Hi all,
with all the spam going on, while this isn't a bead post at this point, it's a beaded jewelry post. I read a bunchh of stuff about viking knit and decided this isn't something I can do. However, it reminded me of the knitting spool I had when I was a kid. I looked it up on the web today and found it's called French knit, got myself a new knitting spool today (much to my surprise Ben Franklin has those) and started a rather disorderly 32ga French knit
Other than that you make one inside a dowel (or other) with a hole inside and wind the wire around the outside and the other around the outside of a dowel (and use short bits of wire), can somebody explain to me what the real difference is in the result?
OK, I thought the knitting spool wouldn't work with wire (or cotton, or raffia, anything that isn't really flexible/expandable). It most certainly does. I now understand how and why.
While my 32ga wire knit looks nothing like any viking knit I have seen, other than the tools and methods used, is there really any difference? (other than that my wire and knitting spool are still attached to one another? I so far have about 15" of knit from one piece of wire, and it's still attached)
I hope somebody here knows more than me ...
Aloha, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry Website: