Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Not Magic

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There is a class of knitters that knit as a social pastime.  Social pastimes have conventions that function like the rules of a game.  Lik...
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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Flier Whorls

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For the last hundred years or so, DD flier and bobbin whorls have had "V" and "U" drive band grooves respectively.  Thi...
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Saturday, March 23, 2013

The Circus goes to Jackson

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Recently, I taught Stephenie Gaustad to swave.  (I was at  Studio Gaustad for something else.) She is a very busy lady.  She would not bo...
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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Motions of a Knitting Needle

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A knitting needle is really a lever (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lever) for moving loops of yarn.  A knitting needle's position in s...
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Friday, March 15, 2013

Getting to swaving

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Some seem to feel that what I do is either an arrogant lie or an accident. No it a matter of taking some clue out of history and working ...
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Thursday, March 07, 2013

Wangs

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Back in days when every law office had a Wang word processor, I was working for a large engineering firm with a large group doing environme...
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Swaving tools

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My current swaving/glove knitting tool kit, and works in progress. As I go through the kit, all the needles (pricks) are between 4...

Beginners or Experts?

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Who should I make tools for? I have always made the tools that I like. Some of my first needles were polished like jewels. They were slip...
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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Better clew and knitting support

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Better clew (for center pull cake) and better arrangement for knitting support. The big clip-swivel is heavy, but handy, and can be ...

Swaving has ridges

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Swaved fabric knit back and forth has ridges.Above, you see them on the front and back of a gauge swatch and the heel flaps of a pair ...
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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

Keystone XL Draft SSIS

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Comments on: United States Department of State Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SSIS) For the KEYSTONE XL P...
Monday, March 04, 2013

Brear's Fig 5 modernized

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Here are pix of my current working clew and knitting holder: On the left is the knitting sheath with WIP  boot sock for me (2x2 ri...
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Friday, March 01, 2013

Mystery Solved.

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There are a couple of companies in England that sell "gansey knitting kits".  They include pattern, yarn, and long needles.  They...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Back to Brears Fig 5

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When  swaving, I find wear between the needle and a wooden needle adapter to be much greater than I expected.  Thus, I end up using brass i...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Thanks

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I must thank  =Tamar for her sharp eyes and keen memory. She is one of the great resources in the textile community. Aaron

Real Hate

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A lot of knitters and spinners hate me.  It is a good hate, but it is not a REAL HATE.  I have been the object of  REAL HATE. A long time...
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Friday, February 22, 2013

Torque, Tension, and swaving

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Long needles require longer knitting sheaths (mostly) to withstand the torque of the long lever arm provided by the length of the needle.  ...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Goose wings

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I remember the first time a strapped on a replica Yorkshire goose wing.  I was amazed at how it just fit the point of my right hip, and ...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Diversity of knitting sheaths

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A knitting sheath is as simple or complex as a hammer. Their essence is the same, they are tools that provide leverage.  My tool dealer (Gr...

Brears

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The Knitting Sheath by Peter C.D. Brears published in Folk Life  A Journal of Ethnological Studies Volume Twenty 1981-82 deserves some c...
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