tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post513916649469144791..comments2024-03-11T11:38:56.028-07:00Comments on A Fisherman Knits: UK knit circa 1800?Aaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-13682898176133203782009-08-28T14:55:47.892-07:002009-08-28T14:55:47.892-07:00So you fill up the needle that is in the sheath, a...So you fill up the needle that is in the sheath, and then remove it from the sheath and put in the newly emptied needle to knit with.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-38473088043282345952009-08-08T17:36:22.405-07:002009-08-08T17:36:22.405-07:00It is just like useing double pointed needles for ...It is just like useing double pointed needles for socks. There are 3 or 4 +1 gansey needles. The gansey needles are double pointed. you knit a group of stitches on to one needle, then you take the needle that you just knit the stitchs off of, and use that needle to to knit the stitches off of the next needle an so forth.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-27666943189833159062009-07-27T16:03:36.673-07:002009-07-27T16:03:36.673-07:00I love your site but I need some clarification! I ...I love your site but I need some clarification! I knit with one needle under my arm which precludes knitting in the round. Seeing your video using the gansey needle with a knitting sheath - I was really excited to try this method which would allow me to knit in the round and maintain some semblance of how I already knit - here's the hitch - when you use the gansey needle, do the new stitches transfer onto the gansey needle? And if so, all of the stitches from the four needles would eventually be on the gansey needle - how would this result in 'knitting in the round'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-25760695296151253452009-06-30T05:36:36.300-07:002009-06-30T05:36:36.300-07:00Just back from a trip to the UK, and I saw knittin...Just back from a trip to the UK, and I saw knitting sheaths everywhere. The fantastic museum in Lerwick, Shetland Islands is a great place to get confirmation of your ideas. But their reproductions of traditional fishing sweaters & hats were not in a very tight gauge. <br /><br />Went to Woolfest in Cumbria - a huge celebration of wool & fibre & knitting & sheep, with many makers of knitting accessories - but no one offered knitting sheaths. You have a calling...Leslie Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285063311489950482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-43797787239514268142009-06-22T10:28:49.381-07:002009-06-22T10:28:49.381-07:00Pica,
I guess I should have paid more attention to...Pica,<br />I guess I should have paid more attention to what you were doing, but I saw your pit knitting and thought “She will transfer those skills real fast.”<br /><br />I know the video on this site is not as much help as it could be. I have to find a better camera man, and redo them. <br /><br />Are you having trouble with the knitting pouch? Or just the sheath? Or all 3?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-40247818003632535602009-06-22T10:14:48.892-07:002009-06-22T10:14:48.892-07:00Tamar,
These are a band of parallel linear striati...Tamar,<br />These are a band of parallel linear striations resulting from the inserting and removal of the needle from the knitting sheath rather than from the knitting action per se. With an awl, these tend to be closer to the tip, but with a knitting needle inserted into a hole that is about the same diameter as the needle, the tip remains polished while parts of the needle that are larger in diameter pick up striations.<br /><br />I ruined a bunch of wooden needles by using them with knitting sheaths where I had put brass liners in the needle hole. It was not until later that I realized that this was a way to distinguish between awls and knitting needles. <br /><br />Such striations can be very easily seen by inserting an oxidized brass needle into a hole drilled in hardwood a few dozen times. Or by inserting an aluminum needle into a piece of brass tubing several times. One reason that I have moved to steel needles is that this wear is less an issue, and I tend to buff my needles, so I do not have any examples right at hand that can be easily photographed with the cameras that I have out right now.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150805906414546377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-21405236797530905432009-06-18T16:49:46.069-07:002009-06-18T16:49:46.069-07:00Aaron, I am still at sixes and sevens over the kni...Aaron, I am still at sixes and sevens over the knitting sheath technique, but am trying to practice a bit each day. I think the long sheath for the socks will be the most useful to me...Picahttp://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21068675.post-19691067911403293282009-06-17T21:26:19.743-07:002009-06-17T21:26:19.743-07:00In 2): "annuls ~1 cm form the shoulder of the...In 2): "annuls ~1 cm form the shoulder of the needle tip" <br /> What exactly does this mean?<br />Annulus is a ring, but you said the needle doesn't rotate in the sheath; how does it get a ring around it instead of only getting marks on one side? Where is the shoulder of the needle - is that the bend? Is the bend near the upper end or is it near the lower end (in the sheath)?=Tamarnoreply@blogger.com