Let’s learn how to make your own french knitter!  It’s easy, fun, and uses some simple things found around the house. A french knitter makes knitted cords quickly and easily.  These cords can be used for drawstrings, ties for bags, even coiled up and sewn together to make 3D objects too!  Recently, I showed you how to use a (store bought) French Knitter:

How to Use A French Knitter

If you want to try to make your own, it is a fun and easy activity and you be stitching up knitted cords in no time!

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Wood craft sticks
• Paper roll tube (toilet paper or paper towel)
• Strong tape (packing tape or masking tape work well)
• A ruler
• Yarn
• Scissors

This is a great project for kids too, it is actually two activities in one, the making of the spool (kids might like decorating it too with stickers or painting it in fun colors) and the knitting part.  Plus a large spool is fun and easy for little hands.

First decide if you want yours to have four or six sticks, I made the one shown with six sticks.  If you want four, tape the first two across from each other, and the last two on either side of that.  For six, tape them around making them of equal distance apart.  I left about an inch or so of the stick sticking up from the top.  If that is too high for you to wrap your yarn, try a half inch instead.

Finished!  Now you are ready to start making cords with your own handmade French Knitter!  If you’re unsure how to use it, check out the tutorial link above to show you how!

Here’s a free knitting pattern using the cords you’ve made:

Luggage Blossoms Pattern

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