[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting life line
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I think you could call this proprioception. JoAn
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From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting life line
> Me, too. I guess it is muscle memory at work - I do find that I often knit
> with my eyes closed, too. I hold my needles very high to my chest, and I
> knit with the needles pointing away from my chest and tilted up a bit
> towards my face. My body remember how to do this and my brain just doesn't
> remember that I cannot see. I have battles with my brain, a lot. lol
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 7:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting life line
>
>
>> Yep, I get a neck ache sometimes and then think why do I hold it up
>> closer
>> and bend down to see it. I do it when I am concentrating more, too.
>> Habits, they don't go away.
>>
>> Joyce Kane
>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>> Blindhands at AOL.com
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 1/13/2012 7:26:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> amcarr1 at verizon.net writes:
>>
>> Cathy,
>>
>> When you are ready to pick up knitting needles again, we will be here.
>>
>> I too enjoyed the discussion. I found it interesting about where people
>> held their hands while knitting. I find that when I am really
>> concentrating
>> hard on working a difficult pattern, or fixing a mistake I hold my hands
>> up
>> near my chest. When I am more relaxed, I hold them lower. I find that
>> I
>> keep my head tilted down toward my work even though I can't see what I
>> am
>> doing, and sometimes my eyes are closed. I think the closed eyes part
>> is
>> because I am visualizing in my head what I am doing.
>>
>> Annette
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cathy
>> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 3:55 PM
>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting life line
>>
>> I want to thank everyone who chipped in to discuss this topic. Not just
>> about the life line and various choices for what to use, but the use of
>> needle protectors, stitch markers, and other tips. I believe now I will
>> certainly try to knit with needles once again, one of these days. But at
>> the
>> moment I have so many things going, I am not certain I can handle
>> another
>> craft. However, I am certainly tempted to buy some needles and try again
>> soon.
>>
>> Cathy
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Blindhands at aol.com
>> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:43 PM
>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting life line
>>
>> We had gotten these long circular knitting needles size 00 and a nice
>> long
>> size. Some of us got it from New Hampshirre mail order. I will have
>> to
>> dig around and come up with info. The fact is that you want a tthin
>> knitting needle so it does not add any thing to your knitting thickness
>> of
>> stitches. As we Knitted the row or round with the regular knitting
>> needles
>> you worked the life line into the row. You then just left it there and
>> continued to knit rounds or rows. Now if you were working a number of
>> pattern rows it was suggested that you determine a number of rows and
>> then
>> move your life line up. You do not want to do this every row[too time
>> consuming], but think of it as if a mistake is made you will easily rip
>> out
>> down to your life line and then reknit from that point. You want this
>> life
>> line needle to be longer then the piece of work you are working with so
>> if
>> you normally work on say something that measures 44 inche bust, you
>> need a
>> needle example
>> 50 or 60 inche long. Don't hold me as I do not know common lengths of
>> needles.
>>
>> You can use yarn, string or whatever, but the small 00 circular knitting
>> needle is easy to feel, has points on the needle part, comes in long
>> enough
>>
>> lengths and you can use point protectors or rubber[elastic bands to put
>> on
>> the ends so stitches will stay on.
>>
>> Joyce Kane
>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>> Blindhands at AOL.com
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 1/12/2012 12:26:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> flowersandherbs at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Wow this knitting lifeline is a really interesting concept to me! I
>> have
>> never heard of it and gave up knitting with needles solely because I
>> could
>> never pick up my dropped stitches! Now years later I learn that this
>> life
>> line is a preventative to dropping stitches. So Annette, you knit a
>> row,
>> then thread yarn or a knitting needle in to that row before continuing?
>> Am
>> I understanding the concept correctly? Terry you said something about
>> a
>> cable, what do you mean?
>>
>> Cathy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Annette
>> Carr
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:39 PM
>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>>
>> I insert my life line into the stitches after I get the row knitted. I
>> either use a 00 circular needle or a piece of scrap yarn on a needle.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Annette
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Melisa
>> Loutfi
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:23 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] easy sock pattern?
>>
>> Teri,
>>
>> I also became blind recently. I am interested in learning the lifeline
>> method that you discussed below. I have used something similar in the
>> past
>> to preserve stitches before ripping out. I would run a darning needle
>> with
>> thread through each stitch in the row below the problem row. Then I
>> could
>> rip back.
>>
>> In the lifeline method, is the knitter to insert a cable through a
>> stitches as the row is being knitted as a safety precaution?
>>
>> Melisa Loutfi
>> On Jan 11, 2012, at 7:16 AM, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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