Kooky Chook Pincushion

KOOKY CHOOK PINCUSHION

Here is my Kooky Chook Pincushion made by me last year.

It is loosely based on the fabric chicken pincushions that you see on

the internet.

It is made with vintage cord for the body and a newly spool knitted

"tail",

felt for the comb and beak and blue plastic beady eyes

Sometimes, with my purchases of vintage boxed spool knitters, there

is a cord included. I hate to throw away someone's work, and this

particular cord had quite some length to it.

So, I hope you approve of what I have turned this

vintage cord into - I love it!

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Creativa Tricotin

Creativa Tricotin

It is always a delight to discover new publications on

patterns for using the spoolknitter.

This special Italian Creativa Tricotin shows us -

22 Progetto Inediti con schemi OR

22 new projects with patterns.

I purchased mine with the tricotin

included and shown on
the cover.

It features lots of decorative projects as well as

cute toy animals, that both children and adults will enjoy

making.

The ideas in the book are lots of fun even if

you do not speak Italian - the illustrations are easy to

follow.

Happy Spooling!

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

This gorgeous lacy look Art Deco Style

spoolknitter was made by Dave Stanbrough

of Grizzly Mountain Arts, Colorado.

(see links)

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SEASONS GREETINGS!

These fabulous spoolknitters - Santa and Mrs Claus -
 were painted by Janet Sorel of A Fool for Spool

on Etsy!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! 

How Cute!

Christmas will soon be here and at this time of year we

find new spool knitters available much to the

delight of collectors.

I found these little cuties available from the

Pumpkin Patch -  children's clothing and accessories

retailers.

... And of course, they looked so much fun

that I had to purchase two!

Front view

Back view

 

Happy Collecting!

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FOR COLLECTORS!

L'Histoire des Tricotins

et des

Outils Tricoteurs

by Christine Painsonneau-Marillaud

Front Cover

Back Cover

(All images shown with kind permission from

the author - Christine Painsonneau-Marillaud)

Google Translation - 

The History of French Knitting

and Knitting Tools

I am thrilled to announce this new book about

the history of  spool knitters. It is a great boon for collectors

in finding and recognizing knitters and when they were made. The amount of and the

variations of spool knitters is mind boggling and so many discoveries

are being made of other vintage spool knitters.

Christine covers the history from the earliest times, with the included benefit

of many diagrams and photos.

This 158 page book is a comprehensive volume.

Above is a group of composite French knitters

depicting Dutch girls and boys.

You can also find other characters such as -

Pierrot, Charlie Chaplin, Japanese Ladies, Becassine, and

so on. Photos of these and others are of course found in the book.

(Circa 1920's - 30's and around 10 cms)

Above, we have a group of lovely ladies from the 1950's -

a little taller than the average 9 cms at 12 - 13 cms.

Collectors will appreciate the hard work and time that

Christine has put into her book so that we can enjoy its benefits -

so a very big ~ THANKYOU CHRISTINE! 

It is truly a fabulous book!

You can find it available on Ebay - Worldwide (Buy It Now)

or from - The Book Edition   

Christine's blog is ... HERE  ...

(Les Tricotins de Jardinette)

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PRETTY BOXES

Pretty Boxes

Here are some of my favourite little spool knitter boxes I thought that I would share with you. I love the graphics on these vintage spool knitting sets (as well as the contents, naturally) and I am so grateful and happy that all who owned these boxes originally/previously, looked after them. It is not unusual for items to get separated, lost, destroyed and tossed out, and to have these sets now is very much appreciated.

From a collector's point of view, the box is just as valuable as the contents, however not all boxes hold the necessary details of its age, maker and where it was made, which is a shame, or even to the details of the actual artist that was involved in the painting/graphics of the box.

Spool knitting sets of today are mainly packed in plastic, and here I usually try to obtain two of an item, one to keep, and one to "play". You can also photograph them, date them, add details of price, where purchased, etc. on a large tag and attach to the spool knitter.

If you are a very keen collector, then you might purchase your own small boxes, and place a photo of the item on the box, and include all the details inside.

Usually, as with most cheaper childrens' toys, they really were not looked upon as a potential collectible. Who would have thought that the simple spool knitter would be considered that way?

Now if you look carefully at the above photo, you may notice something that seems "out of place".

The Rahmen-Stricken set (or Frame Knit) by Klee, is actually a small square frame with 16 pins secured into the open wooden frame and measures 7cms X 7 cms. It works just the same as a spool knitter, you knit around the frame and end up with a wider knitted tube. It is a very sweet set and I had to include this in my collection. 

There is no date on this box, but I would guess possibly 1920's. Brand name Klee, and it is made in Germany.

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