http://wheatcarr.com/question-of-the-week/portuguese-knitting-the-saga-continues.php A YARNandTHREAD Blog-A-Venture Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:44:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://wheatcarr.com/question-of-the-week/portuguese-knitting-the-saga-continues.php/comment-page-1#comment-9021 Linda Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:40:24 +0000 http://wheatcarr.com/question-of-the-week/portuguese-knitting-the-saga-continues.php#comment-9021 P.S. Ms Wong. Hats off to you! I will buy anything you sell. You are a smart woman. P.S. Ms Wong. Hats off to you! I will buy anything you sell. You are a smart woman.

]]> http://wheatcarr.com/question-of-the-week/portuguese-knitting-the-saga-continues.php/comment-page-1#comment-9020 Linda Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:38:40 +0000 http://wheatcarr.com/question-of-the-week/portuguese-knitting-the-saga-continues.php#comment-9020 The hook end is used to rescue dropped stitches or when doing any style of knitting, to pick up stitches (along a finished edge). The stitches can then be knitted right off the pointy end. The working needle has to be the correct size needed for your project of course. One could use Afghan hooks with the long cords to knit back and forth, but the ends are sealed off with "buttons". You would not have this problem with double ended circular crochet hooks. The hook end is used to rescue dropped stitches or when doing any style of knitting, to pick up stitches (along a finished edge). The stitches can then be knitted right off the pointy end. The working needle has to be the correct size needed for your project of course. One could use Afghan hooks with the long cords to knit back and forth, but the ends are sealed off with “buttons”. You would not have this problem with double ended circular crochet hooks.

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