Monday, February 25, 2008

Video clip of A Better Way to Knit

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At long last! Video of using a knitting sheath! It is not Star Wars quality, but this is my first try at VIDEO. Without any more fuss: I whi...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Sheep and Goats in the Backcountry

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A couple of mountain goatthat I photographed in Montana a while back. I "used-up" some commercial wool socks on that trip. Hand kn...

Good Socks

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I like pretty girls. I like pretty socks on a pretty girl. However, I also like to hike, ski, garden, and spend time out of doors. For that,...
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Sunday, February 10, 2008

More basics

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This is the mouth of my poor old Cornish fish (a knitting sheath that is strong enough to support long steel needles). It had worn until it...
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Back to basics

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Here, I am knitting a sock with sock needles and a nice little knitting sheath made out of a Brittany Birch crochet hook. This little syste...
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Saturday, February 09, 2008

Funky

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For hundreds of years, most knitters made their own knitting sheaths. Many must have been "funky.” Certainly, we have examples of sailo...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Knitting Pouches

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Toward the end of last year, I purchased a knitting pouch from Jamieson & Smith Shetland Wool Brokers Ltd ( http://www.shetland-wool-bro...
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Monday, March 26, 2007

Real Ganseys are Real Warm

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This project of knitting a gansey was started because I wondered how did the fishermen of old, stay warm? The hand knit "fisherman'...
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Cornish Fisherman's Gansey

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New years Day, I cast on for a Cornish Fisherman's Gansey as described by Mary Wright in book. This gansey was pattern was selected b...
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Knitting sheaths

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The gansey in Fisherman's Wool is at some 40,000 stitches. Considering that a typical fisherman's sweater knit with worsted weight ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2006

A Yarn Snob Recants

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Sometimes a wonderful yarn is right under your nose, it is just mislabeled. In the past, I had tried Lion Brand “Fisherman’s Wool.” And, I d...
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Thursday, February 02, 2006

Experience revised, and methods compared!

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Surprise surprise! This gansey is a mess. 10,000 stitches knitted on 4 different systems: Old circular (#1), new circular (#1), continental...
Friday, January 27, 2006

Fixing Old Wheels

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I have been asked, “Why are you reinventing the wheel?”, referring to my making traditional steel double pointed needles (DPN) when they are...
Thursday, January 26, 2006

Short and Sweet Works

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My main knitting project now is either fisherman's gansey or figuring out how fisherman's ganseys were traditionally knit. In the la...
Friday, January 20, 2006

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The gansey is under way - sort of. The pattern will be “Steps and Cables,” similar to the Filey Pattern V in Gladys Thompson’s book. I wim...
Thursday, January 19, 2006

Cabling On

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Back when I was chemistry major, all the “pre-med” students wanted “chemistry for majors” on their applications to medical school. There wer...
Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Knitting Sticks or Sheaths

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The title refers to an old knitting implement used to anchor one end of the right knitting needle in the traditional method of knitting in E...
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Golden Needles

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I resumed knitting in September of 2003. And from then until January 6, 2006, I was frustrated. I could not reproduce the fine stitch patter...

My Best Wooden Knitting Needles

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When I was in school, I had a chance to touch and feel a set of knitting needles made by Faberge. With their rubies and emeralds set in gol...

Making Wooden Needles

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When my Dad was in school, his roommate was putting himself through school by knitting fine lopi ski socks. Every evening, my Dad’s roommate...