Comments on: Learning

By: mjmucklestone

mjmucklestone — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:20:21 +0000

DeVeria has learned to yank it, and has improved quite a bit since this picture was taken. Tamar, I hadn’t thought of the cut and weave method, it would be a great jump-start to overcoming the “joining new yarn” fear, though that 1st new stitch would be extra slippery the next time encountered.

By: =Tamar

=Tamar — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:03:56 +0000

That last stitch will grow forever if she doesn’t begin yanking it back now.
I suggest that you teach her to ease the excess along the row until it comes
out into the unused yarn. One prevention trick is to yank it tight at the
beginning of every row; another is to stop in the middle of a row, and train
yourself to tighten it automatically when you pick up the work again. While
she’s still doing practice swatches, another training option is to cut the
big loop and work the ends in so it doesn’t ravel, as if she had started
another ball at that point.

By: kat

kat — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:48:21 +0000

ah yes the last stitch, it tends to grow.

By: Christina Scovel

Christina Scovel — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:04:05 +0000

Knitting during snow storms is just perfect! I also love hot chocolate with peppermint booze … but you have to be careful not to drink too much or the knitting suffers!