Tag: tools

Vintage Fridays: Knitter’s Companion

October 25, 2013

Well, it’s been a busy summer everywhere but on the blog. Again it has been neglected whilst everything has been going on in the background. I thought I share my summer tales through the winter months to cheer us all up through the gloom. There will also be new pattern releases immenently. However, I have been thinking about a series of shorter posts to share some of my favourite vintage craft tools. I’ve discovered and … More Vintage Fridays: Knitter’s Companion

Nothing New under the Knitter’s Sun?

May 2, 2012

The Spring/Summer Issue of Designer Knitting (Vogue Knitting In the US) carries a feature by Carol J. Sulcoski A Brief History of Circular Needles. The article points out that whilst knitting in the round is nothing new, the transition from doing so on double pointed needles to circular needles is a relatively new development. Reviewing evidence from US patents, the first flexible cable with fixed needles at each end appears to have been patented by … More Nothing New under the Knitter’s Sun?