Thanks! I haven't actually tried circular needles, though that's essentially what this is, except that I think this is more flexible with the length: Any spare cord just pulls through and hangs loose, so a reducing tube - like a sleeve - can be done without changing the needle as the row gets shorter.
Nice video with the editing. I agree that its better to do something else than just surfing the net before sleeping. I try and read for the last hour before bed. Usually, i set an alarm to remind me to turn off the phone, then put it on charge, so i cant use it. I honestly know nothing about knitting so you are doing better at anything i could do there. Nice to see George getting in on the action too. Was that all one take? Or did you do a few and edit them together? If you did i couldn't tell.
Thanks :-) An alarm and putting devices out of reach is very sensible (she writes, having just checked comments half an hour after computer-off time). The video was just one take, though there are a couple of places where I trimmed a little bit out. It's nice to know that those bits weren't too obvious. And George always gets in on the action.
Thank you, Rachel, for showing this. That was educational ????. I really enjoyed the visual of this technique and the sound of passing steam train and the climpses of lovely George, ofcourse. I see you’re knooking continental style. Is this also the way you knit?
I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
To be honest, it's so long since I used a pair of knitting needles that I couldn't tell you if I knit the same way as I knook or not. I don't even knook consistently - luckily, with the cord the yarn sits flatter to the fabric so it's easier to see which way round the loop goes. Every so often I'll be working along a row and something's a bit off: "Oh, look! That stitch is round backwards!" - and so I'll go into the other side of the stitch. Sometimes it's just one, sometimes it's a short run of them. I have no idea why I do this, but somehow I get away with it and the end result is fine.
Oh, I don’t know what happened there in my comment, but these were not supposed to be question marks.You could really just do few rows of them twisted around stitches and call it a design element ????
Elaine:
Sep 12, 2021 at 07:23 PM
Fascinating! I haven’t come across this technique before. Have you tried circular needles?
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-to-knit-with-circular-needles-2116339
rseabrook:
Sep 12, 2021 at 09:31 PM
Thanks! I haven't actually tried circular needles, though that's essentially what this is, except that I think this is more flexible with the length: Any spare cord just pulls through and hangs loose, so a reducing tube - like a sleeve - can be done without changing the needle as the row gets shorter.
Paul Campbell:
Sep 12, 2021 at 08:09 PM
Nice video with the editing. I agree that its better to do something else than just surfing the net before sleeping. I try and read for the last hour before bed. Usually, i set an alarm to remind me to turn off the phone, then put it on charge, so i cant use it. I honestly know nothing about knitting so you are doing better at anything i could do there. Nice to see George getting in on the action too. Was that all one take? Or did you do a few and edit them together? If you did i couldn't tell.
rseabrook:
Sep 12, 2021 at 09:35 PM
Thanks :-) An alarm and putting devices out of reach is very sensible (she writes, having just checked comments half an hour after computer-off time). The video was just one take, though there are a couple of places where I trimmed a little bit out. It's nice to know that those bits weren't too obvious. And George always gets in on the action.
Anneli Truu:
Sep 13, 2021 at 10:12 AM
Thank you, Rachel, for showing this. That was educational ????. I really enjoyed the visual of this technique and the sound of passing steam train and the climpses of lovely George, ofcourse. I see you’re knooking continental style. Is this also the way you knit?
rseabrook:
Sep 13, 2021 at 09:12 PM
I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
To be honest, it's so long since I used a pair of knitting needles that I couldn't tell you if I knit the same way as I knook or not. I don't even knook consistently - luckily, with the cord the yarn sits flatter to the fabric so it's easier to see which way round the loop goes. Every so often I'll be working along a row and something's a bit off: "Oh, look! That stitch is round backwards!" - and so I'll go into the other side of the stitch. Sometimes it's just one, sometimes it's a short run of them. I have no idea why I do this, but somehow I get away with it and the end result is fine.
Anneli Truu:
Sep 15, 2021 at 07:55 PM
Oh, I don’t know what happened there in my comment, but these were not supposed to be question marks.You could really just do few rows of them twisted around stitches and call it a design element ????
rseabrook:
Sep 16, 2021 at 07:47 PM
Question marks and twisty stitches - they're all decorative ;-)