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Posted by Els van Dam on July 5, 2006, 5:04 pm
> Earlier, I posted that I did not like ash for knitting sheaths. Now, I
> have recarved the goose wing prototype that I made from an ax handle. While
> the ash, particularly in cross grain, is NOT smooth enough for a yarn
> contact material, the friction generated by the textured surface does a very
> good job of holding the sheath motionless when tucked under a heavy leather
> belt. This allows the use of looser or softer belting. I have decided that
> I like the ash so much that I just cut a blank out of ash for a knitting
> sheath dedicated to # 0 and #00 needles.
>
> I have also started using brass tubing to line the holes that hold the
> knitting needles. Knitting needles made of music wire fit snugly and
> smoothly into standard brass tubing, also available at hardware stores. A
> bit of hot glue in the bottom of the brass tube protects the points and
> provides just a bit of adhesion to keep the needle from slipping out.
> (This may not work in the long run, but the first 2 days are pretty good.)
>
> I knit ~ 2000 stitches last night after the fireworks, that is worsted
> weight yarn knit at 8 spi. I could never do that with cable needles, at
> least not without stressing my wrists.
>
> Aaron
Good for you Aaron, working with wood is always trial and error.
Otto is making me a special plank bench on a angle for my loom. Since my
loom is very high I always stand weaving. This stops my back from going
out as well as no ache and pains in my shoulders. However since you can't
have it all, I find it becoming to hard on my knees, when depressing the
treadles. So we are going for a special weaving bench. The one on the
old German loom is made of hardwood, Beech as a matter of fact. Otto is
using yellow cedar, but that will do as well.
I have to look for music wire, never thought of it as knitting needles....??
Els
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Ja for Jazz and cobra loose the rrrrrrrr
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