[Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter
Annette Carr
amcarr1 at verizon.net
Sat Feb 2 13:09:05 UTC 2013
Let your creative juices flow to turn a mistake into a design element. If
there is a hole in the middle of your work, then consider covering it up
with something. Buttons, butterfly, heart, flower, etc. patches can add
interest and uniqueness. Maybe learn to crochet flowers.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
Annette
-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of sunshine
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 11:46 PM
To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter
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 practice 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 knitterI 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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