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Posted by Richard Eney on May 11, 2008, 10:20 pm
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>There was someone round here who always recommended knitting by using a
>socket to hold one needle. I like the idea and can see the benefit but
>I wonder how one uses several yarns (i.e. different colours or textures)
>while only using one hand.
The holder (sheath) just means you don't have to hold the right-hand
needle with your hand, so you have a hand completely free to manipulate
the yarn. If you do multicolor knitting by holding one color in each
hand, it still works the same way for the left hand and the right hand
is freer.
There is an old picture of a man with a gadget on his belt, strapped to
the front of his left hip, that holds three balls of yarn on pegs so
the yarn can be pulled as needed. I think the yarn then goes up to
a hook or hooks up by the left shoulder on the front, and then down to
the knitting. The yarn is then thrown with the left thumb. It's a kind
of automated continental style except that the angle makes it easier
to purl than to knit. People who use that kind of system often work
stockinette in the round by purling all the time instead of knitting.
That can be done either by working the tube inside out or by working
on the far side of the tube instead of the side closest to you. But it
makes the spiral go in the opposite direction.
=Tamar
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>socket to hold one needle. I like the idea and can see the benefit but
>I wonder how one uses several yarns (i.e. different colours or textures)
>while only using one hand.