[NFBCS] Lace shawl

[carcione at access.net]

Sorry, I meant to send to a different list, and "to" said the different
list, but here it is on NFBCS.  Sorry about that.

Tracy

 

 

From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Derrick Day via NFBCS
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2023 9:27 AM
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Derrick Day <brlkid at outlook.com>; carcione at access.net
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Lace shawl

 

I can promise you I've never knitted or crocheted anything with yarn in my
entire life. That would cramp my fingers after the third go through. I'm
just thinking about the mechanics though, what if you got something like a
rubber sleeve or maybe even had somebody 3-D print you a tube with an inner
diameter of the small needle and an outer diameter of either the larger
needle or even something thicker than that. It might save your hands and
make things a little easier for you to deal with while also giving you the
effect of the small needle and small thread. 

Another option is to wrap the small needle with medical tape, grip tape, or
even duck tape  Two layers of that will almost double the thickness of the
needle handle as well.

 

Thanks so much, 

Derrick CDay

  _____  

From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org <mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> > on
behalf of Tracy Carcione via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org
<mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org> >
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2023 9:18:14 AM
To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List' <nfbcs at nfbnet.org
<mailto:nfbcs at nfbnet.org> >
Cc: carcione at access.net <mailto:carcione at access.net>  <carcione at access.net
<mailto:carcione at access.net> >
Subject: [NFBCS] Lace shawl 

 

I just bought a pattern for a knitted lace shawl.  It's charted, so I'll
have to get it transcribed, but it sounds worth it.  I play the harp, and
the shawl has 2 harps, some music, and a leaf pattern. 

It's calling for lace-weight yarn and a size 1 needle, but I don't think
I'll be comfortable with either of those.  Has anyone worked with
lace-weight?  It seems like it would be really thin and hard to deal with,
but I've never tried.  Also, really thin needles tend to cramp my fingers
after a while.  

So I'm thinking I would make the shawl using fingering and a size 2.5
needle.  I think gauge isn't so critical in a shawl.  Bigger yarn will just
make it a bit bigger.  

Any comments?

Tracy

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/attachments/20230728/603393e7/attachment.html>