Crochet Hook from Chopstick

Cut up a few round wooden chopsticks which I was supposed to make into knitting needles for the kids to use.

Starting from the left: the first is the decorative end of the stick; the second is the pointy end which I cut off (third), then the last is the carved out hook.

Gave it some sandpaper action, then smoothed it out even more by rubbing it using the side of a smooth-barreled pen.

Here it is with the i-cord chunky yarn.  Works with the bulky acrylic yarn as well.

Next project?  Bigger.

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Cord Maker with Turk's Head Knot

 Pimped-out cordmaker with a 3-bight turk's head knot, using some jelly string.

Did a blue one with translucent string, but somehow the pictures come out weird.  *shrug*  Oh, well.


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Cord Maker

Repurposing some thread and knitting up chunky yarn for m, but knitting seemingly unending i-cord by hand can get pretty tedious.  I needed something different, and internet gave me the lucet.

I tried out an out an old, cheap fork I had leftover from another project.  It works, except, the cord it makes is too small when I used the repurposed thread.

Then I re-discovered the knitting nancy.  

I managed to make a this small one out of a small branch from the garden (with a convenient hollow core) and some staples. 

Here's a shot with Abe for size comparison.  It makes the approximate size cord, although I need to play around with it more to get the tension the way I want it.

I find that my boredom with making i-cord has gone.  For now.


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