[NFB-Krafters-Korner] learning more

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Bernice.
I enjoy learning new things, too.

When I get near the top of a hat, using my circular needle, I use the
magic loop.  You pull some of the cable out between 2 stitches, or even do
that twice, so it looks like a heart.  Then you knit up to one of your
cable loops, and move the cable loop to a different place.  It takes a
little longer than normal circular knitting, but it doesn't require dpn's.
Tracy


> I have been knitting for 60 years, and I'm still learning more and more.
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> A baby hat pattern I found on Ravelry asked you to hold 2 needles in one
> hand and cast on using a third needle to make the edge stretchy. I thought
> that it was kind of weird, but it wasn't any problem.
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> The pattern wanted you to use double pointed needles. I didn't want to use
> them and couldn't see any reason why I just couldn't use a circular
> needle.
> Well, I found out why they were necessary. Near the top of the hat where
> you
> decreased almost every row, there got to be too few stitches to use the
> circular needle. The double pointed needles could be used when getting to
> that point.
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> My nature is to love learning even little things. I had a teacher in
> college
> that said if you stopped learning, you were dead.
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> Bernice and the adorable LoLo.
>
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