Thanks Els, that mechanism will help tremendously in a future project I've
got planned!

David



On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Els van Dam wrote:

In article . ca, "David
R. Sky" wrote:

Els, what is the 'little crank one' called? I was wondering earlier how to
make such a mechanical device, and here you mentioned it lol! David


I bought mine from the Loom, yarns store on the Island, They are made of
plastic, and have four knitting machine needles positioned around a
plastic tube. The crank moves these needles up and down. Once you have
stitches on the needles the yarn automatically moves the latches open en
close while you turn the crank. They are made by different manufacurers.

http://www.allbrands.com/products/abp08057-0094.html

Good night David


Els