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YOur help needed please
The Old (1938 reprinted by Dover in 1972) Mary Thomas's Knitting Book has a
fair amount of material on frame or rake knitting. This kind of knitting can be done with one hand, can be used to make useful objects; and was even of commercial significance at one time. Pictures? In case you had not noticed, I do not do too well with pictures. When I want graphics, I knit them! I have a roofer friend that has a fancy graphics system on his hobby computer. But, his roofing tools are older than sin. He buys good ones, takes care of them and keeps them forever. He keeps telling me to get a new computer. I tell him that my computer is like his roofing tools. If it is not broke, I am not going to replace it. I bought a real good computer (in 1999) and it still works so I am not going to replace it. (Of course, everything except the power cord has been upgraded at least once.) Aaron "Norma" wrote in message .. . Hi Aaron, I don't know if DF will make her the knitting stick but if so, I imagine that she will try to knit flat with just two needles. Her right hand just won't hold a needle but winding the yarn around one finger might give it enough tension to let her try and maybe she will eventually be able to kind of hold it between the thumb and finger. She might refuse to even try, but I thought it might be worth trying to encourage her. I will look into a knitting board as well. If you come up with ;the "knitting desk" will you post a pic of it? DF might be interested in that as well. -- In Star love and friendship, Norma Woods D.D.G.M. District 21 wrote in message . net... A knitting stick is different from a knitting spool. The knitting stick is used to hold the right needle as the yarn is manipulated with the right hand like, rather like English style knitting. I find that using a knitting stick requires MORE coordination then just holding the needles. Every time I advance from one needle to the next, I knit the first few stitches holding the rh needle in my right hand and then transfer it to the knitting stick. Why? Because, when I try to start with right needle in the knitting stick, on about the fifth stitch, I end up popping the first 4 stitches off the fixed needle, which is followed by a blast of profanity. Those first few stitches on a fixed rh needle are the most difficult aspect of knitting that I have tried. I would not wish them on someone trying to recover from a hangover; much less, someone recovering from a stroke. The two great things about knitting sticks are that they allow fast knitting and they take some strain off the wrist when knitting very tight. But, at RCTY we rest our wrists before we overstrain - Right!EG For a person after a stroke, I would consider a knitting spool (and related knitting frames) with some kind of a stand or support. (Maybe a "U" shaped piece of plywood with bean bag upholstery on the bottom to sit comfortably on a lap.) I would use a weight to pull the finished product through, and some kind of mechanical yarn guide (i.e., plastic rings held in binder clips) to help provide yarn tension. Michael's had knitting rings for sale last fall, and more recently they were on sale at a deep discount. Heck, I think I am going to make myself a little "knitting desk" to sit on my lap. It will have a place for my magnetic pattern holder and ... Aaron "Leah" wrote in message ... On Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:45:37 -0500, "Norma" wrote: I'm not sure if you might remember but my MIL had a stroke several months ago. Someone here posted an url to a site showing a 'knitting stick'. I wanted to print out the pic and info for my FIL. We were all talking a couple of weeks ago about this and thought that mom could try this as a form or therapy. She can't hold the needle but we thought she might be able to knit this way a bit. My pc is giving me grief right now and I can't access any of my bookmarks. Thanks group. The knitting stick is also called a spool, because in old days, a wooden spool had 4 nails driven into it for kids to make I cord (AKA idiot cord), so you can also look that up on Google. You can also teach your mom how to knit I cord with just her fingers, the first form of knitting I ever learned. Hold your hand with the palm facing your face. Wind yarn around the left hand if right handed and right hand if left handed this way: Leave tail end at thumb, grasping between thumb and forefinger. Take yarn behind forefinger and bring it to the front between that and the middle finger. Go around front of middle finger and take yarn to back between middle and ring fingers. Go around back of ring finger and bring yarn to front between ring and pinky. Go around outside of hand and pinky finger to wrap yarn around pinky. Bring yarn to front between pinky and ring to complete figure 8 wrap, returning to the area between the thumb and forefinger continuing to wrap yarn around fingers to complete figure 8 cast on. Do not