Comments on: Spool Knitting! Why do I love it so?

By: kz

kz — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:19:18 +0000

…when I was very young (at the most eight yrs old)…my babysitter made these spools for me & my siblings. We would “spool” forever & then she would roll them into a design that she would use for small rugs and even placemats. (She must have sewn them together)…I was thinking of this & searched the internet & found your info)…THANKS…I am going to attempt this DECADES later!?!??!!

By: Dolloch

Dolloch — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:37:55 +0000

Nice! Beatutiful photos, and well presented.

If you want to go full blown geek neepery, check out Ashley’s Book of Knots. It’s a book about, well, knots (around 3000 of them), but there’s an entire chapter devoted to this type of knitting. Although I think he defines it as a type of plaiting.

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:29:18 +0000

This is truely helpful!
I used to be able to do this as a child according to my Mother but as I grew older aslass, I forgot. Then recently I bought myself a kit of craft things and have the knitting bee.
Now I can finally used him! And knit a scarf for my cat ^^
Thanks so much. I’ll let you know how I do.

By: amy

amy — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:29:08 +0000

hi,

this is a great website. I should have come to this earlier but better late than never :-). I came to know about your website via a Malaysian blogger, nancy poh’s blog : http://greenbeingnancy.blogspot.com/

By: jac

jac — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:31:14 +0000

A friend I have has done the most wonderful rug using this type of knitting. She made yards of the coils and as she went she stuffed the hollow with fleece (or in Australia washed dags ).
When she had enough she sewed the stuffed coils into a coiled rug. It is bouncy because of the stuffing and in soft colors it looks beautiful. I hope this triggers off some ideas for you.

By: Crafty Beats

Crafty Beats — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:40:22 +0000

Knitting Spool from Office Supplies…

I’ve been longing for a knitting spool (tricotin in French?), also called knitting nancy, or some knitting looms for a long time, but I could not persuade myself to buy one. My dad, who has much more clever fingers than I do, used to promise me …

By: lml

lml — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:07:41 +0000

my daughter and I discovered this last Christmas and have since made more “corkers” using larger soup cans ( which made a pair of child slippers) and a lagre coffee can ( a hat). Taping the edges with masking tape, they work great and give a child quick sucess as well.

By: Francois

Francois — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:31:02 +0000

Very nice tutorial. Being an amateur woodturner I’ve made knitting spools in a woodturning demonstration session; the ones on my blog are copied from old models from beginning of last century: boisetcopeaux.blogspot.com

By: Renaissance_Red

Renaissance_Red — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:28:20 +0000

Thank you for the step by step instructions. I bought a cute I-cord knitter from Lion Brand but the instructions were kind of sketchy so into the yarn basket it went. I appreciate the pictures, that helps tremendously!

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By: betzwhite

betzwhite — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:56:44 +0000

ah yes, the iCord. A longtime love of mine as well. I even visited my son’s kindergarten class to show them how to knit with the Embellish Knit crank style corder. I ended up creating a “human knitting spool” using the kids and the fattest yarn I could find. Four kids played the role of “pegs” and stood in a small circle facing each other. Four more kids stood behind each “peg” and played the role of “knitter”. (one knitter per peg) I wrapped the peg and the knitter would lift the first loop over the peg’s head into the center of the circle…can you imagine it? It was a blast and it worked!

By: scrapcatb

scrapcatb — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:59:47 +0000

Of course if you really get into using the i-cord results you can go with the knitting machine (called “Cool Corder” now, was once the MagiCord machine) or the Wyr Knittr (http://www.bond-america.com/products/wyrknittr.html)…lots faster, but to me it kinda takes the fun out of the handmade portion… And I totally suggest using some sort of weight on the end of the cord as you work… helps to keep it nice and straight. I use a few large metal washers as a weight when I’m doing cord knitting. Now that I look at that WyrKnittr though…that one might be worth a second look!

By: ninaclock

ninaclock — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:06:17 +0000

It's easy to get obsessed with I-cord, isn't it? I made myself a woven rug with spool-knit i-cord as the weft a while ago. You can see it here. I-cord, along with a set of large needles, is also great for doing knitting demonstrations to large groups.

By: MrsPivec

MrsPivec — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:01:39 +0000

Oops. Forgot to link to my blog if you have time to say hello:

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/MrsPivec

By: MrsPivec

MrsPivec — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:00:29 +0000

*sigh* I am a happy girl these days, somehow only having recently discovered the great, big world of crafting on the internet.

I LOVE your podcast and your website with all the great ideas, links, etc.

My girls (ages 10 & 7) have gotten to more independent ages that this mom has reclaimed and unleashed her crafty self with a vengence! :) Okay, well, maybe it’s not that dramatic, but it FEELS dramatic inside.

Thanks again for all your great work!

~ Nicole