[Nfb-krafters-korner] casting on

[Lovette Yewchan]

I hope you can see your neighbor soon and good for  you for keeping on going.
Once you get it you will never forget it.
Lovette

On 2013-01-07, at 8:40 AM, Deidre Muccio wrote:

> Last night I screwed up two separate pieces of knitting that had been
> started for me. That long piece of yarn kept winding up on the right. I
> couldn't figure out why the finished part of knitting never seem to stay
> hanging down on the left needle. One set of knitting was on straight needles
> and the other on a circular. The circular was all over the place though I
> liked the plastic feel of the tips better. 
> 	I then tried to start at the beginning with casting on using a thick
> 4 ply yarn and some big wooden needles. The needles were a pain - too long
> and fat. I followed the instructions in The Touch of Yarn. I couldn't do it.
> I was eager to try again this morning. I went back to the page on casting
> on. I took one of Annette's first tips seriously, the one that said to go
> slow.
> 	I think I just cast on my first row of ten stitches. I won't be able
> to verify that until I see my neighbor but it feels right to me. Oh how I
> wish I had some space markers already to mark the success! Do the space
> markers actually help keep the stitches from falling off the needle?
> I'm now terrified to even pick what I did up for fear the learning will
> evaporate. There is something called latent learning. I think I'll just let
> it absorb before I try again later. I might even try to cast on a row of
> stitches once more. Maybe my knit picks will come today.  
> 
> 	Deidre
> 
> 
> 
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