Access the compiled wisdom of daily discussions dating from September, 1996 through March, 2010.

Techknit was a mailing list devoted technical aspects of knitting, spinning and related tools and publications; no off-topic chat was permitted.

“Digests” are compilations of messages sent to the list; a digest is generated when a certain number of messages accumulate, generally every day or two.

Use the form below to search the digest archives.

How to search: Type in one or more words into the search field and click “Search” (or press Enter or Return). If “Match ALL words” is selected, only those documents are returned which contain all of your search terms. With “Match ANY word” all documents are returned which contain at least one of your search terms.

You can put a plus sign (+) directly in front of one or more words to only get those files that include that word. Words with a minus (-) sign directly in front of them change the result so that only documents are listed that do not contain those words.

Phrase searches are not supported (i.e., it doesn’t make sense to put quotes around your query “like this”).

Results are ordered by relevance, with the most relevant documents listed first. Relevance depends on the number and position of matched words in the document.