SED 16: Luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu(cet)
Today I made another lucet. I made it out of scraps of tiny pipe, and bits of craft sticks, and string, and hot glue. On the good side, the prongs were nice and round, and they were nicely spaced apart. On the bad side, the handle was very wide, too wide to turn comfortably with one movement. Grrr. Will I have to learn woodcarving to make the perfect lucet?
Anyway, the characteristics of this lucet were such that I thought I'd try to figure out the "no-turn turn" method of luceting. When I tried before, I was so used to doing the "fast grab" turning method that I got all tangled and confused. This time I decided to ignore all the instructions, and figure it out as if I were doing it via the fast-grab method. One prong was exactly the same, obviously. The other prong, I figured out the following:
1. index finger of hand holding the lucet: press down on the back of the prong you just worked (first prong), holding the stitch you just finished, so it isn't pulled too soon
2. dominant hand: wrap the working yarn around the back, to the outside of the second prong, round the front, and to the back again; hold with little finger (it sounds more complicated than it is)
3. grab the back of the loop on the second prong (dominant hand), lift up the index finger away from the first prong (other hand), and pull on the loop to close the previous stitch (dominant hand)
4. lift the loop over the prong from the back to the front
5. move the working yarn from the middle where it was, through the front, over to the side past the second prong, and tug (again, this sounds more complicated than it is).
Luceting is dangerous. I just lose track of time when I'm doing it, and I end up overdoing it and my hands do not thank me.
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Anyway, the characteristics of this lucet were such that I thought I'd try to figure out the "no-turn turn" method of luceting. When I tried before, I was so used to doing the "fast grab" turning method that I got all tangled and confused. This time I decided to ignore all the instructions, and figure it out as if I were doing it via the fast-grab method. One prong was exactly the same, obviously. The other prong, I figured out the following:
1. index finger of hand holding the lucet: press down on the back of the prong you just worked (first prong), holding the stitch you just finished, so it isn't pulled too soon
2. dominant hand: wrap the working yarn around the back, to the outside of the second prong, round the front, and to the back again; hold with little finger (it sounds more complicated than it is)
3. grab the back of the loop on the second prong (dominant hand), lift up the index finger away from the first prong (other hand), and pull on the loop to close the previous stitch (dominant hand)
4. lift the loop over the prong from the back to the front
5. move the working yarn from the middle where it was, through the front, over to the side past the second prong, and tug (again, this sounds more complicated than it is).
Luceting is dangerous. I just lose track of time when I'm doing it, and I end up overdoing it and my hands do not thank me.
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