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

[iamshadow]

Knitting is certainly something you can do by feel rather than sight. I've knitted in a car at night before. My Nanna knitted up to her death, and she had cataracts. Also, you've got historical figures like Laura Bridgman, who learnt skills like kitting, sewing and crochet after becoming completely deaf and blind in infancy. (Her wikipedia photo shows her crocheting. The footnotes make reference to her learning knitting before leaving her home to be taught formal education and language.)