[Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter

[Blindhands at aol.com]

practice, practice practise makes it better.  No one is perfect.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 2/1/2013 10:26:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
sunshine817 at cox.net writes:

I jish I  could have been knitting for 40 years! I wh have been had I been 
able to  continue in my 20's! I moved away and couldn't find anywhere to 
take classes  and people thought they had to teach me left-handed knitting. 
I've been doing  right-handed knitting most of the time. In any case, my 
friend, Linda, will  check my afghan next Saturday! She thinks I'm probably doing 
ok, though! I'm  using larger needles for this afghan, but never have used 
less than a size 8.  I'm not sure my hands can even tolerate the 6's, but one 
never knows. In any  case, I'm determined to keep going with my knitting! 
My hands are better than  they had been for a while! My only problem is that 
I have to take several  breaks so projects will take longer, unfortunately. 
I sometimes feel  discouraged, but talk myself out of it the best I can! I 
think I've got the  continental stitch pretty well figured out, but I need a 
lot of practice  before I will ever be able to say I can do it. Smiles!

Hugs to all and  think of me as I continue this project. I want to complete 
it at least by May!  Smiles!

Hugs



----- Original Message -----
From:  Annette Carr <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and  artists'" nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Date: Friday, February 1, 2013  8:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning  knitter

>
>
> I've been knitting just over 40 years and  I do not knit with needles 
smaller
> than size 4, and I do not care for  knitting with needles over size 13.
> 
> .. 
> 
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner  
[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of  Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 5:49 PM
> To:  nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  beginning knitter
> 
> Sounds like you are doing well.   Forget those size 2 needles.  I  have 
been
> knitting for 50  years and refuse to go down past size 3 needles.  
>  
>  Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
> Blindhands at AOL.com    
> 
>  
> In a message dated 1/31/2013 11:12:20 A.M.  Eastern Standard Time,
> deimucc at verizon.net writes:
> 
>  To  continue with a report from one beginner knitter—I started right  
around
> Christmas time, I took my two knitting projects up to the  neighbor's this
> morning to be checked for necessary fixes. The two  hours of work I did 
last
> night was declared drop or split stitch free.  Even my rows and borders on
> the newest piece are straight and tight.  
> I used to have big  loops at the beginning of each new row. I  was 
coached to
> slip that stitch  to try to avoid that, but that  didn't work. I was then
> told to pay  attention to it, and to keep  enough tension there so the 
stitch
> was not too  big. I don't slip  the stitch anymore, I just knit it, and 
it's
> working.  
> I  also used to have a narrow piece of fabric at one end of  the  needle
> hanging down and a wider piece at the other end. That isn't  happening
> anymore either, at least not in what I did last night.  
> Is this the beginning of a notable improvement? I sure hope  it  lasts.
> Forget about the seed yarn, I just tried it on  size 2  double ended 
needles
> and I see I am not in for any great leap  there,  I hadn't remembered just
> how thin that yarn was, let  alone trying to use a  needle as big around 
as a
> toothpick.  
> 
> Ok, so that is  it for my reports until I graduate to a  whole new level 
or
> finish at least  one of these scarves. I hope  I have not bored you all. 
> 
> Deidre
> 
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