Knitting

Knitting Wish List (link on Word Press?)

Latvian

Estonian

Russian

http://www.headwaterwool.com/hw_russian_knitting_technique.aspx - Headwater Wool site, excellent videos

• Casting On - http://www.headwaterwool.com/hw_russian_cast_on.aspx
• Casting Off - http://www.headwaterwool.com/hw_russian_cast_off.aspx
• Two-needle Cast-Off - http://www.headwaterwool.com/hw_knitting_lessons_lesson_16_4.aspx
• Old-Russian Yarn Join - http://www.headwaterwool.com/hw_russian_join.aspx
• Knitting Through the Back or Front
• Purling through the Back or Front

http://russian-crafts.com/crafts-history/orenburg-shawls-history.html - Orenburg Shawls at Russian Crafts

http://www.sheeptoshawl.com/blog/index.php?itemid=529 - Donna Druchuna's blog on Russian Knitting

Sock Museum - http://www.sockmuseum.com/

Historic Projects:

http://www.classiccarsproject.com/Antique-Knitted-Pin-Ball-Dated-1792_110508035492.html - knitted pin ball

http://www.augusta-auction.com/Nov_09_Auction/Gallery8_11_09/pages/Gal8_z.htm - late 1500s (?) drawstring purse

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEspring06/FEAThistory101.html - nice images of early pieces

Mundane Projects:

http://www.theshipsproject.com/Home.htm - the Ships Project

http://sunshineknitdesigns.com/earflap_hat.htm - ribbed earflap hat

http://www.knithings.com/triohats.text.htm - trio of patriotic hats

http://smariek.blogspot.com/2006/01/chemo-hat-8-completed-3am-blue-cable.html - cable hat

http://smariek.blogspot.com/2006/10/cap-karma-hat.html - thick chevron hat

http://gailbable.tripod.com/id26.html - zig-zag hat

Pouch sizes - #5 crochet cotton on 2-0 needles:

Tiny Pouch: medalion size - 40-56 stitches (eg. ?, Sifrid - 2 repeats of 28)

Mini Pouch: pitch pipe size - 68-72 stitches (eg. Christian - 2 repeats of 34, Mikhail Badge - 2 repeats of 36)

Small Pouch: small cell-phone size - 75-80 stitches (Calon-Hill Pouch - 3 repeats of 25, RoyalMini - 4 repeats of 20)

Medium Pouch: - 96-115 stitches (eg. Royal, Mikhail)

Instructions:

Design pattern in "PC Stitch" at 14 stitches per inch scale.

Gather appropriate colors of #5 Crochet cotton, 2-0 double pointed knitting needles, and blunt ended yarn needles (if necessary for borders/verticle stripes).

Try casting on with standard "knitting on" instead of "cable cast-on" to get less curl/bulk at the edge.

Knit in the round as usual - background color in left "picking" hand and pattern color in right "throwing" hand.

For verticle stripes, consider separate balls of thread and doing "back stitching" instead of having excessive stranding across the back. (Tie the two "stripe" balls together to decrease tangling.)

Bind off when finished. Try using "plain bind-off" instead of "suspended bind-off" to get less curl/bulk at the edge.

Tighten up any loose stitches.

For the drawstring, thread appropriately colored ribbon or cording through the knitting.

Sewing the lining into the correct shape and size then blind-stitch it along the top edge of the pouch.

Close off the bottom of the pouch with crochet cotton - whip stitch or single crochet.

Make a several-inch-long piece of finger loop braiding to attach along the sides of the pouch - makes a couple of tassles, hides messy edges, provides a convenient carry loop.

Wash, block, and pick off lint and cat hairs.

Non-modern stitch counter ideas: (mine are based on the rosaries)

Beaded row counters - http://www.yarnandcraft.co.uk/USERIMAGES/Beaded-Knitting-Row-Counters(1271608).htm

Also here - http://jedsjoy-gb.silkfair.com/store/item/235322# (except do red and pearl) like this

http://jedsjoy-gb.silkfair.com/store/item/198740-garnet-and-cream-magnolia-row-counter-bracelet-for-knitting-and-crochet-medium-to-large#

Or something like these medieval paternosters/rosaries: http://www.bettinas-pages.de/accessories/a_rosary_gold.html

http://www.bettinas-pages.de/accessories/a_rosary_linear.html

http://www.bettinas-pages.de/accessories/a_rosary.html