tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post2524507899424238786..comments2024-03-11T11:38:56.028-07:00Comments on A Fisherman Knits: ScienceAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-46818846541056465902016-09-05T16:45:36.402-07:002016-09-05T16:45:36.402-07:00Knitphomaniac,
I would say that different kinds of...Knitphomaniac,<br />I would say that different kinds of yarns (woolen, worsted, multi-ply worsted with low ply twist,etc.) demand different kinds of needles.<br />Swaving demands its own curved needles. Dutch knitting sticks demand shorter, stiffer needles which also work well with goosewing knitting sheaths. Knitting (adult) sweaters from commercial 5-ply sport weight demands long flexible needles (with a knitting sheath.) Blunter sweater needles will allow knitting 10% faster, which can save almost a day per sweater. However some pattern stitches need more pointy needles, which slow you down on the plain knitting. Of course, I can knit an adult sweater on shorter needles, but it is ~20% slower - that is 2 days (16 hours)longer than my baseline in the knitting of an ordinary sweater. Thus, the difference between knitting a sweater with long blunt needles and knitting with short needles is 3 days (24 hours), that is almost a 25% difference in knitting time depending on the kind of needles that I use. On the other hand, the short needles are more convenient in some places.<br /><br />I have as many needles as I need.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-62498985893485142362016-08-27T13:18:34.335-07:002016-08-27T13:18:34.335-07:00" If tools were not important, there would no..." If tools were not important, there would not be so many knitting needles offered for sale!" - um, what?<br /><br />Knitting needles are offered for sale because the market demands it, and inferior tools is not the reason why - but it's amusing that this is the only factor you seem to focus on. I have knitting needles that I've inherited from my grandmother, I have knitting needles that I've also bought (once, per size) decades ago. Some are wood needles, some are metal, some are plastic - and which needle I use depends largely on the material I'm knitting with.<br /><br />The only reason why most people re-buy the same needles is largely due to either wanting to make more than one project using the same size needle OR losing a pair, it has nothing to do with the quality of needle itself. <br /><br />Yet another thing you're wrong about. :/knitphomaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12587739663149411829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-37366072007171098312016-08-20T10:50:06.555-07:002016-08-20T10:50:06.555-07:00The difference between us is that when I am shown ...The difference between us is that when I am shown a different way, I test it, and if I like it, I grab it! If I do not like the new tool/skill/material, I go back to the best way that I know. Every craft is a tripod of: tools, skills, and materials. If tools were not important, there would not be so many knitting needles offered for sale! <br /><br />When you are shown something different, You say, "Can't be!" or something else depreciating.<br /><br />The result is that I learn new stuff, and you do not. It does not matter if the new stuff is a tool or skill or material, if it makes my knitting better, I grab it and test it, sometimes for years. Your failure to learn as the result of a closed mind is not my problem.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-20721597954755461182016-08-15T14:48:57.993-07:002016-08-15T14:48:57.993-07:00"However, I do not sell my handspun, so I blo..."However, I do not sell my handspun, so I blog about yarns that are commercially available."<br /><br />... so? If you're going to bother blogging (and devoting a whole blog) about spinning, and knitwear with spinning, the knitwear you show off should revolve around your knitwear from your spinning. I've seen more commercial yarns knit in your blog than I've seen spun yarn, so it's a bit hard for me to believe that you've only bought 10 balls of commercial yarns, and yet you supposedly have bolts and bolts of spun yarn.<br /><br />Let's call a "spade" a spade shall we, hm? ;) Your blog isn't about spinning or knitting, it's about how to build tools to spin. Your "expertise" is in making fancy tools, not better yarn.knitphomaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12587739663149411829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-35411662456463912002016-08-10T18:05:15.225-07:002016-08-10T18:05:15.225-07:00I spend a good bit of time knitting, and I think I...I spend a good bit of time knitting, and I think I have bought 10 balls of commercial yarn in the last 5 years. <br /><br />Moreover, one MUST compare the performance of one's hand spun to the performance of the best commercial yarns. Thus,one must continue knitting commercial yarns.<br /><br />Circa 2010, I had some bins of commercial yarn with more than 10 pounds in them. Most of this is gone. However, I keep ~3 pounds of commercial 840 ypp, 6-strand cable in case patknitter ever wants to knit a serious yarn that is willing to stand up and fight back. Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-2627695528685687342016-08-10T16:56:04.563-07:002016-08-10T16:56:04.563-07:00I knit a lot of my stuff from my handspun.
Howe...I knit a lot of my stuff from my handspun. <br /><br />However, I do not sell my handspun, so I blog about yarns that are commercially available.<br /><br />I encourage folks to spin, and provide information on how to spin faster and make better yarns.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-58482197890811993412016-08-08T15:51:55.431-07:002016-08-08T15:51:55.431-07:00If your spinning is so super special and superior ...If your spinning is so super special and superior to commercial yarn, why do you knit almost everything with commercial yarn? Using your own scientific method, we can infer that the performance of your handspun yarn is sub-par or you would have stopped using commercial yarns years ago.Holin K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01385935923575279959noreply@blogger.com