Make unique knitting needles
June 4, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under knitting, tutorial
One of my most favorite pairs of knitting needles is a set that I made for myself.
I took small diameter hardwood dowels and then sharpened the points. Then I added tiny Matroushka doll ends to them:
The dolly tops of the knitting needles came from a pair of Russian pens that I found in a ‘Ye Olde Crafte Shoppe’ in a local mall.
I sawed the dolly ends off the pens (they never worked as pens).
I carefully drilled holes into the ends of the little Matroushka dolls and then glued the ends of the knitting needles.
I use the remainders of the pens …read more
Knit your noodles with free needles
February 14, 2008 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under Creativity, knitting
My dear friend, Arlee, is a FABULOUS teacher (and wonderful person).
She started a knitting club at her school, and has 46 kids knitting up a storm.
We were chatting the other evening, and she said:
‘Oooh… getting knitting needles for all those kids is expensive !’
And I responded: ‘Why not MAKE them knitting needles? !’ (I love ‘GREEN’ eco friendly/recycling projects)
Just take a set of used, clean chopsticks, some beads and a nail file….
Wash the chopsticks. File any rough spots on the chopsticks, and shape the ends into a softly rounded point:
Glue (or wedge firmly) the beads onto the blunt ends:
And – …read more
