[Nfb-krafters-korner] How are the new knitters doing?

[sunshine]

Anette, what is a lifeline? Could you explain that to me! I've been curious for weeks. I'm surey will figure out what's going on. What is a cowel???

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 9:56 pm
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] How are the new knitters doing?

>
>
> Kathy,
> 
> If American is working well for you, then maybe that is what works best for
> you.  However, I think it is great that you are continuing to work at
> getting the hang of continental.  Keep up the great work.
> 
> Ripping out is as much a part of knitting as knitting.  For that matter, so
> is making mistakes.  I have been working on a cowl for my daughter over the
> past few weeks and have made very few mistakes.  They have been minor and I
> have been able to catch them when it was still easy to fix.  Tonight I was
> down to the last 22 stitches of the last pattern row, and something is
> majorly wrong.  Things have been going so well that I have neglected to move
> my lifeline up as I've worked.  So I put it down for tonight and will take a
> stab at fixing it tomorrow.  
> 
> Annette
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Cathy
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:33 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] How are the new knitters doing?
> 
> Sunshine wrote:
> 
> I'm starting to do better with the continental method! I think it's just
> that it's so different!
> 
> Cathy says:
> Same here! I knit the American way and everything goes nicely, then I say
> ok, let me try that European method again and things get messy quickly. 
> 
> Hmm, should I really try the European way again now that I have four rows of
> American of my dish towel done? I've already ripped it out four times. Could
> have had sixteen rows of American by now. <sigh>
> 
> I should be better at this, after all my ancestors are from Europe? <smile>
> 
> 
> Cathy
> 
> 
> 
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