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Knitting Class, Week 1 Follow-Up
Continental Method
I used YouTube to look up how to knit using the continental method and determined to complete the rest of my little dishrag using that method.
I'm not totally sure that the continental method is actually more efficient than the English method. I know! Blasphemy! But although I don't let go of and re-grab the the needle using that method, I do actually move the right needle quite a bit more. In fact, I decided that the English method is more appropriate when you don't have a lot of space, like on an airplane or next to the arm of the couch.
Of course right away my knitting got super tight (and thus harder to deal with), just like last time I was a beginner, but by the fifth row or so it was getting reasonable and I went to bed.
The next day I had a pretty bad crick in my neck that did not go away for three days, so now I am afraid of the continental method. Yes, this is only one data point. But I am a chicken and do not want to risk trying it again.
Social Networking
It was recommended that we join Ravelry, "a place for knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, weavers and dyers to keep track of their yarn, tools, project and pattern information, and look to others for ideas and inspiration" according to the website.
I often forget details about projects I want to repeat. And you can find patterns and pictures and ask people who have actually done the project about hints.
Right away my sister befriended me.
It's kind of a pain, but I might like doing this. I am here.
Grandma's Favorite Dishrag
I finished my dishrag, minutes before class started (going back to the English method).
I used YouTube to look up how to knit using the continental method and determined to complete the rest of my little dishrag using that method.
I'm not totally sure that the continental method is actually more efficient than the English method. I know! Blasphemy! But although I don't let go of and re-grab the the needle using that method, I do actually move the right needle quite a bit more. In fact, I decided that the English method is more appropriate when you don't have a lot of space, like on an airplane or next to the arm of the couch.
Of course right away my knitting got super tight (and thus harder to deal with), just like last time I was a beginner, but by the fifth row or so it was getting reasonable and I went to bed.
The next day I had a pretty bad crick in my neck that did not go away for three days, so now I am afraid of the continental method. Yes, this is only one data point. But I am a chicken and do not want to risk trying it again.
Social Networking
It was recommended that we join Ravelry, "a place for knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, weavers and dyers to keep track of their yarn, tools, project and pattern information, and look to others for ideas and inspiration" according to the website.
I often forget details about projects I want to repeat. And you can find patterns and pictures and ask people who have actually done the project about hints.
Right away my sister befriended me.
It's kind of a pain, but I might like doing this. I am here.
Grandma's Favorite Dishrag
I finished my dishrag, minutes before class started (going back to the English method).