tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729901.post110607469835441122..comments2024-01-05T15:42:56.628-05:00Comments on RoseByAny @-;----: Hmmm...Amiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06902177995467607477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729901.post-1106153817284485792005-01-19T11:56:00.000-05:002005-01-19T11:56:00.000-05:00In my many three years of teaching, I have yet to ...In my many three years of teaching, I have yet to have a left-hander who couldn't get the traditional right-handed knitting down. I have had a few people drop out of the classes usually because they got so frustrated with themselves. I have realized that there are a few people in this world that just can't get the hand-eye coordination down to knit. I was worried when I had a radiologist who had been through medical school who couldn't get the knit stitch. I'm always very patient with my students and don't let them know that I'm starting to lose my patience. I too have heard the "you're so patient" comment and always think, if they only knew me in my "real" life. :) There have been a few students that I thought would give up and were really struggling but they turned out to be the best knitters in the class, I think because they were so determined. <br /><br />I'm so glad that your teaching and am enjoying reading about your trials as a fellow knitting instructor. Now if we could just make enough to make a living at it. :)<br /><br />erica <br />http://erica-lee.org/knit/blog/archive.htmlericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01889948142933456703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729901.post-1106153541738681982005-01-19T11:52:00.000-05:002005-01-19T11:52:00.000-05:00Wow! it took forever for this comment box to open....Wow! it took forever for this comment box to open. But I'm generally patient and I really wanted to leave a comment. The tuck stitch is just a way of making a denser fabric. It's used a lot in fisherman rib patterns and brioche stitch. When you knit in the row below the stitch currently on the needle just drops off and you have a slight pucker that makes for a thicker spot. <br /><br />I think we must have identical approaches to teaching knitting. I've never had a left handed knitter that couldn't learn to knit right handed. I just don't acknowledge that I'm teaching them to knit right handed. I really stress that it's a two handed activity like typing or playing the piano. I do teach the knit stitch before I teach the cast on, however. I think knowing the knit stitch helps with the long tail cast on that I usually teach. The thumb method, not the sling shot style. Since we're usually pressed for time I don't get much of a chance to show students how to correct mistakes, in the first lesson anyway. But I think I'll try to incorporate that more. At least let them see that the stitches don't go anywhere if you're careful.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05950204928718565106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729901.post-1106146037138659622005-01-19T09:47:00.000-05:002005-01-19T09:47:00.000-05:00there was a really pretty pillow in rowan 34 that ...there was a really pretty pillow in rowan 34 that i think uses that tuck stitch. here's a link to the picture:<br /><br />http://www.yarnatwebsters.com/images/2003-11/Rowan/r-pillows-450.jpg<br /><br />carolyn<br /><br />sobsister.typepad.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729901.post-1106104039339995012005-01-18T22:07:00.000-05:002005-01-18T22:07:00.000-05:00From Jessica at http:tangledyarn.typepad.com
Oh A...From Jessica at http:tangledyarn.typepad.com<br /><br />Oh Amie, DON'T teach her "left-handed" knitting whatever you do. It can be done and is okay for a little while but eventually she will run up against a stitch or pattern whose directions will just not translate at all to "left-handed" knitting which is just really knitting and purling backwards. I am left-handed and taught myself how to knit and it went fine as long as I stuck with simple stuff. None of her stiches will follow the illustrations in most books and this will make life unessecarily difficult for her. I eventually (after several years mind you) had to break down and teach myself to knit right handed and I've never regretted it. Never. Remind her that knowing both ways can be useful but to forget any idea of "handedness" in knitting - it is just more trouble than it's worth and having to convert pattern directions all of the time is just a pain and doesn't always work.It's better that she learn the traditional way (pick or throw) or she might not persevere and just quit from the frustration. If she needs other help tell her she can email me anytime - I'd be glad to offer any suggestions I could. Good luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729901.post-1106079369539381992005-01-18T15:16:00.000-05:002005-01-18T15:16:00.000-05:00Although I have never had any problems teaching a ...Although I have never had any problems teaching a knitter, I have run across those who absolutely can not master picking, they develop into natural throwers. I also subscribe to teaching leftys the same as right handed because of using both hands equally. I did have a niece who couldn't grasp knitting that way, I ended up having to teach her to throw left handed. but she eventually figured it out!Martihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234717058339943885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6729901.post-1106077182684983072005-01-18T14:39:00.000-05:002005-01-18T14:39:00.000-05:00What this does is create a tuck stitch. Basically...What this does is create a tuck stitch. Basically, you knit your row "regularly." On the return trip, you knit into the stitch BELOW the needle. When the stitch is completed and passed onto the right-hand needle, the yarn loop from row 2 has become a strand that is "tucked" into the stitch created in row 3. <br /><br />Clear as mud?Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360308034593365299noreply@blogger.com