[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting

[Paulette Vickery]

Hi Becky,

If you would like some help with knitting, you can give me a call and I will
be glad to help. It sounds like you are pretty determined to knit your
friend a prayer shawl. As they say, there is more ways than one to get
things done. I hate to say it, but I think you should start over. That N
hook is just to big. If you have trouble with the cast on, a simple cast on
is just to wrap the yarn around your finger and slip the loop onto the
needle. It isn't the best type of cast on, but it works. Just don't drop any
stitches on that first row!

Paulette 

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Becky Frankeberger
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:36 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting

Here I am knitting.  Hopefully I wil get this.  prayer shawl finished, well
before my friend dies.  My friend Bonnie has lung cancer.  Last year she
gave me her mother's knitting needles.  A great big role of needles.  For
those of you who know me, well, knitting is just not as fun as crochet.  So
I took our knitting class and the teacher deserves two pay raises for her
patience with me.  So back to Bonnie.  I woke up and had this wonderful
idea.  I would make Bonnie a prayer shawl using her mother's knitting
needles. So here I am knitting away.

 

I have a cone of happy bright mint green yarn and that is what I am using
for the prayer shawl.

 

Since I still need help with cast on, I just crocheted my base row.  I make
it around thirty six inches.  So how wide will my piece be? Shockingly my
stitches are pretty darn even on this probably J hook wooden needles.

 

Oh hey rooky mistake, shy smile.  I used an N hook to make my base row.
Oopse. I just noticed that. I just reached in the role and pulled out a well
used pair of needles, assuming her mother had used them.  

 

Ok, your evaluation of my questions and mistakes.

 

Becky and Jake 

  

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