Comments on: Sock Knitting http://blogs.seamenschurch.org/2007/05/01/sock-knitting/ Christmas At Sea Blog of The Seamens Church Institute of New York and New Jersey Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:37:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Cyndie http://blogs.seamenschurch.org/2007/05/01/sock-knitting/#comment-139 Cyndie Sat, 24 Nov 2007 21:16:49 +0000 http://blogs.seamenschurch.org/2007/05/01/sock-knitting/#comment-139 Try using two circular needles in place of the double-pointed. I have made socks this way and it works well. I have not tried adapting a sock pattern to this method, but it seems to me that you should be able to do it without much trouble. Try using two circular needles in place of the double-pointed. I have made socks this way and it works well. I have not tried adapting a sock pattern to this method, but it seems to me that you should be able to do it without much trouble.

]]> By: jeanette http://blogs.seamenschurch.org/2007/05/01/sock-knitting/#comment-12 jeanette Wed, 02 May 2007 14:10:14 +0000 http://blogs.seamenschurch.org/2007/05/01/sock-knitting/#comment-12 That is a good idea. Someone recommended a pencil case, but that really doesn't help the needles that are in the sock. The coffee can fits the whole project! Very clever. I'm on it. That is a good idea. Someone recommended a pencil case, but that really doesn’t help the needles that are in the sock. The coffee can fits the whole project! Very clever. I’m on it.

]]> By: Nan Dodge http://blogs.seamenschurch.org/2007/05/01/sock-knitting/#comment-11 Nan Dodge Wed, 02 May 2007 12:48:01 +0000 http://blogs.seamenschurch.org/2007/05/01/sock-knitting/#comment-11 When I go to yard sales in the Spring, I pick up all manner of plastic (clear) cosmetic cases -- cylinder types that zip on top, etc. I have one that's perfect -- it holds a sock in progress, five needles, and the extra yarn, and it would be hard to damage a needle. They sell special fancy cylinders at the craft stores, but I find that keeping the entire project in a two-pound clean coffee can works just as well -- when you want to knit, you can take the knitting and needles out of the can and knit, with the yarn fed through a hole in the top of a can. The yarn stays clean and tangle-free, and when you're done, just put the project back into the can. Nan When I go to yard sales in the Spring, I pick up all manner of plastic (clear) cosmetic cases — cylinder types that zip on top, etc. I have one that’s perfect — it holds a sock in progress, five needles, and the extra yarn, and it would be hard to damage a needle.

They sell special fancy cylinders at the craft stores, but I find that keeping the entire project in a two-pound clean coffee can works just as well — when you want to knit, you can take the knitting and needles out of the can and knit, with the yarn fed through a hole in the top of a can. The yarn stays clean and tangle-free, and when you’re done, just put the project back into the can.

Nan

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