[Nfb-krafters-korner] ways to cast-on and knit

[Paulette Vickery]

Hi Ramona,

Yes, Knitting In Plain English is in Braille. You can get it formals or
purchase it from Horizons For The Blind. I don't have the number right here,
but Google the name Nd you will find it. If not, let me know and I will get
the number for you.

Paulette

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Ramona Walhof
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 11:10 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] ways to cast-on and knit

Paulette, is that book in Braille?

Ramona
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From: "Paulette Vickery" <paulette at evickery.com>
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] ways to cast-on and knit


> Have you read, Knitting In Plain English? It is a really good book with 
> lots
> of information. One thing I learned from that book is to put a marker 
> every
> 20 stitches as I cast on. That way I won't loose track of more than 20
> stitches and I can just remove the stitches on the first row.
>
> About casting on; I use the long tail cast on because the finger loop cast
> on doesn't look as neat to me. But I would really like to learn the
> provisional cast on. I think that it would come in quite useful from time 
> to
> time.
>
> Paulette
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Cathy
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 8:01 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] ways to cast-on and knit
>
> Hi needle knitters,
>
> I remember us discussing the different styles of knitting in terms of both
> casting on as well as knitting styles months ago and it was fascinating to
> learn how each of us did it. what I learned from the discussion is that I
> should do what works for me and that there is no one "right" way. This was
> freeing for me because I tend to want to do things "properly" and hearing
> folks share allowed me to do what worked for me without feeling badly 
> about
> it.
>
> Another thing I learned from teaching a beginner crochet class was that 
> the
> technique is less important than doing the stitch properly, meaning that 
> as
> long as you understand the goal, then how you accomplish  the goal is less
> important than accomplishing that goal. So when I taught beginner crochet 
> I
> describe what to do, not how to do it, and folks seem to learn better that
> way. I was so thrilled that I was able to teach some folks to crochet who
> never understood how to do it!
>
>
>
>
>
> Anyhow,  for cast-on, I use either the one we learned in Annette's class
> last year where you cast-on and knit the first row simultaneously, or I 
> will
> cast-on a row with my finger like a chain stitch kind of thing, and then
> knit that first row. I tend to lose track of counting stitches, so the
> second method is better for me because it is faster and I have less chance
> of losing track of my stitch count. <smile>
>
>
>
> My knitting style is, hmm, modified English. I hold both needles and never
> let go of either needle while knitting. I throw the yarn over using a 
> finger
> on my right hand and hand it over to a finger on my left hand and the left
> hand finger then winds it around the needle and then I knit it. in this 
> way,
> I save time by not letting go of the needles and am less likely to drop a
> stitch which can happen if I let go of a needle. If I remember rightly, I
> believe it is LM who also uses this method, and I did not use this method
> till I read about it and tried and liked it. just another wonderful thing 
> I
> learned from this group. <smile.)
>
>
>
> So anyhow, I will put the short row shaping class on my calendar and look
> forward to participating.
>
>
>
> Cathy
>
>
>
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