Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Wassit? Wassit? No clew on the Internet!

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Some have been surprised not to find how to use a clew on the Internet. They would not find much on wassit either. Wassit was the inexpens...
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Friday, March 21, 2008

Get a clew!

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Over on Ravelry, there is a discussion on centerpull vs. using yarn from the outside-in. The outside-in school talks about yarn barf and bal...
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Needle Case for Steel Needles - Advanced Technology

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The flexible plastic risers used for irragation systems make good needle cases for steel needles as they are ligher and can be screwed toget...
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Monday, March 17, 2008

Come-on! Knit like a Man!

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Some gansey yarn came in the other day, and I realized that I wanted to knit ganseys in public (KIP). I have long knitted socks and other sm...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

A sock kit

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Here is a photo of a pretty good sock kit that sat in the bottom of my sock project shoe boxes last fall. It is light, and does not take up ...
Sunday, March 09, 2008

Using gansey needles for socks, mittens and sleeves

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Here is an advanced technique for knitting sleeves, socks, mittens, and mobius cowels fast and tight. Is this how it really was done? Maybe...
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Saturday, March 08, 2008

The Wrong Way to "De-pill" a Sweater

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The orchard was pruned. Mom wanted ALL the clippings burned NOW. So, I did. However, twigs, even green twigs burn very hot. At the end of...
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Thursday, March 06, 2008

Video of Gansey Needles with Knitting Sheath

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Gansey needles are a very powerful if somewhat specialized knitting tool. However, gansey needles are the tool to knit a gansey without ruin...
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Video clip of A Better Way to Knit

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Here at long last is my first VIDEO of knitting using a traditional knitting sheath with thin steel needles. It is a first cut, this is afte...
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Mamie Diggs Socks

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Mamie Diggs is a historian in Williamsport, PA (where I have been for the last few days.) I was sitting outside her classroom finishing a ...
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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 ...