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ever used a knitting sheath SpikeDriver 07-15-2006
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Posted by SpikeDriver on July 15, 2006, 2:55 am
Besides Aaron who has tried to help Katherine and myself.

Has any of you ever used a knitting sheath and if you do you know of an
instructions sight on line.

Aaron has raid Katherine and my interest in the sheath. He makes his
own. I plan to do more research and give it a try.

Any advice would be appreciated my Katherine and my self.

Aaron had made over a dozen prototypes so far and his sheaths look great.

All advice appreciated.

I should be using my Sweater Machine more often rather than learning the
working of a sheath. I have to make a good story to tell Gail.

Hugs & God bless,

Dennis & Gail

PS please look at Aaron's blog.

Posted by DA on July 15, 2006, 10:07 am

> Besides Aaron who has tried to help Katherine and myself.
>
> Has any of you ever used a knitting sheath and if you do you know of an
> instructions sight on line.
>
I haven't used a sheath, but have used a knitting belt. IMHO, it is a nice
bit of knitting tradition to know/use if you are a knitting history buff, or
want to demonstrate knitting techniques used for production knitting in the
Yorkshire Dales and Shetland Isles, not something that I use in every day
knitting.
My suggestion would be to try to find a copy of "The Old Hand Knitters of
The Dales"
http://www.theshed.co.uk/oldhandknitters.html and/or "Knitting by the
fireside and on the hillside": A history of the Shetland hand knitting
industry c.1600-1950. Both books are now OOP, but contain pictures of
knitters using both knitting belts and sheaths.
To approximate how the belt or sheath worked, tuck the left knitting needle
firmly under the left arm to hold it, freeing the left hand to manulipate
the yarn in conjunction with the right. It also helps knowing now to "flick"
the yarn with the tip of the index finger instead of moving the whole
hand/arm to loop the yarn around the working needle, flicking the yarn is
the same motion that is used in two handed stranded knitting. Essentially,
you would be re-learning to knit.
AFAIK, there are no places on line that have any information on the use of
either the sheath or the knitting belt.
Hope this information is useful
DA



Posted by SpikeDriver on July 15, 2006, 10:42 am
DA wrote:
>> Besides Aaron who has tried to help Katherine and myself.
>>
>> Has any of you ever used a knitting sheath and if you do you know of an
>> instructions sight on line.
>>
> I haven't used a sheath, but have used a knitting belt. IMHO, it is a nice
> bit of knitting tradition to know/use if you are a knitting history buff, or
> want to demonstrate knitting techniques used for production knitting in the
> Yorkshire Dales and Shetland Isles, not something that I use in every day
> knitting.hanks
> My suggestion would be to try to find a copy of "The Old Hand Knitters of
> The Dales"
> http://www.theshed.co.uk/oldhandknitters.html and/or "Knitting by the
> fireside and on the hillside": A history of the Shetland hand knitting
> industry c.1600-1950. Both books are now OOP, but contain pictures of
> knitters using both knitting belts and sheaths.
> To approximate how the belt or sheath worked, tuck the left knitting needle
> firmly under the left arm to hold it, freeing the left hand to manulipate
> the yarn in conjunction with the right. It also helps knowing now to "flick"
> the yarn with the tip of the index finger instead of moving the whole
> hand/arm to loop the yarn around the working needle, flicking the yarn is
> the same motion that is used in two handed stranded knitting. Essentially,
> you would be re-learning to knit.
> AFAIK, there are no places on line that have any information on the use of
> either the sheath or the knitting belt.
> Hope this information is useful
> DA
>
>
DA,

Thanks, you have helped a lot. I have an idea what I am up against to
learn the sheath. I might get annoyed and use the sweater machine I
purchased a while back.

It is kind of like the sheath. Once you learn to use it properly it is
great.

Again DA thanks a lot for the URL and info.

Hugs & God bless,
Dennis & Gail

Posted by on July 15, 2006, 11:57 am
The sweater machine is faster : )

(but it is not as versatile.)
(but it is not as portable.)
(but it is faster!!!)

