[Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter

Sat Feb 2 04:45:36 UTC 2013

Hi, Joyce!

I remember always having believed that there has to be at least one mistake in what I knit! No one is perfect, but I think I try hard to do the best I possibly can and maybe I'm expecting too much of myself. I know that when my friend Linda sees my work, there'll be something she won't like and have me start all over again! She's tough with her students even at work, so maybe that's where her idea of poufection comes in! Smiles!

Thanks to all for encouragement! Sometimes I need it though I strive to be as positive as I can be! Smiles!

Hugs

----- Original Message -----
From:  Blindhands at aol.com
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Date: Friday, February 1, 2013 10:33 pm
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter

>
>
> 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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