[Nfb-krafters-korner] winder

[slery]

I cam across some videos that showed color work on a knitting machine.
Honestly, I can't see that it would save any time over simply knitting with
needles. From everything that I have seen on machines, they are good for
single (or simple stripes) in stockinette. The fiddling you have to do with
stitches to change yarns and patterns looks like it would take longer than
simply working with multiple strands of yarn on your needles. This is based
on a sighted person and I think it might be even more fiddly as a blind
person because you would need to count more stitches than simply seeing
where color changes would occur.

This is all my opinion. It also doesn't look like it would be any easier on
something that has arthritis or some other reason that makes knitting with
needles difficult.

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Paulette Vickery
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 8:28 PM
> To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] winder
> 
> 
> Hi Ramona,
> 
> I considered getting a knitting machine once, but they were 
> to expensive and sounded like a lot of trouble. Are you 
> totally blind? Also, do you have trouble using the machine? I 
> am totally blind and don't know if I could use the machine to 
> make intarsia or any other type of color knitting. The 
> machine does sound interesting. Can you, say, just cast onto 
> the machine and have it make an entire sweater?
> 
> Paulette 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Ramona Walhof
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 1:53 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] winder
> 
> Joann's has an electric winder for 40 dollars here.  There is 
> a much more powerful one that winds much larger skeins that 
> can be used with a knitting machine for quite a bit more 
> money that I saw at the store where I bought my knitting machine.
> 
> Ramona
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sunshine" <sunshine817 at cox.net>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 8:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] winder
> 
> 
> > Ah, the winder I saw is an electric one! Wonder how that works! I 
> > thought
> > it would be manual, but my friend, Kristi, said it's electric!
> >
> > Hugs
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:  Blindhands at aol.com
> > To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> > Date: Thursday, March 28, 2013 3:15 pm
> > Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] winder
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> I paid around $30 for my yarn winder.  It is plastic and works  
> >> great.  I do have it mounted on a tall foot stool that is 
> wood.  As  
> >> you want it at
> 
> >> a
> >> heigth so you stand up and turn the handle.
> >>
> >> Joyce  Kane
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