Aaron
> DA wrote:
> >> Besides Aaron who has tried to help Katherine and myself.
> >>
> >> Has any of you ever used a knitting sheath and if you do you know of an
> >> instructions sight on line.
> >>
> > I haven't used a sheath, but have used a knitting belt. IMHO, it is a
nice
> > bit of knitting tradition to know/use if you are a knitting history
buff, or
> > want to demonstrate knitting techniques used for production knitting in
the
> > Yorkshire Dales and Shetland Isles, not something that I use in every
day
> > knitting.hanks
> > My suggestion would be to try to find a copy of "The Old Hand Knitters
of
> > The Dales"
> > http://www.theshed.co.uk/oldhandknitters.html and/or "Knitting by the
> > fireside and on the hillside": A history of the Shetland hand knitting
> > industry c.1600-1950. Both books are now OOP, but contain pictures of
> > knitters using both knitting belts and sheaths.
> > To approximate how the belt or sheath worked, tuck the left knitting
needle
> > firmly under the left arm to hold it, freeing the left hand to
manulipate
> > the yarn in conjunction with the right. It also helps knowing now to
"flick"
> > the yarn with the tip of the index finger instead of moving the whole
> > hand/arm to loop the yarn around the working needle, flicking the yarn
is
> > the same motion that is used in two handed stranded knitting.
Essentially,
> > you would be re-learning to knit.
> > AFAIK, there are no places on line that have any information on the use
of
> > either the sheath or the knitting belt.
> > Hope this information is useful
> > DA
> >
> >
> DA,
>
> Thanks, you have helped a lot. I have an idea what I am up against to
> learn the sheath. I might get annoyed and use the sweater machine I
> purchased a while back.
>
> It is kind of like the sheath. Once you learn to use it properly it is
> great.
>
> Again DA thanks a lot for the URL and info.
>
> Hugs & God bless,
> Dennis & Gail



Posted by SpikeDriver on July 17, 2006, 12:26 am
agres@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> The sweater machine is faster : )
>
> (but it is not as versatile.)
> (but it is not as portable.)
> (but it is faster!!!)
>
> Aaron
>> DA wrote:
>>>> Besides Aaron who has tried to help Katherine and myself.
>>>>
>>>> Has any of you ever used a knitting sheath and if you do you know of an
>>>> instructions sight on line.
>>>>
>>> I haven't used a sheath, but have used a knitting belt. IMHO, it is a
> nice
>>> bit of knitting tradition to know/use if you are a knitting history
> buff, or
>>> want to demonstrate knitting techniques used for production knitting in
> the
>>> Yorkshire Dales and Shetland Isles, not something that I use in every
> day
>>> knitting.hanks
>>> My suggestion would be to try to find a copy of "The Old Hand Knitters
> of
>>> The Dales"
>>> http://www.theshed.co.uk/oldhandknitters.html and/or "Knitting by the
>>> fireside and on the hillside": A history of the Shetland hand knitting
>>> industry c.1600-1950. Both books are now OOP, but contain pictures of
>>> knitters using both knitting belts and sheaths.
>>> To approximate how the belt or sheath worked, tuck the left knitting
> needle
>>> firmly under the left arm to hold it, freeing the left hand to
> manulipate
>>> the yarn in conjunction with the right. It also helps knowing now to
> "flick"
>>> the yarn with the tip of the index finger instead of moving the whole
>>> hand/arm to loop the yarn around the working needle, flicking the yarn
> is
>>> the same motion that is used in two handed stranded knitting.
> Essentially,
>>> you would be re-learning to knit.
>>> AFAIK, there are no places on line that have any information on the use
> of
>>> either the sheath or the knitting belt.
>>> Hope this information is useful
>>> DA
>>>
>>>
>> DA,
>>
>> Thanks, you have helped a lot. I have an idea what I am up against to
>> learn the sheath. I might get annoyed and use the sweater machine I
>> purchased a while back.
>>
>> It is kind of like the sheath. Once you learn to use it properly it is
>> great.
>>
>> Again DA thanks a lot for the URL and info.
>>
>> Hugs & God bless,
>> Dennis & Gail
>
>
Thank you Aaron,

All points you made hit the nail directly on the head.

Thank you,

Dennis

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