[Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: Knitting and Ripping

Wed Feb 6 20:57:45 UTC 2013

Would it look good with a chunky yarn and about size 11?

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: River Woman [mailto:riverwoman at zoominternet.net] 
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 7:28 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting and Ripping

Annette,
I think you are so right in that ripping out (rippit) is an important part 
of knitting. I have been knitting for about 60 years now, and I still do a 
lot of ripping out! That is just part of it all, and something you 
eventually begin to not mind doing.

Right now, I am working on a Double Basket Weave Scarf, and it is an 18 row 
pattern. I have to do it when all is quiet and I can just be mindful of 
where I am in the pattern. I am doing it with yarn that is vintage, and it 
was labeled as "worsted weight." Well, I have no clue how they came up with 
that label but it is more like fingering yarn - so it's gonna take a long 
time to get this done.

For me to work in a pattern, I have to mark down every row, just as soon as 
I finish it, or I will be lost. The other night, I was watching some things 
on tv that were so interesting, and my husband was there, and we were 
chatting as I was knitting. Well, you can guess the rest of that story. I 
completely lost my place in the knitting - and had to spend a lot of time 
the next day trying to figure out where I was, what was wrong, and how many 
rows I had to rip out - Fortunately, I can do this with major help from my 
MERLIN C C  T V.  I have been addicted to the Double Basketweave Scarf 
pattern for a few months - I did several scarves in this pattern and gave 
for Christmas gifts. I still don't have one for ME, since I gave them all 
away. It is such a beautiful pattern and people stop me to have a look at 
it - lots of compliments follow!
Lynda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Annette Carr" <amcarr1 at verizon.net>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] How are the new knitters doing?

> Kathy,
>
> If American is working well for you, then maybe that is what works best 
> for
> you.  However, I think it is great that you are continuing to work at
> getting the hang of continental.  Keep up the great work.
>
> Ripping out is as much a part of knitting as knitting.  For that matter, 
> so
> is making mistakes.  I have been working on a cowl for my daughter over 
> the
> past few weeks and have made very few mistakes.  They have been minor and 
> I
> have been able to catch them when it was still easy to fix.  Tonight I was
> down to the last 22 stitches of the last pattern row, and something is
> majorly wrong.  Things have been going so well that I have neglected to 
> move
> my lifeline up as I've worked.  So I put it down for tonight and will take 
> a
> stab at fixing it tomorrow.
>
> Annette
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Cathy
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 9:33 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] How are the new knitters doing?
>
> Sunshine wrote:
>
> I'm starting to do better with the continental method! I think it's just
> that it's so different!
>
> Cathy says:
> Same here! I knit the American way and everything goes nicely, then I say
> ok, let me try that European method again and things get messy quickly.
>
> Hmm, should I really try the European way again now that I have four rows 
> of
> American of my dish towel done? I've already ripped it out four times. 
> Could
> have had sixteen rows of American by now. <sigh>
>
> I should be better at this, after all my ancestors are from Europe? 
> <smile>
>
>
> Cathy
>
>
>
>
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