wrap yarn around thumb, just the 4 fingers. After figure 8 cast on is complete, take yarn and wrap it around the back of your hand, without doing a figure 8 wrap, just wind it around the hand to the front and back across to the forefinger again. This is called yarn over or yarn wrap. You now have 2 loops on fingers. Starting at pinky, take the figure 8 lower loop and pull it over the yarn over wrap to the back of the hand. Repeat with the other 3 fingers, and the row is done. Wrap yarn around back of hand again to do another row. Do this 3-4 times. You'll note knitting is bunching up at the back of the hand. Now, take the yarn tail from between thumb and forefinger, and take it to the back of the hand, and pull down gently, and you'll see the I cord formed. Continue for as many rows as you'd like, pulling down on the cord every couple of rows to even out stitches. It's the same as doing it on a spool, without the spool. For larger items, there are knitting "rakes" or "boards" or "looms", which can be found all over the place. http://www.babesfibergarden.com/BFG92001/joy.htm Babe makes cheap PVC spinning wheels and has branched out into the board knitter. Round looms range anywhere from reasonable to really expensive done in wood. http://www.knittinglooms.bigstep.com/ This is an expensive wood loom. http://www.michaels.com/art/online/s...knitter&type=0 Michaels has the Knifty Knitter, which comes in round or flat. Their site doesn't list a price, and it's been a while since I looked at it in the store. HTH! Leah |
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We usually call that a knitting dolly over here, just get a cotton reel, an
old wooden one, and put four nails in the top of it... hugz cher "Els van Dam" wrote in message ... In article , "Norma" wrote: I'm not sure if you might remember but my MIL had a stroke several months ago. Someone here posted an url to a site showing a 'knitting stick'. I wanted to print out the pic and info for my FIL. We were all talking a couple of weeks ago about this and thought that mom could try this as a form or therapy. She can't hold the needle but we thought she might be able to knit this way a bit. My pc is giving me grief right now and I can't access any of my bookmarks. Thanks group. Norma, I must have missed that conversation. However when I googled "Knitting Stick" I came up with this site http://www.holz-toys.co.uk/ShowDetails.asp?id=1151 They show a corking spool. It that what you were looking for. You can get those in yarn stores. I have bought a very nice one for my grand daughter. It is in the shape of a bubble bee. Made by Crafting Essentials. H.A. Kidd and company limited They call it a French knitting Bee. I paid $5 for it. Els |
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Knitting dollies are one form. But larger ones can be used to knit socks,
larger ones can be used to knit hats and sleeves, and still larger ones can be used to knit the body- pretty much all with one hand. Straight frames (rakes) can be used to knit rugs that are much too large to knit on needles. I know that Michael's sets of 3 plastic knitting frames for less than $20 last fall. See also http://decoraccentsinc.com/knitting_loom_sets.html for better wooden frames and rakes or http://www.susansfibershop.com/kids_korner.htm for another inexpensive wooden knitting frame. See also http://www.netw.com/%7Erafter4/knit.htm for rake knit rug concepts. I am sure others are out there also, but these came in near the top of my searches. Aaron "spinninglilac" wrote in message .uk... We usually call that a knitting dolly over here, just get a cotton reel, an old wooden one, and put four nails in the top of it... hugz cher "Els van Dam" wrote in message ... In article , "Norma" wrote: I'm not sure if you might remember but my MIL had a stroke several months ago. Someone here posted an url to a site showing a 'knitting stick'. I wanted to print out the pic and info for my FIL. We were all talking a couple of weeks ago about this and thought that mom could try this as a form or therapy. She can't hold the needle but we thought she might be able to knit this way a bit. My pc is giving me grief right now and I can't access any of my bookmarks. Thanks group. Norma, I must have missed that conversation. However when I googled "Knitting Stick" I came up with this site http://www.holz-toys.co.uk/ShowDetails.asp?id=1151 They show a corking spool. It that what you were looking for. You can get those in yarn stores. I have bought a very nice one for my grand daughter. It is in the shape of a bubble bee. Made by Crafting Essentials. H.A. Kidd and company limited They call it a French knitting Bee. I paid $5 for it. Els |
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thanks everyone for your help. I am going to wait and see what mom thinks of
the knitting stick, and if she is interested in trying. -- In Star love and friendship, Norma Woods D.D.G.M. District 21 |
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