Knitting Nancy gets a Makeover

 (before and after)

Knitting Peter

I had been wanting to give the Spear's Knitting Nancy of

the 1970's, 80's, and 90's a makeover for quite some

time.
(Knitting Nancy is the product name given
to the spool knitters by Spear's Games)

 I have a large number of these common boring 

and hideous bright pink-faced Knitting

Nancies in varying degrees of condition, the one

that I have painted here had had an accident with

nail polish of all things! ... and it had been purchased

for next to nothing.

In the 1920's - 30's, there were both female and

male form Knitting Nancies made by Spear's

of Germany and UK .... the male was called

Knitting Peter (Strick-Peter).

I quite like how he turned out in light

blue top with dark blue pants.

I also like his little expression on

his face!

 Here is the original Spear's
Knitting Peter (right)
of the late 20's/30's.
Don't the two Peter's
make a nice family
photo!!

                                                                        

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KNITTING PETER OR KNITTING NANCY

My latest spool knitter find is

this Knitting Nancy.


Inside the box.

Those who have been a regular follower
of my spoolknitter blog will know that
I have found that this style of spool knitter
below is called a "Strick-Peter"
(1932 - German name - by
J.W. Spear & Sons)
This information is found in the
book - Games We Play -
History of J.W. Spear & Sons.
The English name is Knitting Peter.

Of the 'Spears' company in England, these
are more commonly found.
According to German friends, these
are quite rare to Germany.
While the Knitting Nancy (female form and
called a 'Strickliesel' by 'Spears' Germany)
had continued
to be made in Germany,
the 'Spears' company in England changed it
to the male form and kept the Knitting
Nancy name!


Above shows a major change to the
Knitting Peter.

While the name Knitting Nancy is an
actual name for a toy, it has become the
general term (used by
many in the English speaking
countries) for the spool knitter.