[Nfb-krafters-korner] crochet hoos

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Are you using thick yarn to go with these huge hooks?
 
a J or K is good to learn on worstered weight yarn or a little thicker  
yarn.  
 
Those large hooks can be a bit hard to work with.
 
Joyce  Kane
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In a message dated 6/1/2012 12:39:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lmartinez217 at gmail.com writes:

Cindy,  I'll be hunting you down or anyone to help with even tension
with a chain.  I'm as good as gold after a few rows but can't make even
chain stitches.  Also, I'm using P or Q hooks because I can't seem to
learn anything new on  tiny skinny little hooks. Is this common to use
bigger hooks to get the  hang of things?

On 6/1/12, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]  <Terry.Powers at nih.gov> wrote:
> What size is best to start with, a  large hook, I would guess?  Can you 
help
> me at convention,  please?  I never got the hang of the chain stitch when 
I
> took the  class a year or so, ago.  I can not grasp the consept of how you
>  have any control, when you have total control with knitting needles and  
the
> loom.
>
> Terry P.
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Zimmer, Cindy  [mailto:cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 6:05  PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] hand positions for holding crochet 
hook
> and  yarn
>
> Not everyone holds the hooks and needles like the books  recommend.  Do 
what
> feels natural to you.  If your stitches  are too loose, then we can work 
on
> tension.  I will be at  convention and can try to help.  See you at the 
craft
> sale and  meeting.
>
> Cindy
>
> -----Original  Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>  [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria
>  Martinez
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 6:17 PM
> To:  nfb-krafters-korner
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] hand positions for  holding crochet hook 
and
> yarn
>
> Me  again.
>
> I feel like I'm not holding my crochet hook and yarn  quite right. I don't
> extend my index finger out like it is recommended  in books I have been
> reading. I use my left hand to yarn over and feel  the hook slide the 
loops
> through the stitches. because I use my left  hand to feel, I have a very 
hard
> time making a chain. I don't seem to  have the tension needed to make even
> stitches. Any advice? Do I need  to quit feeling with my left hand?
>
> Thanks,
>  LM
>
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