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Posted by SpikeDriver on July 17, 2006, 3:44 am
http://search.ebay.com/knitting-sheath_W0QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3QQxpufuZx
I am not pushing ebay in this group but thy have knitting sheaths for sail.
Maybe Aaron will find interest in this
Hugs & God bless,
Dennis & Gail
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Posted by Marilyn on July 17, 2006, 10:24 am
Is everone in this group an enabler? ; )
Luckily I will be going on vacation in two days and will not be home to bid
on anything from ebay. Of course I will be going to one or two yarn shops on
the trip. : )
Marilyn
> http://search.ebay.com/knitting-sheath_W0QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3QQxpufuZx
>
> I am not pushing ebay in this group but thy have knitting sheaths for
> sail.
>
> Maybe Aaron will find interest in this
>
> Hugs & God bless,
> Dennis & Gail
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Posted by YarnWright on July 17, 2006, 11:08 am
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:24:00 -0400, Marilyn spun a fine yarn
> Is everone in this group an enabler? ; )
> Luckily I will be going on vacation in two days and will not be home to bid
> on anything from ebay. Of course I will be going to one or two yarn shops on
> the trip. : )
> Marilyn
Coming out of lurkdom, to respond, as I simply could not resist,
Marilyn!
An EMPHATIC *yes*, we are enablers! (not necessarily evil, mind you,
grin!)
Here's MY latest "wanna-get" ... a CSM!
:D
Noreen
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Posted by on July 17, 2006, 1:14 pm
Interesting!
However, the knitting sheath *must* work with its needles. These appear to
be sold as decorative items. If they were sold as *real* knitting tools
there would either be needles included; or, a detailed description of what
needles worked with the particular knitting sheath. Sets of steel DPN of
just the right size are not as easy to come by as they were 150 years ago.
Think about what needles you are going to use with your sheath before you
buy. Remember, that I started by making my needles, then I developed my
knitting sheaths to fit the needles. Your needles are the core of the
system. The needles must be right for the kind of knitting that you want to
do, and then the sheath must fit the needles!
I also note that they are quite smooth and BIG. I find that big is clumsy,
uncomfortable, and inconvenient to use. I find that with (decorative??)
texturing, and the friction inherent in the end-grain of the unvarnished
wood, I can get enough stability from a 7 inch long knitting sheath to
support 5 x 16" US # 1 needles with the weight of a gansey on them. In
fact, if I am wearing jeans with belt loops, then I can notch the knitting
sheath and get that stability from a sheath that is less than 6 " long.
That short sheath length is real handy for bringing the working zone of long
needles down into a comfortable place. My gansey is getting heavy, so I
generally wear a heavy leather belt that I tuck the sheath into. The little
1.5 mm needles do not develop much torque and a light elastic waist band or
apron strings work just fine.
One real advantage of the knitting pouch stuffed with horse hair or a bundle
of feathers bound together, is that they will accept a range of needles.
Aaron
> http://search.ebay.com/knitting-sheath_W0QQfnuZ1QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ3QQxpufuZx
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> I am not pushing ebay in this group but thy have knitting sheaths for
sail.
>
> Maybe Aaron will find interest in this
>
> Hugs & God bless,
> Dennis & Gail
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Posted by Richard Eney on July 17, 2006, 10:29 pm
<snip eBay item>
>Interesting!
>
>However, the knitting sheath *must* work with its needles. These appear to
>be sold as decorative items. If they were sold as *real* knitting tools
>there would either be needles included; or, a detailed description of what
>needles worked with the particular knitting sheath.
Dream on, Aaron. People who sell knitting tools on eBay often don't know
anything about knitting. I've bought quite a few steel dpns on eBay, and
as I recall, the size on the package only matched the needles inside it once.
Often they weren't complete sets, though some were.
You may be right that the sheaths are intended to be decorative; many old
wooden items were made as fancywork gifts, never really intended for use.
I would imagine that knitting sheaths fall into the category of betrothal
gift, like the traditional wooden spoons of Wales, the sailor's whittled
wooden chains, or the fancy carved distaffs found in central Europe.
=Tamar
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