Saturday, February 27, 2010

New technology needles

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I have been admiring and praising the Hya-Hya DPN for knitting softer spun yarns on the basis of some hand knitting at a show. These are ver...
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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Citations

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I do not give many citations. Suppose I cite British customs taxes from the 14 th century? The few folks that would go to London and check t...
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Friday, February 19, 2010

My View of Knitting History

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I am highly amused by the reaction that I get when I talk about knitting sheaths in history groups. Knitting sheaths are tools, like rocks a...
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Wednesday, February 03, 2010

An approach to using different sized needles with the same knitting sheath

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Many Victorian knitting sheaths have adapters that allow several different sized needles to be used with the same knitting sheath.   Many of...
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Monday, February 01, 2010

Wood for knitting sheaths

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The traditional wood for for making knitting sheaths was "sycamore".  I had been looking for sycamore, and the American sycamore t...
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Sunday, December 06, 2009

Heat of sorption in wool

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Years ago, I got out my “Handbook of Chemical Property Estimation Methods” and calculated the heat of sorption for wool. Then, I looked at B...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Yorkshire Goose Wings

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The first time I made and tried knitting with a Yorkshire "goose wing" knitting sheath, I was just amazed at the perfection of the...
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

A Path Foreward - Lace!

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I started this reseach because I wanted to know how seamen of old stayed warm. Now, I know, they knit tighly to produce a warm fabric. They ...
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Saturday, August 08, 2009

Recantation about sheaths holding needles tighly

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Several times I have said that the knitting sheath should hold the needle firmly. Yet, just now I caught myself using a US00 needles in a kn...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

UK knit circa 1800?

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How did folks in the UK knit circa 1800? 1) Certainly, hand-held DPN (or needles held, supported, or controlled in the arm pit) with the yar...
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Monday, June 15, 2009

New Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool

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I knit my first gansey from "Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool" some 3 years ago. It is an extrodinary garment knit from an extrodin...
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Monday, June 08, 2009

How Knitting Sheaths Work

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I get this question- frequently. So, I am going to post an answer, HERE, where everybody can find it. First, a knitting sheath is a tool li...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2009

I made the same stupid mistake as Rutt

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I did. Look at the knitting sheaths in all the collections and most of them are 2o to 25 cm in length. Then, at the end of the Beamish colle...
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Monday, June 01, 2009

In a rut

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I read all of Rutt. Then, I looked at a bunch of his original sources, and read him again. Then, I went to the shop and made needles and exp...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Rutt – A History of Hand Knitting

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For the last few years, every discussion of the history of knitting has eventually resulted in somebody quoting Rutt, and that often being a...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Curved Needles and Sock Yarn

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OK! Curved needles do work for sock yarn, I just had to drop down to 1.5 mm pricks, and it gives me about 10spi. The yarn band says 7.5 spi...

Curved knitting needles in the style of the Yorkshire Dales

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I am simply amazed at how little has been written about curved needles (pricks) as knitting tools. My first swatch with the first curved nee...
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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Knitting before Newton

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Lack of evidence for existence may or MAY NOT be evidence of non-existence. Lack of evidence may simply be good evidence for moths, mold, da...
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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Swaving

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It is how the "Terrible Knitters of Dent" knit so fast. Miriam Tegels as a speed kitter? Ha! she does not even have a "clew....
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Why were the old knitting sheaths so big?

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The books said old knitting sheaths were BIG, so my first knitting sheaths were big. Then, over time I discovered that for just plain knitt...
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