[Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks on 4 needles

Sun Feb 10 21:08:05 UTC 2013

Run it through the stitches on your needle.  I would do all stitches, but
you could put it through only the stitches for turning the heel.

HTH,
Annette

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From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 2:56 PM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks on 4 needles

I am now ready to do the pick up for the turn of the heel.
Where do you put that safety line?

Lynda Lambert
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 11:56 AM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks on 4 needles

> Linda,
>
> I would advise you to put in a trapese line before you go any farther. 
> Just
> use a piece of yarn and tuck your ends inside your sock.  I just learned 
> to
> do the heal and toe with the short row method and I had to rip out the 
> heal
> quite frequently, but I did it with the reashurance that I could only mess
> up so far and wouldn't need to pull it all out.
>
> 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: Sunday, February 10, 2013 6:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks on 4 needles
>
>> OH, My Goodness! You are way ahead of me - I do need to say though, that
>> as of this morning, I now have the cuff knitted on that sock I have torn
>> down countless times. Instead of doing K2P2 for the cuff, I did k1p1 and 
>> I
>> think that helped me to better know what I was doing. Now, I have knitted
>> the five rows of stockinette stitch, and this morning, i am to begin to
>> divide for the heel - I am feeling like I am going to get this sock
>> knitted this time, by gosh!
>>
>> I began to get the feel of the needles better this time - I had more
>> control over them - and that was just from practice and ripping and 
>> trying
>> again and again.  I am not feeling so overwhelmed right now.
>> Lynda
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Annette Carr" <
> amcarr1 at verizon.net>
>
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>> <
> nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 8:01 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks on 4 needles
>>
>>
>>> Dixie,
>>>
>>> Tangling is a fact of life with 2-circ knitting.  You will have to
>>> frequently untangle your materials, especially your 2 balls of yarn.
>>> Once
>>> you get going, things will flow smoother.  The first 2 or 3 rows are a
>>> bit
>>> fussy.
>>>
>>> I keep the points of the needle that I am not using gathered together
>>> with
>>> these little things that are wound like a phone cord.  You twist them
>>> around
>>> the points of your needles to keep the points tethered together and to
>>> keep
>>> the stitches from slipping off.  They are rubber coated so they grip the
>>> needle when you wrap them around the points.  Sometimes they do fall 
>>> off,
>>> so
>>> you want to be sure to wrap them in a crisscrossing figure-8 sort of
>>> pattern
>>> around the points.  These coil things come 3 in a package.
>>>
>>> The other thing that I do when I lay my work down is to place a special
>>> marker on the nest stitch I need to work when I come back to it.  This
>>> helps
>>> me keep track without having to think too hard.
>>>
>>> When I cast on, I put all of the stitches for the first item on one
>>> needle.
>>> Then I slide half of them over to the second needle.  I do not usually
>>> close
>>> up the circle at this point.  Next I cast on all of the stitches for the
>>> second item.  Again I move half of the stitches to the second needle. 
>>> So
>>> if
>>> casting on 40 stitches, once they are all on needle 1, I slide stitches
>>> 21-40 over to needle 2.
>>>
>>> Now if you are using the figure-8 cast-on or provisional cast-on for the
>>> toe
>>> of a sock, you are loading stitches on both needles at the same time.
>>>
>>> Annette
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Dixie
>>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 7:54 AM
>>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks on 4 needles
>>>
>>> Annette,
>>>
>>> I had just asked on another list how to do this technique yesterday, and
>>> here is the answer!  A spinning friend of mine had seen a book 
>>> describing
>>> how to knit 2 socks simultaneously, at the Fiber Festival, but, we 
>>> didn't
>>> pick it up.
>>>
>>> I have been curious as to how the technique worked.
>>>
>>> So, if I am understanding correctly, you are going to have 2 pair of
>>> circular needles and 2 balls of yarn?   One ball for each sock, and 1
>>> needle
>>> for one half of each sock, and a second needle one for the other half of
>>> the
>>> socks? for example one for the right side of both socks and one for the
>>> left
>>> side of both socks?
>>> One more question, when knitting the two circa method, I was forever
>>> getting
>>> the dangling needles entangled in the working yarn.  Any hints for us
>>> there?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dixie
>>> ~  @-> ~ <-@  ~
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of Annette Carr
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 11:00 PM
>>> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Socks on 4 needles
>>>
>>> Linda,
>>>
>>> I do not knit socks, but I have knitted slipper socks and bed socks.  So
>>> while I'm not using thin sock yarn and tiny needles, the technique I use
>>> would work for socks.
>>>
>>> I've tried magic loop and it is ok, but I prefer using 3 double pointed
>>> needles (DPN).  But when it comes to knitting 2 items that in the end
>>> need
>>> to be relatively the same, I cannot deal with either of these methods.
>>> So I
>>> knit both "socks", mittens, fingerless gloves, etc.  at the same time on
>>> 2
>>> circular needles.  Although it is a bit fussy to get started, once I get
>>> going with it I find it is the way to go.  Let's see if I can explain 
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Imagine a circle that you flatten so that it looks like 2 straight lines
>>> next to each other.  If this flattened circle has 50 stitches around it,
>>> you
>>> would have 25 stitches on each straight segment.  When knitting in the
>>> round
>>> with 2 circular needles, one needle will hold 25 stitches and the other
>>> circular needle will hold the other 25 stitches.  When you knit, you 
>>> will
>>> work with one needle and then the other.  So you will knit the stitches
>>> off
>>> the left point of needle 1 and on to the right point of that same 
>>> needle.
>>> When you are finished, you turn your work so that needle 2 is closest to
>>> you
>>> and now you knit the other 25 stitches from the left poin of needle 2 to
>>> the
>>> right point of that needle.  When you finish you turn your work again 
>>> and
>>> go
>>> back to having needle 1 closest to you.
>>>
>>> So when I am knitting 2 items that need to be the same in the end, I 
>>> have
>>> both of them on the same 2 needles.  So sticking with the same 50 stitch
>>> flattened circle, Needle 1 contains the 25 stitches for one sock as well
>>> as
>>> the 25 stitches for the second sock.  Needle 2 contains the remaining 25
>>> stitches for each sock.  I knit the first set of 25 stitches and then 
>>> the
>>> second set of 25 stitches.  They each have their own ball of yarn.  When
>>> I
>>> turn my work, I knit the remaining 25 stitches for each sock.  This
>>> sounds
>>> confusing, but when you have it in your hands, it makes sense.
>>>
>>> I knit a toy octopus , and I knit all 8 legs at once.  It sometimes
>>> becomes
>>> a rats nest of yarn, but that can be minimized with some effort.
>>>
>>> HYTH,
>>> Annette
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>> On
>>> Behalf Of River Woman
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 8:49 AM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Lynda Lambert
>>> 104 River Road
>>> Ellwood City, PA 16117
>>>
>>> 724 758 4979
>>>
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>>>
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>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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