[Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters

[Susan Roe]

Hi Beverly,

My name is Susan from Virginia and welcome to the group.  It takes practise 
in feeling where the end of your crochet row ends for that last stitch.  One 
idea that will help you until you can do it successfully on your own is to 
place either a plastic coilless pin or a split ring stitch marker in the 
chain you make before turning your work and beginning the next row.  This 
will also insure you don't end up with crochet edges that either extend 
outward or draw inward because you are either not adding enough stitches or 
adding too many stitches to your row of crochetting.

Susan
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "beverly heninger" <bevie.k at comcast.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 6:20 PM
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
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> 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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