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May 31, 2026 · 6:25 pm

How to use Spool knitters as Flower Looms -1

I love finding lots of ways of working with spool knitters that take them past ‘just making cord’, so I have been playing with using spool knitters as flower looms.

I have come up with some fun ways of making flowers with spool knitters.

I’ve made a couple of YouTube videos showing how I do this.

This first video shows how to use spool knitters to make yarn flowers that have a perimeter ‘frame’ around them.

They can be made with as many colors as you want- just one color or lots of contrasting colors.

The flowers can have pin backs or hair clips stitched to the back.

They can be used as patches to mend worn clothing or stitched on as embellishments.

Hang them up as holiday ornaments.

They can be stitched together to make mats, shawls, scarves, table runners or bags.

Here’s the link to the first Spool Knitters as Flower Looms video tutorial:

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May 23, 2026 · 4:49 pm

Video Tutorial- How to Make Simple Lucet and Spool Knitted Hearts

When I was re-designing my Spool knitted and Lucet cord hearts and building a new pattern for them, I got all inspired and also designed some super simple Lucet cord and Spool knitted Hearts.
The pattern for the larger Hearts is at https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/48409277/woven-spool-knitted-heart-designed-by

I made a video of how to make the Simple Little Hearts.

Here’s the link to the YouTube Video.

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May 19, 2026 · 11:39 am

A re-design and pattern re-build for spool knitted and lucet hearts

I’ve been totally re-designing my Spool knitted and Lucet cord hearts.

This has been a whole lot more work than I planned,

but I am really happy with the hearts and with the new pattern.

So, here they are:

Lovely hearts made with lucet cord or spool knitted cord.

The link to the etsy pattern is:

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/48409277/woven-spool-knitted-heart-designed-by

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May 10, 2026 · 11:53 am

Rosie Recycle Upcycled Dolls

Day 72 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms-
I have always loved making dolls.

I am a dyed in the wool upcycler, so using upcycled things in my doll making is really important to me.

My ‘Rosie Recycle’ dolls are ‘pin dolls’ that have pins on the backs of their heads so they can be hung on a curtain, worn on a lapel or hat, or pinned to bag or backpack.

Their bodies are jointed from the neck so they ‘dance’.

I love them 🙂 They are so much fun to make!

When I wrote the instructions, I didn’t include lucet cords, but the Rosie Recycle dolls can definitely be made with lucet cords as well as spool knitters.

There are instructions for crocheted as well as knitted versions in the PDF pattern book. The pattern is in my etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/43880591/rosie-recycle-dolls-pattern-ebook-pdf

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April 29, 2026 · 7:19 am

How to Make a Beaded Friendship Bracelet on a Lucet

Days 63 to 67 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms-

Lucets can be used to make quick and easy friendship bracelets.

Adding beads makes them even better- and you can make beads out of tiny rubber duckies, too.

Here’s a video that shows how to make lucet cord beaded friendship bracelets. So much fun!

Here’s a link to the video for how to make a beaded lucet cord friendship bracelet https://youtu.be/5vSUOEcZL-8

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April 24, 2026 · 12:44 pm

Adding Good Luck and Good Wishes to Emotional Support Lucet Snails

Days 61 and 62 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms- a comment on my previous video about the Lucet Emotional Support Snails that said that pennies are not made anymore.

Ah! BUT there are lots of ways of putting Good Wishes into the Emotional Support/Comfort/Sweet Dreams Snails- and I have made a little video that shows how 🙂

I have updated the pattern for the Emotional Support Snails so that people who don’t have pennies to include in the Snails can still put in all kinds of good wishes and good luck.

The pattern for the Snails is at: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4492525912/pdf-pattern-for-lucet-cord-sweet-dreams

and a new video showing how I added good wishes to the new little Emotional Support Snail in the pics is at https://youtu.be/sau3CVsJJbU

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April 4, 2026 · 2:55 pm

Day 42 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms- How to Make a Lucet from Upcycled Chopsticks and How to Make Lucet Cord with it

One of the unexpected bonuses of doing the 100 Day Project is that it reminds me of things that I have designed and then set aside and forgotten.

One of those things is the delightful Lucet Cord maker (Lucets are flat 2 peg spool knitters) that I use upcycled chopsticks to make. They are such a pleasure to work with and I love making cord with them.

Here is the link to the video tutorial: https://youtu.be/xvGmJgq72Mg

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April 3, 2026 · 2:32 pm

Day 41 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms- Kindness Loom woven Butterflies for Springtime and Easter

If you would like to make some quick and easy little Easter and Springtime gifts – here’s a link to a free video tutorial that shows how to makeTiny Butterflies woven on the Kindness Loom. They are part of my ‘Weaving Kindness Project’.

All the links for how to get the instructions for weaving little projects that are the epitome of kindness, hope and delight., from making the loom to a ton of delightful little Weaving Kindness projectss are here:

ALL THE LINKS FOR THE WEAVING KINDNESS LOOM AND PROJECTS BY NOREEN CRONE-FINDLAY

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April 2, 2026 · 10:02 am

Day 40 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms- Kindness Loom weaving for Springtime and Easter

For the first part of my 100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms I have focused just on spool knitting- and I have lots more spool knitting to share. But, with Springtime arriving for some places (not so much for us… still cold and snowy- ugh) and Easter coming I wanted to feature the Gentle Bunny

and Tiny Baby Birds woven on the Kindness Loom.

They are part of my ‘Weaving Kindness Project’. Why not make yourself the Kindness Loom and weave up some tiny treasures for Springtime and Easter?

I have designed a tiny loom for weaving little projects that are the epitome of kindness, hope and delight. All the links for how to get the instructions for everything, from making the loom to a ton of delightful little Woven Wonderfuls are here:

ALL THE LINKS FOR THE WEAVING KINDNESS LOOM AND PROJECTS BY NOREEN CRONE-FINDLAY

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March 29, 2026 · 12:36 pm

Links- How To Use Spool Knitted or Lucet Cord

Day 35 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms- Lots of Links for How To Use Spool Knitted or Lucet Cord

Spool knitting and using lucets to make lovely cord is relaxing, meditative, contemplative and just plain fun. But, people often ask me: What do you do with all those cords after you’ve made them?

Here’s a list of useful links to videos that I have made about ways of using spool knitted and luceted cord. (Lucets are flat 2 peg spool knitters))

Go to my Etsy shop to buy pdf patterns for fun spool knitted projects:

http://NCroneFindlay.etsy.com

Tutorials and links are nested here: https://tottietalkscrafts.com/