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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Spoolknitting Box

The prize for the winner of the current Yahoo

Spoolknitter Group Competition is this sweet 

hand-painted wooden box to hold your

spoolknitting accessories in.

It has a wood cut-out of Knitting Nancy

on the front!

The poll is now on to find our winner!

Link to the Yahoo Spoolknitter Group can be found

in the right-hand column of this blog.

Maybe we will see you there!

(Sept 13 ... now closed, but
we will be having more competitions!)

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Anchor Arista

A fabulous booklet to look for if you are interested

in jewellery/necklace designs is the Anchor Intermezzo.

There are five different designs to make using

the Anchor Arista threads.

Below is an Anchor Arista Jewellery kit

- others are available.

There is a necklace and matching ring to

make from the kit.

You can look at the Coats Anchor website for these booklets and

jewellery kits plus some beading sites also have them.

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Having Some Fun!

I found a fun photo site and

had to try some with Nancy

as the model.

I love this one!

Very Warhol!

What do you think?

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New Knitting Dolls

Collectors of spool knitters

are now being catered for very

well - there are more new knitting

dolls for us to enjoy!

We also find a repaint of a

knitting doll - the Japanese doll.

 

These new knitting dolls are Made in China

with a slightly different version of a box

from a previous set of knitting dolls.

Remember those in their bright yellow

boxes with six different knitting

dolls - Eskimo, Japanese doll, Indian boy,

Indian girl, farm boy in blue

overalls, and another boy in red overalls?

These sets of dolls are

also found in a "knitting Nancy"

reproduction box by Heritage Toys
and Games.
(Both these sets in"yellow" and
"Heritage"
boxes are still being sold -
check out ebay.)

The wool supplied in the new

boxes are from Germany.

The loop tools are wooden

with a different colour ball

end. While the box remains

virtually the same, the various

craft shops, craft companies, toy

shops, and toy companies put

their own brand name/retail information

sticker on the boxes.

I wonder what we will discover next

about these sets!

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What is it?

Ted graciously agreed

to model this little

spool knitting accessory

for me...

a novelty apple core

cord minder.

It is one part of the

prize for the current

Yahoo Spoolknitter Group

Tea Cosy Competition.

If you want to be involved,

HURRY! ... you

only have until

May 29th before

it closes!

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Knitting Grandma

I recently painted this

Knitting Grandma spool knitter.

Following the original J W Spear

Knitting Nancy, she is knitting

on four double pointers

just like Nancy.

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