[Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks on 4 needles

[Susan Roe]

Actually Linda, you are doing fine.  I know you would not agree with me 
right about now, but you are.  When you are knitting with the dp needles 
with no sight, you just need to be ever mindful  of where your working yarn 
is from your needles to at least a foot from them.  It is so easy for that 
dangling yarn to get caught around one of your other points and put itself 
in a position to be knitted right into what you are doing.  I have done the 
exact same thing you are doing, ripping out, backing up and starting all 
over again.  I knit european so I control the yarn with my left hand and the 
working needle with my right.  Try before you start each needle to lay your 
working yarn so it lays across the next needle to the left, that would be 
the next needle to be knit from.  Then when you are done with your current 
needle, drape your working yarn over the next needle to be worked.  This 
will easily keep your yarn away from the two needles you are currently 
knitting.

Last week, I was knitting a child's hat, finishing it off with dp needles. 
There was a row of knit stitches between each row of decrease stitches.  I 
realized I had skipped one of these knit rows between the decrease rows 
about 3 rows down.  I was not a happy camper because I certainly didn't want 
to rip the whole thing back down past all the increases to the body of the 
hat because I was almost done.  So, I just slowly went backwards row by row, 
carefully catching the knit 2 together stitches and seperating them to their 
base two stitches as I went until I reached a knit row below the decrease 
row in question.  After counting and re-counting the stitches on the 4 dp 
needles to be sure I hadn't messed up on those knit 2 together stitches, I 
added the missing knit row and finished the little hat off.

I said all of that to tell you this...There is no better teacher than 
persistance, repetition and determination.  With all that you have 
accomplished since you have only lost your sight about 5 years ago, you are 
doing it just fine, I promise, just keep on going.  There really isn't any 
special trick to doing it blind, if there is, your doing it and just don't 
realize it.  LOL

Hugs,
Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks on 4 needles


> Knitting Gurus - I could use any advice you may have to help me knit a 
> pair of socks using 4 needles.
>
> Since I lost my sight five years ago, I cannot tell you how many times I 
> have tried to knit the socks - then after a few days of struggles and 
> ripping, I lay it aside and hope to come back to it later and hope it will 
> go better next time.
>
> Well, I am trying once again. I started three days ago. The first day, I 
> got my stitches all on, without getting them twisted, and started the 
> ribbing. The ribbing was going ok and I had nearly 3 inches done - was so 
> excited.
>
> Then, I noticed I had a couple stitches that were not right - I could feel 
> a ridge on top of some of the knitted stitches (so I knew I had purled 
> them instead of knitting them.)
>
> I tried tearing them down to the mistake - but that ended in a mess.
>
> OK, I started again.
> Spent the second day...had a couple more problems but I fixed them ok, 
> with the help of my CCTV.
>
> Then, yesterday, I found I had somehow got a strand of my live yarn 
> intermingled into some stitches and that created about a 3 inch strand 
> strung over top of my ribbing - it was about 2 rows below where I was 
> knitting.  Sigh!
>
> Once again, very patiently, I have taken apart one stitch at a time - with 
> the CCTV - and today, I have to do it again, as I have found this same 
> problem.
>
> So, in three days time, lots of frogging, and exasperation - I have about 
> 1 1/2 inches done on my ribbing! I have to rip down again today to try and 
> fix that strand that is somehow there again.
>
> My question is this:  Is there anything I can do that will help me get 
> going on this project that you can share with me. I am, of course, trying 
> to knit my sock the only way I know how - the way I did it when I could 
> see. Is there a better way for me to work, now that I have to do it 
> nonvisually?
>
> Would it help if I tried doing it via the Magic Loop method? If so, I will 
> have to learn how to do that. Any advice you can share with me would be 
> very much appreciated.
>
> I just can envision myself in the Netherworld, spending all eternity, 
> trying to knit a sock. This must be my nemesis.
>
> Lynda
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> Lynda Lambert
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