Frugal flashes

[cacunn]

I can remember as a kid taking finishing nail and a wooded spool from sewing thread and making this type of knitting loom. You nailed the finishing nail ( 4 or 6) around the hole in the spool. You used either thick thread ot fine yarn to make you cord.

I seem to also remember seeing a similar model with a hand crank. I did a quick search on the internet but could not locate a crank model.

They also make larger models in rings or oval and you cold in theory knit hose on the right size model. You could knit and do cables on one of the rings, but, I am not sure you could purl to do ribbing.

[berserkbishop]

Wow cool! those look great!

[Cynthia]

Very nice! How do they look while you're wearing them? Are they comfortable and stay put?

My poor husband has muscular calves and the kilt hose and garters we have are way too tight. I'm really worried about buying any kilt hose in the future unless I know for a fact they'll fit his calves.

I have knitted some basic stuff before (scarves mainly... I can knit and purl, but haven't done any increases and decreases and haven't worked any fancy designs into actual projects yet). I need to learn how to knit better (something I'm trying to work myself up to doing) so I can make some kilt hose, but the garters are an easier fix. I want to replace the elastic and velcro bands with something not so tight and something that won't chew up the hose. But I had also seen those ties and liked the looks of them. I think they're tablet woven, but I too was wondering if I could make something with knitting. It's mainly the tasseled ends that I'm concerned about, but yours look really nice. I'm contemplating playing around and seeing if I can knit a couple, now.

Thanks so much for sharing these!

[phantomws]

Very cool, I am going to look into doing this. Thanks for the info!

[Moosedog]

Jay,

Thanks for posting the photos...Those little knitters are great! I have made several pairs of garters/flashes using one. Easier, but not quite as fun, as the old "nail-in-the wooden-bobbin" setup...I just used a crochet hook to make a tassle of the desired length at the ends.

Moosedog

[Bugbear]

Jay,

Thanks for posting the photos...Those little knitters are great! I have made several pairs of garters/flashes using one. Easier, but not quite as fun, as the old "nail-in-the wooden-bobbin" setup...I just used a crochet hook to make a tassle of the desired length at the ends.

Moosedog

Moosedog! When I lived with my grandmother as a little kid, we used to do that "nail-in-the wooden-bobbin" knitting a lot. You just brought back a bunch of memories. Thanks!

[cacunn]

Another method of making tassels.

Take a piece of card board cut it 25% longer than you want your tassels to be. Wrap yarn around the card board until you have enough for your desired tassel thickness. Slip the end of the flashes cord under on side of the tassel loops on the card board. Pull the cord through at least two or three inches or even more this length will be adjusted.

Slide the tassel yarn off the card board, holding so the yarn does not unravel and the flashes cord does not fall out. Wrap 6 to 10 loop of yarn around the tassel yarn up close to the flashes cord and tie off.


Pull the flashes cord back that when you loop the end up against the long section of flashes cord the short end on the cord extends about 1/2 inch above the top of the tassel. That yarn and wrap the short end of the flashes cord to the long end of the flashes crop and tie off.

Cut the bottom loops off the tassel and fluff.

This should be quicker and easier than sewing the tassel into the end of the cord.

[Kilted in Maine]

That method, I can't picture.

You lost me mid way through.

"Pull the flashes cord back that when you loop the end up against the long section of flashes cord the short end on the cord extends about 1/2 inch above the top of the tassel. That yarn and wrap the short end of the flashes cord to the long end of the flashes crop and tie off."

???

[cacunn]

That method, I can't picture.

You lost me mid way through.

"Pull the flashes cord back that when you loop the end up against the long section of flashes cord the short end on the cord extends about 1/2 inch above the top of the tassel. That yarn and wrap the short end of the flashes cord to the long end of the flashes crop and tie off."

???

I'm at work I'll try and do some phots when I get back home tonight.

[Bugbear]

Guess there's lots of ways to do it...