[Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting going pretty well

[Lillie Pennington]

That is really awesome for both of you.

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> On Feb 13, 2014, at 3:38 AM, "Valerie" <rosetta at adam.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Hello Erika, sounds as though your hat is going along really well,
> congratulations, I'm going better too. I decided that I am going to put
> aside my attempts at the loom and Tunisian until I get the basic knitting
> coming along better. I purchased a life line needle set, thanks for that
> suggestion, but I forgot it and started last evening to knit on two new
> needles, bamboo as was suggested too and I am so pleased as I have 3/4 of a
> wrist warmer almost finished and not one dropped stitch! It is just plain
> knit stitch but in a nice colour mix of muted lilace and violet, fairly
> chunky. Honestly, if it had not been for this list I think I would have just
> given up as I had done so many sample pieces that were definitely not good. 
> 
> Next I will get back to the Tunisian and loom lessons as think I am feeling
> more confident and know a lot more about stitch structure now. 
> 
> Cheers and so glad that hat is going great, Erika. Valerie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ericka Short
> Sent: Thursday, 13 February 2014 2:26 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] knitting going pretty well
> 
> Hello all--
> 
> I've finally mastered some of the knitting techniques!  I have the ribbing 
> of my hat done and hope to have the rest minus the top closed by the end of 
> the week. The ribbing isn't perfect but there are few holes and from a 
> distance you can't tell the ribbing doesn't line up well. More importantly 
> my  yarn is going in the right place, I don't knit in my tail, and  I've 
> been able to fix some mistakes on my own. It feels/looks like it's supposed 
> to for the most part.  It won't fit me though so I am going to give it to my
> 
> 3-1/2 year old niece Sophie.  Under the hood of a winter coat nobody will 
> notice. You need a hat and a hood here plus a couple scarves made out of 
> think wool. Tomorrow's a heat wave of 30 without a minus sign in front of 
> it.
> 
> Hope all of your projects are going well. I'm still trying to get things 
> settled for the  convention.  My grandma turns 90 on July 1st so I am hoping
> 
> we celebrate before the real day.
> 
> Ericka J. Short
> 262-697-0510
> 
> "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". Philippians 4:13
> 
> "No hand is too small or too big to do good in this world." EJ. Short 
> 
> 
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