Eek!

3 Mar 2007 11:23 am
firecat: kittens sleeping on yarn (kittens on yarn)
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Proof that there is such a thing as a garment with Too Many Cables:
http://www.knitpicks.com/books/books_display.aspx?itemid=30920

Date: 6 Mar 2007 12:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nolly.livejournal.com
I"m not sure if the most common metal needles here have a coating or not, but I don't think they do -- the ones I know do are much higher-end needles.

'Needle binding' is probably nallbinding (http://www.stringpage.com/naal/naal.html) -- I"ve seen it done, but haven't tried it myself.

Are the knitting sticks you mention the tool discussed here (http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=203542)?

Date: 6 Mar 2007 07:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pogodragon.livejournal.com
Thank you - yes, naalbinding looks right from what she was doing. Her English was very good, but the place we were wasn't really right for teaching someone else how to do do a new thing across languages.

She was making her other half some new mittens - the fabric was very warm and dense that she produced.

Date: 7 Mar 2007 11:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nolly.livejournal.com
I believe it originated with the Vikings. I have very little use for warm, dense fabrics, living in southern California, but may try it some day any way,

Date: 7 Mar 2007 11:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pogodragon.livejournal.com
You're meant to make *useful* things with this stuff. What an odd notion...

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