I walked another few miles while watching “My First Socks” through Lesson 3.\u00a0 First, how adorable is Lucy Neatby? Top of the scale, right?\u00a0 She is covered with color, for one thing, from her hair to her clothing.\u00a0 I can’t see below her waist, because of the desk, but I’ll bet my stash that she has something amazing on her feet.\u00a0 And, I could listen to her voice all day.\u00a0 Why does everything sound better with a British accent?<\/p>\n
This class isn’t just for knitting a first sock, I’ve decided.\u00a0 The instruction and photography are so clear that I think someone could LEARN TO KNIT from this class.\u00a0 Lucy doesn’t assume anything, she spells everything out.\u00a0 Classes are interactive, but I’m interested to see what questions knitters might have.\u00a0 Seems to me that she thought of everything.<\/p>\n
One thing I found interesting is that Lucy starts the pattern for k2, p2 ribbing in the middle of the 2 knit stitches.\u00a0 So, it would be *k1, p2, k1*, rep to end.\u00a0 This does aid in lessening any gap at the beginning of the round, so I can see the advantage there.\u00a0 And, she makes a point of noting that the first st on every needle should be a knit stitch (so much easier, and I do that, too.\u00a0 Now I am wondering if I figured that out on my own, or learned it in the long-ago classes I took from Lucy.\u00a0 Hmmm)\u00a0 But, I generally think of k2, p2 ribbing as *k2, p2*, and it is pretty ingrained.\u00a0 I thought her take was interesting, though.<\/p>\n
She thoroughly covers knitting with dpn’s (which she calls “rigid dpn’s” to differentiate them from circulars, which she calls “great big, floppy dpn’s”.\u00a0 Made me laugh!) , knitting with 2 circular needles, and knitting with one very long circular needle.\u00a0 She mentions that when knitting with 2 circs, you need to make sure you knit with the end of the needle of the sts you are working with.\u00a0 One thing I would add is that I use 2 dift needle brands, so that the needle tip and\/or cables look different.\u00a0 This way I can easily tell them apart.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0 Lesson 3, Lucy found a dropped stitch!\u00a0 I loved this, because I have found some knitting mistakes while teaching in my classes, also.\u00a0 Hey, YOU try to knit perfectly when trying to teach while being filmed.\u00a0 Lucy, of course, turned this into a teaching opportunity, demonstrating the ease with which dropped sts can be dealt with.<\/p>\n
Lucy also introduces her signature “Happy Stitch” concept in this lesson.\u00a0 I was very happy that she used the term “link” for the joins between stitches.\u00a0 Hooray for links!<\/p>\n
Memorable quote from this class session: “Don’t worry about dropped stitches.\u00a0 You have to practice dropping stitches like everything else”.\u00a0 So true!<\/p>\n
Catch the class here<\/a>,\u00a0 and join me.\u00a0 I am really enjoying my treadmill sessions now.\u00a0 Can’t wait for the next one…<\/p>\n
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