A kit for summer vacations including camping and runs up to experience Shakespeare at Ashland. Technique is more "Dutch Knitting Stick for stiff needles", than the much faster spring / gansey technique used for large expanses of fabric. These needles/knitting sheath are not much faster than a leather knitting belt but, this knitting sheath is more compact and better for travel than a knitting belt.
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The needles are short enough to be used anywhere, and this model of knitting sheath can be used everywhere. This sheath can also be used with glover's needles or swaving pricks. The needles are US0 or ~ 2 mm allowing knitting 6-strand, 840 ypp yarns in low light situations.
A kit for knitting at home and around town. These needles are US000 or ~1.6 mm.
Snug socks look better, but tight socks wear faster. Thus, "one should knit to fit!" However, using a tape measure or ruler or rule of thumb, it is hard to get to get an exact measure of the sock. I make "story boards" that are the exact size of that person's foot, and when the story board fits, the sock fits. The notch tells me the height of the heel, and the round hole tells me where to begin decreases for the toes. Kit used with four-ply to 6-ply gansey yarns in the 2,500 to 1,600 ypp range. Good socks can be knit on 12" needles using 3 plus 1 needles, with sweaters for BIG men knit on 6 plus 1 of the 12" needles. With dark yarns in low light situations, distinct expletives will occur.
See also the work of Ben Crystal, and his father David, on Shakespeare in original pronunciation. (Actually, SF Bay Area has more OP Shakespeare than Ashland.)
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-8985-david-and-ben-crystal.aspx?skinid=16
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The needles are short enough to be used anywhere, and this model of knitting sheath can be used everywhere. This sheath can also be used with glover's needles or swaving pricks. The needles are US0 or ~ 2 mm allowing knitting 6-strand, 840 ypp yarns in low light situations.
A kit for knitting at home and around town. These needles are US000 or ~1.6 mm.
Snug socks look better, but tight socks wear faster. Thus, "one should knit to fit!" However, using a tape measure or ruler or rule of thumb, it is hard to get to get an exact measure of the sock. I make "story boards" that are the exact size of that person's foot, and when the story board fits, the sock fits. The notch tells me the height of the heel, and the round hole tells me where to begin decreases for the toes. Kit used with four-ply to 6-ply gansey yarns in the 2,500 to 1,600 ypp range. Good socks can be knit on 12" needles using 3 plus 1 needles, with sweaters for BIG men knit on 6 plus 1 of the 12" needles. With dark yarns in low light situations, distinct expletives will occur.
See also the work of Ben Crystal, and his father David, on Shakespeare in original pronunciation. (Actually, SF Bay Area has more OP Shakespeare than Ashland.)
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-8985-david-and-ben-crystal.aspx?skinid=16
(Allows knitting while listening.) Shakespeare begins at minute 35 +, but the first 35 minutes give background, and the rest ties it to Shakespeare. Shakespeare is full of rhyme and pun; it is fun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYiYd9RcK5M
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2012/03/24/149160526/shakespeares-accent-how-did-the-bard-really-sound
http://vashakespeare.org/2015/10/the-once-and-future-shakespeare-a-lecture-by-ben-crystal/
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/20/audiobooks-shakespeare
http://muviza.net/watch?v=9FF5K8VlcRI
http://originalpronunciation.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPlpphT7n9s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYiYd9RcK5M
http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2012/03/24/149160526/shakespeares-accent-how-did-the-bard-really-sound
http://vashakespeare.org/2015/10/the-once-and-future-shakespeare-a-lecture-by-ben-crystal/
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/apr/20/audiobooks-shakespeare
http://muviza.net/watch?v=9FF5K8VlcRI
http://originalpronunciation.com/
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