[Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters

[Zimmer, Cindy]

Beverly,
In the beginning, most people count stitches.  So you are at the end when you have completed the same number of stitches for each row. 

Otherwise, you can just feel your work and tell if you still have stitches remaining in that row.  Remember in crochet you are working back and forth and the number you start with should be the number you are doing in each row.  One row sits on top of the next row.  

Cindy Z.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of beverly heninger
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 7:20 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters

Hi,
  My name  is Beverly and I am new to this list.
  I was wondering how do you know when you are at the end of a row each 
time?

          Thank You, Beverly

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From: "Lisamaria Martinez" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 4:17 PM
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters

> Hi Cathy and Others,
>
> I am a right-handed crocheter as well. I hold the hook in my right
> hand but I hold it with my palm down and my thumb extended and resting
> alongside the side of the hook facing me. I've read that some folks
> hold their hooks like a pencil. I found by holding the hook with my
> palm down I can easily use my thumb or even my index finger to feel
> the loops on the hook.
>
> I was taught to do some fancy pointing and extending with my left
> index finger, but I can't feel anything that way so I use my left hand
> to feed my yarn to my right hand/hook. I yarn over with my left hand.
> I use my left fingers to feel loops on the hooks and to ensure the
> hook is sliding working yarn through loops.
>
> One thing I had troubles with in the beginning, and it is a work in
> progress, is getting all loops pulled through a stich at once. One
> thing I've learned that aids in ensuring this is to make sure the hook
> is facing me at the beginning of a stich and after pulling loops
> through a stitch. When I'm scooping up a loop it faces the ground and
> I make a quarter turn back up and facing me again. (Don't know if that
> makes sense at all.)
>
> Anyways, good luck on improving your crocheting techniques.
>
> LM
>
> On 1/8/13, Cathy <flowersandherbs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Cindy and Theresa,
>>
>> Yes, you have helped me. I have been using my right hand to hold the 
>> hook,
>> then transferring the hook to my left hand to yarn over with my right 
>> hand.
>> Keeping the hook in my right hand and using the left to yarn over has
>> already improved my speed.
>> So thanks Ladies.
>>
>> Wow, what a day for learning!  Making improvements in both my needle
>> knitting and now crocheting. As though that is not enough the sun was
>> shining here in Ohio today. so, a happy day!
>> Cathy
>>
>>
>>
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