the heel ones.  He
>>instep picking up etc. sounds too complicate for me at this point.
>> Lovette
>>
>> On 2012-01-09, at 5:11 PM, River Woman wrote:
>>
>>> Lovette, I have the same dilemma. I  used to make socks whe I could see
>>> but now I cannot do it. I would really love to make them again, but I
>>> just end up with a mess now - I would love some ideas on how to do them
>>> in a way that I could manage. Lynda
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lovette Yewchan" 
>>> <lyewchan at telus.net>
>>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 6:26 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>>>
>>>
>>>> It is wool ease size 2.75 MM needles recommended.
>>>>
>>>> On 2012-01-09, at 10:02 AM, Blindhands at aol.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> What type of yarn do you have for these socks?  Without weight of yarn
>>>>> no
>>>>> idea what to advise for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joyce  Kane
>>>>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>>>>> Blindhands at AOL.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In a message dated 1/9/2012 12:41:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>>>> lyewchan at telus.net writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi  there. I have soome sockease wool and want to make socks but the
>>>>> pattern on  the paper is too hard for me. DOes someone know of a
>>>>> beginner sock
>>>>> pattern  that would not be too hard?  Thanks.
>>>>> Lovette
>>>>>
>>>>>
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