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Socks 26 Aug 2013 | 05:28 am
Good socks allow one to walk farther, faster, and to be less foot sore afterward. For an army, this means that the army with the better socks gets there firstest, with the mostest. Not being foot so...
Weatherproof 17 Aug 2013 | 09:32 pm
I claim to knit "weatherproof" garments. If you claim to knit as tight as I do, your fabrics should do anything that my knitting does - without limit. A pool of water on a sweater is a nice visual a...
More on Eastern Cross Stitch (Coptic Socks) 16 Aug 2013 | 11:26 pm
There are at least 2 ways to rapidly and effectively produce ECS. Use of short DPN with a long knitting sheath has already been mentioned. The other is knitting with hooked needles as done by the she...
Jersey 16 Aug 2013 | 12:06 am
I long ago decided that Jersey and Guernsey (in the old days) had both produced fine, dense fabrics suitable for garments worn by sailors and fishermen, but that there there was some subtle, but inher...
Eastern cross stitch 15 Aug 2013 | 08:54 pm
I am coming to like ECS. Some years ago, I tested samples and decided it was inherently too porous to make a good fabric for fishing and sailing garments. However, it makes a great fabric for socks. ...
Judging textile objects. 2 Aug 2013 | 11:10 pm
The best textile judge that I know always asks, 'What is the PURPOSE of this object?" The purpose of an object may be to display the skill of the spinner/weaver/knitter. Or, the purpose of the textil...
A case of brandy 29 Jul 2013 | 06:20 am
This swatch has shown up in this blog before. It was swaved with the steel needle (2.38 mm) and commercial wool 6-ply yarn with a grist of 850 ypp. Gauge is 5.5 to 6 spi or 22 stitches/ 4 inches. It...
Swatch from last batch of 10-ply 28 Jul 2013 | 09:19 pm
It is cabled, 5x2-ply yarn, that runs very close to 1,000 ypp. The swatch is still wet from washing. The base 2-ply was loom warp spun from fine wool. The fabric slant at the top is the result of a...
Swaving on US 0 28 Jul 2013 | 06:03 am
Recent swaving on US 0 (2 mm) pricks using 1,200 ypp (4-ply) yarn. It is a firm, weatherproof fabric, good for a trip around the Horn, on a square rigged ship. Gauge is 8.5 spi. In the lower photo...
Knitting and Nalbinding 27 Jul 2013 | 11:37 pm
All knit fabrics can be replicated by nalbinding. This is controlled by natural laws as deep and wide as the more commonly known Newton's laws of motion. Therefore nalbinding a replica of an object sa...
