darchildre: the fourth doctor's scarft (crafty geek)
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And then I ended up running a one-person knitting class at the library.

See, a patron came in asking for beginning knitting books. She had a project that she'd had to rip out - it was her first-ever knitting project and her friend had cast on for her. She didn't know how to cast on. My coworker happened to mention that I knit and somehow, I ended up teaching this woman two different cast-on methods.

(Long-tail cast-on, because that's what I normally use and then, once I asked how many stitches she needed and the answer was 700 (!), knitting on. Because oh god, no one wants to get to 657 stitches, run out of tail, and have to do the whole thing again.)

We are a full-service library, I tell you what.

Date: 2012-01-05 11:32 pm (UTC)
ysobel: (Default)
From: [personal profile] ysobel
Because oh god, no one wants to get to 657 stitches, run out of tail, and have to do the whole thing again

Ahahahano.

(Though it is possible to do LTCO with two strands -- either a second ball of the same yarn, or more commonly the other end of the ball, e.g. the outside end if you're doing centre-pull. Which I have never used but is a decent method for Not Running Out Of Yarn.)

Date: 2012-01-06 04:07 am (UTC)
afuna: Hand-knit pair of socks on feet, beside a ball of yarn with knitting needles and the keyboard of a laptop (knitting)
From: [personal profile] afuna
Heee that is pretty cool!

Date: 2012-01-06 04:54 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] willidan
That is exactly why I try to keep my non-professional skills to myself. Next thing you know, someone will be asking me to make them a quilt. :0

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