ever used a knitting sheath

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.

"SpikeDriver" wrote in message
...
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

DA wrote:
"SpikeDriver" wrote in message
...
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

I always practice safe knitting...

Oh wait.

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here is a little info.Stella

"DA" wrote in message
...

"SpikeDriver" wrote in message
...
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

The sweater machine is faster : )

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

Aaron
"SpikeDriver" wrote in message
...
DA wrote:
"SpikeDriver" wrote in message
...
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

Is that like "life lines" at all times? : )

Aaron
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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

You are welcome.
DA

It took a couple of months for me to figure out how to use the knitting
sheath. Now, I am way faster with the sheath, than without. It is better
than tucking a needle under the arm. It also allow me to knit things that I
can not knit without it.

I will get my wife to take some pictures put up a blog post on how to use a
knitting sheath.

On the other hand, if you like fabric with rather large stitches (a loose
fabric) you do not want to use a knitting sheath as the DPN will fall out.
: )
Aaron
"SpikeDriver" wrote in message
...
DA wrote:
"SpikeDriver" wrote in message
...
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

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:59:36 GMT, spewed forth :

Is that like "life lines" at all times? : )

Yes! That's what I meant!

*chuckle*

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