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knitting discovery of the day
Oct. 23rd, 2010 02:42 pmTrying to teach yourself to cast on by reading written instructions?
Does not f***ing work.
Either I end up with no loop, or I create a giant knot, or... grrrr. When you're not sure what they mean by 'in front of your hand', and your yarn ball is a giant skein, you're not going to have the best success making a slip knot that doesn't snarl. Or a loop. Or... argh. *cusses* I need someone to sit down and actually show me these things. Dang it. *sigh*
Say sorry for the winge 'n' hiss, folken. Hermione's got it wrong, is all. You can't learn everything out of a book.
I've got my first set of knitting needles and some lovely sapphire blue yarn, anyway. Now to find a relative who can teach me to use them.
Edited to add: I've got the pesky slip knot figured out, whew! Thanks Rowena and Karen both. <3 I was missing a rather important step - as in, the making sure the second strand crossed the first one bit. Oooops! Heh. It only gets better from here... I hope.
Does not f***ing work.
Either I end up with no loop, or I create a giant knot, or... grrrr. When you're not sure what they mean by 'in front of your hand', and your yarn ball is a giant skein, you're not going to have the best success making a slip knot that doesn't snarl. Or a loop. Or... argh. *cusses* I need someone to sit down and actually show me these things. Dang it. *sigh*
Say sorry for the winge 'n' hiss, folken. Hermione's got it wrong, is all. You can't learn everything out of a book.
I've got my first set of knitting needles and some lovely sapphire blue yarn, anyway. Now to find a relative who can teach me to use them.
Edited to add: I've got the pesky slip knot figured out, whew! Thanks Rowena and Karen both. <3 I was missing a rather important step - as in, the making sure the second strand crossed the first one bit. Oooops! Heh. It only gets better from here... I hope.
