You just want to see a photo of the "cable and step" socks that I am
currently knitting as worn by a "wee kilty lad"! Me too! I will be so
glad when they are finished! : )

I have not set up a blog for several reasons. One is that my computer is
not really set up for graphics - I bought it when I was doing database
work - but really, what good is a tool if you can not modify it to meet your
current needs? Therefore, I will put my nose to the grindstone, reconfigure
my computer, and start a blog. So be it.

Aaron

"The YarnWright" wrote in message
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Aaron!
I love your descrips ....
you really should have a blog!
Noreen


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The project is to learn to knit on too long, too thin DPN - with the
lower
point of the right kneedle secured in a "knitting stick" which holds the
right needls stabile, and most of the stitch formation performed with
the
left needle. The yarn is controlled with the right hand.

Why ? Becaue they claim that this was the technique used in the "old
days"
to knit ganzeys.

Last night, I carved a knitting stick to control the lower end of the
right
needle, and sat down knit a fine yarn on US#1 needles. There is a
learning
curve. There was a tendency to knit very tightly. It was very easy to
drop
stitches, and since I was knitting so tightly, all the stitches below
the
dropped stitch would instantly pop loose right down to the cast-on with
no
chance of recovery.

So, I tried a heavier, softer yarn on US#3 needles. Again, I was
knitting
much tighter than the swatch of the same yarn that I had previously
knitted
on #3 circular needles, and dropped stitches would ladder back
disconcertingly fast.

On the other hand, after a few minutes, I was knittng surprisingly fast.
I
think that I can learn to knit like this and there will be advantages
for
things like ganzeys.

One real downside to this method of knitting is that the outer end of
the
left needle does flail, and with a long metal needle, it does damage. I
am
sure the saving furniture is one reason that this method of knitting was
abandoned, and even worse, as I look at the damage to my knitting chair,
I
realize that flailing needle tip is right at eye level for a small
child.

Aaron