[Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters

[Susan Roe]

You may also find an easy crochet project in a simple scarf that just 
alternates two rows of single crochet with two rows of double crochet.  Just 
remember when you have finished your second row of single crochet to chain 2 
stitches in order to make the turn in the same level as your first double 
crochet stitch.  Likewise, on your last double crochet row, chain 1 stitch 
to begin your single crochet row.

I always like doing something simple like this after I've finished several 
knit projects.  It gives my hands a brake from two needles and is quite 
relaxing not to consintrate on complicated stitches for a while.  You will 
see your crochetting straightening up nicely and if you find you've gotten 
off track a bit, then you will only have to rip out a little and it will be 
easy to keep track wich stitch you are crochetting in which row.  Take one 
of your pins and attach it to the front of your work and you will also be 
keeping track of your front and back of your work.

Good luck and have fun!

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: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters


> This sounds like a great idea, Thanks
>            Beverly
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Susan Roe" <dogwoodfarm at verizon.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:20 PM
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] question for crocheters
>
>> 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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