I am still here, knitting and crocheting.

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:33:24 -0500, SpikeDriver spun a fine yarn

Good to *see* you, Dennis! HUgs, Noreen

GOOD Morning Dennis Whta a nice letter to start my morning with mirjam

I will be interested, not to hear how many stitches you knit, but how you like using it.

Higs, Katherine

What gansey pattern? Does it have cables?

The steel needles ate the aluminum cable needle that I had been using, so I took a 7" steel sock needle and bent it over a mandrel to make a nice "U" shaped steel cable needle that I actually like better than the aluminum commercial ones.

I though it would be hard to bend the spring steel, but it turned out to be easy. Annealing and retempering after forming gives it a "better" feel. Thus, you can bend any of the needles to suit your knitting style.

If you (or Wooly) want steel cable needles just let me know, cause I made a bunch of those short steel needles before I worked out the physics and decided to just do all my knitting on longer needles.

Current versions of "How to Use a knitting Sheath". These are still in evolution. Any suggestions?

1. Wrap yarn around right hand and place on top of right needle
2. Take needle with stitches or cast on in left hand
3. Push the first stitch to tip of needle with left thumb and, at the same time flick left needle so that the right needle gets inserted into stitch
4. Warp yarn, moving right hand a little as possible
5. Flick left needle with left hand to pass the stitch over the new wrap and, at the some time push tip of right needle back through the old stitch with the left thumb (purl) or left index finger (knit)

Alternate

1. Wrap yarn around right hand and place on top of right needle
2. Take needle with stitches or cast on in left hand
3. Push the first stitch to tip of needle with left thumb and, at the same time flick left needle up and flex right needle to the left so that the right needle gets inserted into stitch
4. Warp yarn, moving right hand a little as possible
5. Flick left needle with hand to pass the stitch over the new wrap and, at the some time allow right needle to spring back through the old stitch which allows almost "push button" knitting.

Aaron

Katherine,

There is a def> SpikeDriver wrote:

Aaron,

I am in the motel tonight and will be home Monday, I will set down then and read this, and I will respond.

I hope to have more time for the sheath then,

Yes the gansey had cables but, the sweater and the pattern are l> What gansey pattern? Does it have cables?

I'll be waiting.

Higs, Kather> Katherine,

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Hi David! We are so happy that we have you and Aron here! I'm sure you both can handle us! LOL! Good to see you! You are far more busy than I am these days.

Take care, and send my loves to Gail! AUD ;-)