[Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters

[beverly heninger]

Thank You so much for your information.

                        Beverly

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From: "Zimmer, Cindy" <cindy.zimmer at nebraska.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 7:48 AM
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters

> 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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