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

Mon Apr 6 17:07:17 UTC 2020

Ari, I am available this week to help you get started. If you are interested in working with me, feel free to call me at: 617-335-8966. That is my cell number but most of the time I have it with me. You can also email me privately at 
Kutash-jm at comcast.net. We did miss you on Thursday. We are  not having a class this week, so if you want to call me at 9:30 p.m. you and I could spend that time together and experiment with a cast-on that you can do. I have two kinds I think may be easier for you to learn, and I am willing to help.

Jeanette

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

Ari, we  missed you Thursday evening. I was afraid you gave it up. Glad you didn't. You can start with the simple cast on stitch we started with. I saw Jeanette offered to help you get started. You can start with straight needles if the cable bothers you. The more you use the circular one, the more relaxed the cable will get. When it is empty, you can straighten any kinks out that may have worked into the cable. I am guessing it is 29 inches long; that is most common, and usually a good length to work with. Call me if you wish at 208-338-1595. Can't really tell you what is a good time. Different every day. 
Ramona

On Apr 3, 2020 10:38 AM, Ari via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> 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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> > Of Ari via NFB-Krafters-Korner
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> > Cc: englishrider91 at gmail.com
> > 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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