When I returned to knitting after a long break, I'd completely forgotten how to make a slip knot to enable me to cast on.
I watched countless videos on Youtube, to try to master the technique again, but just couldn't manage it.
I think I had some weird lack of spatial awareness, which prevented me from reproducing what was advertised as an easy peasy technique!
However, I finally found a video (below) that helped my particular way of learning. As soon as I watched it, it clicked and I was immediately able to make a slip knot.
I now show this to first time knitters, as I feel other techniques unnecessarily complicate things.
Glass booties Carol Milne Carol Milne, is a Seattle-based artist who has developed a weird and wacky approach to knitting - she knits with glass! Yes, that's right, glass! Carol is a self-taught knitter, but says knitting was always more of a hobby than a career, until one day back in 2006, she developed a process of creating beautiful knitted glass sculptures. Since then she has created dozens of amazing pieces, that are exhibited throughout the world and are in big demand by collectors. The Process: On her website, Carol explains how she developed the process. She said: "You may be picturing my lightning fingers, industrial needles and miles of glass strands, all poised in front of a torch. And as a sucker for a good story, I would love to tell that you’re exactly right. Like the Roadrunner cartoon character, my hands move so fast, all you can see is a blur. "But alas, like real life kn...
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