Knitting in artificial light

I was trying to crochet in black and a friend bought me a neck light (£10-15 on Amazon) It’s wonderful for crafting and, if I’m reading an actual book rather than a kindle, I hook it over the bedhead as a reading light.

Serious Lights are great! Very expensive but well worth it. I haven't read the whole thread so someone may have suggested them already. Order by post though I think some shops sell them too.

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I recently bought a reading light from Amazon which you wear round your neck and can angle exactly where you want it.I knit and read in the evening and for around £10 it's one of the best things I ever bought.Well worth a try.

Someone on my Knit for Nowt knitting group recommended one of those to me, after I posted that I’d given the front half of my policeman hand puppet a white shirt, and had done the back in cream! Again, knitting in the evening I just hadn’t noticed…

Not that it mattered too much - what with his hi vis yellow ‘vest’ on top, we doubted that anyone was going to notice - or care…

I have to use my serious reader lamp all the time now, for any close work, especially for knitting. I have the old stable Alex, the one that had a little accessory on it, to hold pencils and the other side holds my row counter via a string

I needed to put it at roughly shoulder height, to my right and honestly it is perfect and has an infinitely adjustable long arm. I cannot even contemplate any dark knitting without this lamp

I have two neck lamps in a drawer and they are ok, could take them to eg craft group but not powerful enough for a lot of knitting at home. I need the serious reader lamp also if I am unpicking machine sewn stitches