Patent ID: 7107796

Claim:
A method for measuring the dimensions of a knitted work-piece during the fabrication thereof, said method comprising the steps of: obtaining a pair of identical knitting needles, a first needle and a second needle, each of said needles comprising an elongated member substantially circular in cross section and having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end being substantially pointed; head means permanently disposed at the distal end of the elongated member, said head means being larger in circumference than the elongated member for preventing stitches held on the elongated member from sliding off the elongated member at its distal end; at least one measuring scale permanently applied longitudinally to the surface of the elongated member, said at least one measuring scale having as its zero point the distal end of the head means and being marked in equidistant intervals numbered consecutively toward the proximal end; obtaining necessary yarn and instructions to construct the work-piece; casting on the requisite number of stitches and proceeding to knit a portion of the work-piece; completing a row so that the first needle holds the entire work-piece and the second needle does not hold any stitches; spreading the work-piece evenly along the first needle; maintaining the first needle in a horizontal orientation; holding the second needle in a vertical orientation with the proximal end pointed downward and bringing the distal end of the second needle upward to the first needle until the distal end of the head means touches the first needle and the second needle is adjacent to and parallel with a vertical edge the work-piece; and measuring the length of the work-piece using the at least one measuring scale on the second needle.