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Spool Knitting - How to use a Spool Knitter
Lion Brand® Jiffy®
GAUGE: Exact gauge is not essential to this project.
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BRAID
| CASTING ON YOUR SPOOL KNITTER
1. Start by threading the yarn through the spool knitter
from the top so that the loose end passes through the spool
and comes out the bottom. |
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| 2. Wrap the yarn in the counter clockwise direction around
one of the nails. |
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| 3. Continuing to the next nail in the clockwise direction,
loop the yarn around the nail counter clockwise.
Repeat until there is a loop on each nail. |
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| KNITTING ON YOUR SPOOL KNITTER
4. Continuing in the clockwise direction, place the yarn on
the outside of the first nail so that it is positioned on the
nail above the loop that is already on the nail. Your
original loop is on the bottom and the new yarn (not yet a loop)
is on the top. |
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| 5. Insert a slender knitting needle into the loop that is on
the bottom and that goes around the nail |
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| 6. Use the needle to lift the loop up, over the new strand of
yarn and over the top of the nail, and slide the loop off the
needle so it is on the inside of the spool. You will now
have only one loop on the nail -- the new loop! |
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| 7. Give a gentle tug to the tail of the yarn to pull the
stitch just made down into the center of the spool.
Proceeding in the clockwise direction, repeat steps 4-7 on
each nail. Each time you lift the loop over, you
create a stitch. Looking at the top of the knitter, it
begins to look like a web. Soon, you'll find that there is
a thick braid being created in the center of the spool! |
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| There are many uses for spool knitters and the braid they
produce. Click here for the easy pattern for
our tiny spool-knitted
teddy bear.
To find out more about spool knitting, visit the Lion Brand
Yarn Blog: Spool
Speak
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Ratings and Reviews
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| Spool Knitting - How to use a Spool Knitter Reviewed by Sue O on 2011-09-10 |
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| Would be helpful for the demo pictures if a different color yarn was used than the color of the spool. The spool, the yarn, and the stick are all red, so it is very hard to see. Need a striking contrast in the colors to see the instruction pictures better. Spool knitting is really fun and have done it since childhood. Was a great activity on many long vacation car rides. If you like spool knitting you can also teach kids to finger knit, where the 4 fingers on one hand are used as the pegs and the yarn is looped and pulled through to make a loosely woven piece. Google "finger knitting."
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When you are in New York City, visit the Lion Brand Yarn Studio at 34 W. 15th Street for a one-of-a-kind yarn lover's experience.
For more information, visit the website, LionBrandYarnStudio.com
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