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Casey’s interview is with Carson Demers and his book Knitting Comfortably: The Ergonomics of Handknitting.
Other things we talk about this week:
The yarn with silver in it, SilverSpun, isn’t actually currently available in a silver color. 🙂
Slow-Motion Using DPNs
The best tip I learned from Carson’s book:
Support your forearms!
I suffered with elbow pain and had to go for PT.
The trick is not to knit with your arms in
“the air”.
Lay a pillow or blanket or the afghan you are knitting across your lap and rest your forearms on top, supported.
It works.
A suggestion for Karen and her Harry Potter jumper.
She can knit a grey wool and a thin thread of silvery lurex together. Il adds some “shine” but keeps all the quality of wool -elasticity, warmth -without the inconveniences of lurex – itchiness and lack of elasticity.
When I click on the Amazon link for the book it’s only available for over $1,000. I mean, I’m sure it’s a great book, but $1000 is a LOT of yarn 😉
Yes – I believe the book is so expensive on Amazon because it has sold out, but there are other retailers selling it for the normal price. Here it is on WEBS:
https://www.yarn.com/products/knitting-comfortably-the-ergonomics-of-handknitting
S t a c i
Blue sky fibers has a metalico line with a lovely silver yarn. They’re also very soft.