is that the inner surface of transmission cavity 17 may be optionally coated by a reflecting material such as silver or aluminum in whole or part as a consequence optional illumination patterns may be employed allowing for example full illumination at a shaft tip but only partial illumination at a base of the shaft or wavelengths of light may be filtered out by a cvd chemical vapor deposition type optical filter further directional lines or alignment notes maybe provided along a length of the shaft to further aid a user with only a beginning knowledge of knitting referring now to fig5 an alternative embodiment of an illuminated knitting device at 4 includes a plurality of light emitting devices 20 21 22 23 and 24 strung along a length of power transmitting and optionally instruction transmitting wire 19 a along a shaft 25 of device 4 as shown shaft 25 is similar to shaft 17 a shown within fig3 and encircles a bounded light reflection and transmission region 19 region within the shaft as a consequence as noted in fig3 shaft 25 provides a bounded shell around region 19 wherein light emitting devices 20 through 24 are positioned by adhesive or fixture points both not shown to prohibit unintended movement relative to the base or the tip of shaft 25 as noted lighting emitting devices 20 through 24 emit light along an entire length of shaft 25 and provide for high intensity light output as will be further described via computer controlled power supply within embodiment 4 a computer control module 25 a adjacent power supply source 25 b is actuatable via switch control mechanism 25 c it is envisioned in the present embodiment that switch mechanism 25 c and computer control module.