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Boy's Don't Knit! Padishar Creel 07-12-2007
---> Re: Boy's Don't Knit! Mirjam Bruck-Co...07-13-2007
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Posted by Not Likely on July 14, 2007, 1:08 pm
>
> So I took him some balls of wool and an inkle loom, he'd never even heard
> of such a thing - nor had I, it was a friend's. There were no instructions
> but he worked it out and made yards and yards of decorative banding which
> was very much in demand for straps, leg binders and favours.
>
> Now he makes inkle looms (among lots of other textile equipment). He's the
> textile worker in this house - apart from knitting and hand sewing which I
> prefer so don't allow him to take it from me.
> Mary

Mary, I had never heard of Inkle Weaving before your message. I just
googled it and came up with a few pages, but this one
http://www.inkleweaving.com/notes/loom.html shows a loom, for others who
don't know what one looks like. I am impressed that your husband figured
out how to work that without any instructions... I would still be standing
on my head trying to figure it out. ;o)

*hugs*
Gemini



Posted by Mary Fisher on July 15, 2007, 7:04 am

>>
>> So I took him some balls of wool and an inkle loom, he'd never even heard
>> of such a thing - nor had I, it was a friend's. There were no
>> instructions but he worked it out and made yards and yards of decorative
>> banding which was very much in demand for straps, leg binders and
>> favours.
>>
>> Now he makes inkle looms (among lots of other textile equipment). He's
>> the textile worker in this house - apart from knitting and hand sewing
>> which I prefer so don't allow him to take it from me.
>> Mary
>
> Mary, I had never heard of Inkle Weaving before your message. I just
> googled it and came up with a few pages, but this one
> http://www.inkleweaving.com/notes/loom.html shows a loom, for others who
> don't know what one looks like.

Yes, that's a pretty good site, not too complicated. The ones he makes are
small enough to fit in a (large) bag and are very popular with re-enactors
and SCAdians. The length of warp is at least four feet. I apologise for
assuming that everyone here would know about inkle weaving.

> I am impressed that your husband figured out how to work that without any
> instructions... I would still be standing on my head trying to figure it
> out. ;o)

I know, sometimes he makes me sick :-) He can do anything - except computer
stuff. It's nice to have him ask how to do something :-)

Hugs,

Mary



Posted by Spike Driver on July 14, 2007, 10:14 am
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote:
> YEARS ago there was a Book in Israel
> "LaBat ve gam Laben Lo Yazik Ladaat "
> For the Daughter , but also for the Son it wouldn`t hurt to know ..
> At those time Teenager books of any kind were quite rare. in one of
> the articles/stories The writer tells , that she just could Not knit
> thus one year her mother gave her a Birthday present Hidden /rolled
> into the wool balls ,,, which she had to knit , to get her present.
> And than her Father Helped her ,,, he learned to knit onesummer when
> he was in Hospital with a broken leg ....
> mirjam
>
>> As a 'boy' who knits I was intrigued with a children's picture book
>> entitled, "Boy's Don't Knit!" by Janice Shoop.
>>
>> It is a wonderful book and I really enjoyed that dealt with the
>> subject of boys knitting. A grandfather informs the boy in the story,
>> "Boys' fingers are just as nimble as girls', and boys can learn as
>> easily," answered Elsa's grandfather. What a wonderful way to
>> encourage boys to knit by equating the genders with like abilities.
>>
>> Padishar, who is lovingly tolerated by his wife who doesn't knit as
>> well as he does... <GRIN>
>>
>
Great!

Thank you Mirjam,
Dennis

Posted by Not Likely on July 14, 2007, 1:02 pm
> YEARS ago there was a Book in Israel
> "LaBat ve gam Laben Lo Yazik Ladaat "
> For the Daughter , but also for the Son it wouldn`t hurt to know ..
> At those time Teenager books of any kind were quite rare. in one of
> the articles/stories The writer tells , that she just could Not knit
> thus one year her mother gave her a Birthday present Hidden /rolled
> into the wool balls ,,, which she had to knit , to get her present.
> And than her Father Helped her ,,, he learned to knit onesummer when
> he was in Hospital with a broken leg ....
> mirjam

Mirjam, I love the idea of hiding a gift inside a ball of wool for someone
to knit (or crochet) in order to find the gift. What a novel way of getting
someone into yarnwork. ;o)

*hugs*
Gemini



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