[Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter

River Woman riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Sat Feb 2 20:13:27 UTC 2013 

Why not just practice your "ripping out" think of it as practice and don't 
worry about the finished project yet. Just rip it out, and begin again, or 
rip down to your mistakes and go from there - do it for practice.
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 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter


> Hi, Linda!
>
> I do have huge holes, thankfully, and still have abbl my stitches! I count 
> every two rows now! However, how would I put beads in those places where 
> there might be big holes! Do they have to be sewn?
>
> Hugs
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: River Woman <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Date: Saturday, February 2, 2013 10:47 am
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] beginning knitter
>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Visit my Web Site at:  http://lyndalambert.com
>> Visit my Blog at:  http://www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>>
>> www.lyndalambert.com
>> www.walkingbyinnervision.blogspot.com
>> ----- 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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