From: | Sven De Herdt Sven.DeHerdt@***********.be |
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Subject: | [OT] Dicebag from Hell |
Date: | Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:18:27 +0100 |
>Tried it myself, but kept dropping stiches (I kid you not). Resorted
to
>rings, because they are stronger, simpler and authentic. Most of my
>reinacting buddies would burn you alive for thinking about using
knitted
>chain.
Only if you would be pretending to have an authentic chainmail.
>Apparently with a fine enough wire a good industrial knitting
>machine will do a suit in no time.
Would you still be able to use wool on the knitting machine
afterwards???
Nah, no can do, it's not real chainmail. You should stick to the rings,
once you get used to it, it goes pretty fast (all you need is a little
bit of patience!).
Sven ;-)