Knitting I-Cords on a Loom!
Hi, Guys!
I'm Kristen and Welcome to Studio Knit.
Did you know we can make I-Cords without using knitting needles?
We are going to dive into spool knitting, this is also called corking, French knitting,
or tomboy knitting.
This is a great option for kids or anyone without knitting experience who want to quickly
make some pretty cool knitting projects, like making knitted jewelry, pencil cozies, toys,
decorations, and even brains!
If you'd like to learn how to knit an I-Cord on regular knitting needles, make sure to
check out my video and the link is in the description below.
So, for our materials, we will be using yarn in any weight and mine is here is bulky, and
a Spool Loom device, it includes a loom hook and tapestry needle.
And we're using some scissors, too.
I have a link in the description below on where you can purchase this exact Jumbo Spool
Knitter by Boye online.
Now, after I show you how easy it is to knit up I-Cords on this little plastic loom, I'm
also going to show you one other device, as well as a side-by-side comparison to see how
this stacks up to traditional knitting in regards to quality and speed.
To begin, we simply place our yarn down the center of the loom and we will hold onto this
yarn tail securely throughout this entire process.
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For the loom, we take the yarn that is between these two pegs.
Next, we wrap it around the front of the left one, bring it around clockwise, and behind
the next peg.
So we made one little loop there.
Now again, wrap it around the front going clockwise, and then behind the next peg.
Once we've wrapped all five pegs in this way, we will do it exactly the same way until all
five pegs have two yarn wraps each.
Okay, now using our hook, we simply take the bottom loop bring it over the top loop and
then let it go.
Again, the bottom loop here is picked up by our hook, we bring it over the top, and off.
Now let's go all the way around all five pegs until they each have just one loop remaining.
Then it's wrap time again.
And we just wrap around all five pegs, use the hook on all five pegs, and keep repeating
this process until your I-Cord is the length you desire.
Once you're ready to remove your I-Cord, we're going to be doing what in knitting is called
binding off.
And first we simply cut our yarn and we're going to thread it through our tapestry needle.
Now, we're taking the needle and the the yarn is going to be thread through this first loop,
bring it up, and off.
And then we continue doing all around until all five loops are removed from the loom.
You may wish to weave in your ends a little more securely, too, depending on your project.
Oh, I also have this other little nifty device that supposedly makes I-Cords simply by cranking
a handle!
I'll have a video coming soon to see if this thing really works, and to make sure you don't
miss it, make sure you are SUBSCRIBED to Studio Knit on YouTube.
Okay, here's the moment you've all been waiting for!
After knitting on traditional double-pointed knitting needles, or DPNs for exactly ten
minutes, I also used the Spool Knitter fo exactly ten minutes so that we could compare
the I-Cords of each!
Oh, okay, so the knitting needles versions clearly is the winner when it comes to length.
Let's see, the spool knitter gave us a little over 6 inches in length, and the traditional
version here is about 9 inches.
So, on length, our old fashioned way wins.
And here you'll see that the traditional I-Cord is fairly flat in shape on the sides, whereas
the Spool version is much rounder all the way around and it also looks like it has a
bit of a looser weave.
Whether it's doing knitting on knitting needles or with crafty gadgets, I hope you are inspired
to knit up some I-Cords.
And next time we'll find out if you really can make an I-Cord simply by turning a crank.
Please like up this video, make sure to SUBSCRIBE, and check out all of my other knitting projects
that we can make with I-Cords.
Thanks so much for watching guys.
Bye!