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Knitting Doohickeys, First Spins & a Newspaper Rabbit Hole

Notes from the Needles #4

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Jonathan Lasham
Jul 05, 2026
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This week’s projects come with a focus on hardware: a Shetland knitting belt, a set of hooked Portuguese needles, and a drop spindle, tried out back to back. I finally had a real breakthrough with the drop spindle five years after a false start, and I look at where all my newspaper archive digging is actually headed.

WIP: Cat’s Paw Scarf

Slow progress on my scarf, alongside the knitting belt.

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