[Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter

River Woman riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Sat Feb 2 16:44:51 UTC 2013 

A hole can happen very easily - this is my biggest challenge - my sense of 
touch is not good, so I cannot feel if the stitch went off the needle - and 
then I often times re-knit into that same stitch without knowing it till 
later when my finger pops through a hole about 2 inches down - RATS. Makes 
me so madddd.  I rip out and fix it when that happens but sometimes you 
don't know there is a boo boo until way to far along - then, my piece gets 
ADORNED with crystals or beads, or crochet flowers and turns out FAR more 
beautiful than it would have been if I had not made that mistake.

Lynda Lambert
River Road Studio, Since 1976
Village of Wurtemburg, PA 16117

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sunshine" <sunshine817 at cox.net>
To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter


> Oh, buttons sound unique! I wouldn't mind trying that! I wouldn't know how 
> do do butter flies, but like the concept. How do people end up with wholes 
> when no stitches are dropped! Is it because stitches are tino loose! I try 
> to keep my stitches even! 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: Saturday, February 2, 2013 7:10 am
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter
>
>>
>>
>> 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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