Gadget Review – Spool knitters -1
June 5, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under spool knitter & spoolknitter, spool knitting and spoolknitting
About 10 years ago, I was thrilled to bits to see a very special spool knitter on eBay. I have always loved spool knitting, but until then, hadn’t seen a spool knitter that looked like a doll.
I was so excited to see a spool knitter that was painted to look like Little Orphan Annie. I bid on her and won the auction.
Boy, was I ticked off when the seller decided that the price hadn’t gone high enough and refused to honor the auction. Humph!
I was really annoyed. But, I always figure:
Why get mad? Why not get creative?
So I asked my husband to turn me a spool knitter on the lathe, so I could burn it and embellish it the way I wanted.
Little did I know that one thing would lead to another.
And, so…. over the last decade, we have made countless spool knitters – each one totally unique and one of a kind.
The spool knitter on the right in the pic above, is the very first spool knitter that we made.
The one on the left is a vintage Spears spool knitter that a friend sent me. I would have LOVED to have had one like that when I was a child!
I am still completely in love with spool knitting and am still designing for the spool knitter. It’s such a delight!
Here are links for lots of spool knitted projects that I have designed. Have fun with them!
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Happy news for people who would like charming little spool knitter people at a very reasonable price:
Lion Brand makes darling little 4 peg spool knitter dollies.
They are really sturdy and very pleasant to work with.
My next posting is about some more new spool knitters that I really like.
(PS: I don’t profit by telling you about them- I just really like them.)
Happy Spool knitting!
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Thanks for the links. I have a few spool knitters and have been wanting to play with them.
I didn’t know spool knitters could be so cute!
I love the first one you made and engraved. That is truly a collector’s item. Beautiful!
My two sisters and I did a lot of spool knitting as kids. Why should kids have all the fun?!
Thanks so much, TurquoizBlue! Hope you’ll have fun with your spool knitters!
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Thank you so much, Eileen
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We’ve lost track of how many spool knitters we’ve made since that first one.
They are soooooooooooooo much fun! I agree…. they are wonderfully pleasing to work with, no matter what age we are!
Thanks, Peggy… spool knitting and spool knitters are one of my passions! Pure delight!
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