[Nfb-krafters-korner] casting on

[Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

Deidre
I would stick with straight needles until you get the consept down pat and good tention.  Circular needles are tricky and it depends weather you are making a flat item or a round item, how you handle the needles.  Take on one chalange at a time.  Keep up the good work!

Terry Powers


-----Original Message-----
From: Deidre Muccio [mailto:deimucc at verizon.net] 
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 11:41 AM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] casting on

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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