starting out

[adventures_with_kat]

Hey guys

I've recenty lost a huge majority of my vision and have always been to art/crafty things and was looking at getting into knitting.
Do you guys think it is very visual?
Also any good book recommendations to use to help start out?

thanks in advance :-)

Comments

[aderam]

I think knitting can be very visual. I generally need pretty decent light to do it, and every time I make a mistake I always need to stare at the offending bit for a while to figure out how to fix it.

That being said, however, there's also a huge texture component. So sometimes I feel with my fingers that I've made a mistake before I see it. I think you could definitely teach yourself to feel the stitches the way most people see them in order to follow the patterns and find mistakes etc. But it's probably best to use big yarn and big stitches, at least at first.

Good luck! I hope it's something you can pick up!