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Vintage Spool Knitting Pattern and Instructions
Spool Knitting, has been around a long time, it was also known as "Corking". It was often a skill taught to young children before learning to knit with needles. The following patterns are vintage and from 1909 USA., and have long gone out of copywrite. Have fun, and enjoy. Toy knitters for children were made of cylindrical pieces of wood, two and one half or three inches long and at least one inch in diameter. This size enables the child to grasp it easily and work without cramping the fingers. A hole one quarter or one half inch in diameter is bored lengthwise through the center to admit the work. Pins, staples, or wire nails are used as posts. These are driven into the wood and then curved outward a little at the top with pliers, to prevent the work from slipping off. One, two, three or four posts may be used. (Personally I grew up using four posts, but the two post produces a nice flat knitting). A number of forms of web can be made, but the simplest and quickest are those made on the knitters having only two posts. The four post knitters are also simple and are used where a rounder and thicker cord is needed.
Circular Mat
A mat five inches in diameter requires two and one-half yards of round web. Start sewing with the piece of worsted hanging from the end of the web. Coil and sew in place by taking up the under half of a stitch on the right, then the under half of a stitch on the left side usually called the “ball stitch”. Continue alternating from right to left, taking up one stitch at a time except when it is necessary to widen.. then sew two stitches of the web into the mat. Run the end of sewing thread back in the sewing to fasten it. When starting with a new sewing thread, put the needle in one inch back from where sewing needed and run it through the work to where the last stitch was taken.
Below are some links to patterns that you can use this "webbing" or rope for. Have fun with this old craft of spool knitting.
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