[Nfb-krafters-korner] dropped stitches and other things

[River Woman]

Sunshine, you will be sporting your new knitwaer very soon! It is so 
wonderful to put on things you made, and then just wait for the compliments. 
People love hand knits and they will swoon over yours!

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 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] dropped stitches and other things


> The day will come soon enough for you as you are working very hard at your 
> knitting! What size needles are your big ones! I have seen huge ones that 
> are used for certain types of afghans. I'm sure Linda will fix my one 
> spot! It's not a huge hole, but I can see where the stitch is loose! 
> Smiles! We'll work hard and in a year will have items to show for it!
>
> Hugs
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Deidre Muccio <deimucc at verizon.net>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Date: Saturday, February 2, 2013 2:37 pm
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] dropped stitches and other things
>
>>
>>
>> Ruthie
>> I felt a hole in the fabric last night which I thought was a dropped 
>> stitch.
>> It turned out to be a stitch  that I knit too big, meaning I must not 
>> have
>> had tension enough on the live yarn which resulted in my getting a big
>> stitch. The neighbor showed it to me, I could feel over a quarter inch of
>> yarn just there on the back of the fabric. She will fix it somehow when 
>> I'm
>> done with the entire piece.
>> I wore my fisherman's knit sweater today and when I took my coat
>> off, she  swooned at the sight of it. I haven't worn this sweater at all
>> this winter thinking it might be looking ragged by now. I've had this
>> sweater for perhaps 15 years and bought it at the Salvation Army when I
>> first got it. It needs some repair but she's going to do it for me - it
>> turns out it's in great shape except for a few spots. I love this 
>> sweater.
>> It is turtle neck, has a knit pattern on it I can't describe, it's a 
>> natural
>> color wool and I even threw it in the washing machine which my neighbor 
>> was
>> horrified to hear.
>> It's really interesting to see what yarns I can and can't work with
>> at this point. I bought from a cheap crafts store 6 ounces of a 70 
>> acrylic,
>> 30 wool yarn to practice with. I pulled out some rough 13 needles and 
>> could
>> not knit with this 4 ply yarn at all. It was flat and stuck to itself. I 
>> was
>> however able to knit easily with a much finer yarn by Cascade which was 
>> 50
>> wool 50 acrylic but it had two strings or strands and some kind of twist
>> which made it feel completely manageable even though it too is a bit 
>> fuzzy.
>> Wouldn't it be nice if we could just trim a foot of yarn off a ball
>> and knit it on the spot to see if we like the feel of it? I also bought 
>> some
>> big metal needles which I can't stand. They are too big tough I bought 
>> them
>> because they are not long.
>> After these two scarves are done, I want to do socks and a hat. I
>> wonder how long before that day comes.
>>
>>
>> Deidre-----Original Message-----
>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>> On
>> Behalf Of sunshine
>> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:41 AM
>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>> 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!
>>
>>
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