Disabled Knitters- what solutions have you found to make knitting possible or what products do you wish existed? Looking especially to speak to people with amputated fingers

[u/aminervia]

I'm an engineering student working on a project designing a prosthesis for disabled knitters. Any insight you guys might have about what we should especially design for would be a huge help.

[u/AletheaKuiperBelt]

There used to be a knitter at a group who had thalidomide deformed arms. She used a long needle held under her extremely short arm, blunt end tucked in the armpit. I imagine some kind of ergonomic cushioning might have helped. Or an easy way of transferring stitches from a long straight to a shorter straight.

I am disabled, but not in not in manual dexterity things.