[Nfb-krafters-korner] Experience question

[Ramona Walhof]

Diane, if you are confident knitting, pearling, casting on, casting off, 
then just keep taking on new things as you find something you want to make. 
Changing yarn can be done in more than one way; increasing and decreasing 
can, too.  Cables are a little more complicated, and there are many of them. 
If you like making complicated things, you can take on more than one new 
thing in one project, but one at a time is better for me.  If your knitting 
is smooth and even, and you are enjoying it, then you are the best judge of 
trying new things.  Many patterns just involve knitting and pearling, but 
they can look pretty impressive. I have a book with a whole bunch of 
different stitch designs that can be used for afghans, scarves, sweaters, or 
about anything else you want to do, and most of them are just knitting and 
pearling.  I would guess that many yarn shops have something similar.  Mine 
is in Braille, and probably harder to find,  but I know you can get things 
like it in print.  Don't be discouraged by having someone say something is 
medium and advanced.  Just look at the techniques that are used and see how 
many you already know. I make lots of things that some would consider boring 
because I like to knit during meetings, and I don't want to follow 
complicated patterns.  But I have knitted more than 150 sweaters and plenty 
of other things, most of which are relatively simple patterns.   during 
meetings. I make a sweater with a three-color yoke which I would say is 
relatively simple, as long as you can count to eight.  The more experience 
you have, the more you can figure out your own variations if you want to. 
This group is good at giving moral support, so you have at least one source 
for problem solving.

Ramona
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane" <dianefilipe at comcast.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 3:15 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Experience question


> So many knitting patterns I see are for "intermediate" or "experienced" 
> knitters.
> How on earth can I get there?
> Just keep knitting and knitting?
> Diane
>
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