[NFB-Krafters-Korner] My circular needles and worsted weight yarn are driving me crazy!

[englishrider91 at gmail.com]

Hi, Terry,


I'll give that a shot. It's pretty tight, though. I think I'll let it lie for a bit and try again later. :) 

Yeah, that's a long cable. I got it for the beginner class, and then forgot to go to the second meeting. It totally slipped my mind. Oops lol. Well, at least I know how to do the knit stitch. It's the long tail cast-on that's totally baffling. Ah, well. The knit cast-on is working well for me, so I'll just stick with that for now.


Thanks,
Ari

> On Apr 3, 2020, at 12:34 PM, Terry Powers via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Ari;
> If one end of your circular needle is free of stitches, you should be able
> to slide the knot down the cable, to the empty needle, widen the knot and
> maybe after sliding it off, untangle it.
> That sure is a long cable for learning on!
> 
> Terry
> 
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> Subject: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] My circular needles and worsted weight yarn
> are driving me crazy!
> 
> So, I decided to give my circular needles another try. I'm not really a fan
> of this Red Heart Soft yarn. It's an acrylic worsted weight yarn. I think I
> want to try weight 5 next time--this stuff is just so thin! Anyhow, I've run
> into a very annoying issue, which I'm finding difficult to fix, do to the
> thinness of the yarn. Somehow, I've gotten the working yarn notted around my
> work on the cable. This cable is really annoyingly kinky, and seems to
> spring around all over the place. These are Clover bamboo Takumi 29 inch
> fixed circs. I can't undo this knot. I was trying to unwind the yarn from
> around the cable, and it somehow got knotted. It's not surprising, given how
> light and thin this yarn is--at least to me. I'm stuck. I think I'll ask my
> husband to take a look at it. From what I can tell, I think the yarn is
> actually knotted around the cable, not the work itself. :( This stinks. It's
> annoying and slightly ammusing at the same time.
> 
> I've heard of getting circular cables to relax by dipping them in boiling
> water or something like that, but I'm a bit nervous to do it, as I'm worried
> about ruining the cable or something. I'm seriously considering sending
> these back to Amazon. I'm really not a fan of how the knitting looks. I
> guess I just like thicker-type projects. If I'm going to make things for my
> niece and nephew, I want to start by making them blankets. They live in the
> desert in Southern California, and it gets cold at night there, so this
> isn't really a bad plan.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ari
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