Category Archives: Simple Little Things That Make Me Happy

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 17, 2026 · 1:45 pm

Weaving with Tiny Heddles on Rigid Heddle and Inkle Looms

When I found my box of tiny rigid heddles that had gone awol,

I was so delighted that I had to warp up several looms and show different ways of working with tiny rigid heddles.

They are small, but you can still do really neat things with them!

I made a video with hints and tips for tiny heddles. The link is:

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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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May 2, 2026 · 11:26 am

Using Lucet Cord or Spool Knitting for Lettering a Banner

Days 68 to 70 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms-

Spool knitted and Lucet cord can be used to make letters on banners, like the “Keep Calm and Carry On” banner in my etsy shop.

The banner is woven on the potholder loom and the letters can be made with lucet cord or spool knitted cord.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/88078934/keep-calm-and-carry-on-banner-to-weave

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April 21, 2026 · 6:31 pm

Sweet Dreams Emotional Support Snails to make with a Lucet

Days 44 to Day 59 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms-

It has taken me ages to get it done, but I have finally uploaded a pdf pattern with step by step instructions and photos on how to use a Lucet to make ‘Sweet Dreams/Emotional Support/Comfort Snails.

(The Pattern for them is available at: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4492525912/pdf-pattern-for-lucet-cord-sweet-dreams)

Snails? Yes!

Adorable, cuddly little Snails!

For weeks, I dreamt about these charming little ‘Emotional Support’, ‘Comfort’ Snails and they really did make Sweet Dreams!

They showed up in liminal dappled and speckled spaces.

They offered me comfort and guidance and spoke of the shadows that flicker in the places that are growing-when the breezes flit through the sunshine, whispering of greening new hope, love and light.

They delight me- I hope that they will offer you sweet dreams, and emotional support and comfort, too!

Throughout the amazing Artemis 2 Moon Mission, I worked away with my Lucet, experimenting to find ways of refining these snuggly Snails.

In one of the dreams that I had about these little Lucet Snails, they said that the Artemis Astronauts took us to the moon and back and showed us that we are all really made of stardust and love….

So the Sweet Dreams/Emotional Support /Comfort Snails have both hearts and stars on them so we will remember that lovely thought!

They also have Lucky Pennies inside them so they will always carry good luck and best wishes with them.

There is a link in the pattern for a how to video that has step by step instructions on how to make an upcycled chopstick Lucet.

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April 7, 2026 · 5:32 pm

Day 43 of #100daysofspoolknittersandlittlelooms- I just fixed the face of a Well Well Well Doll

I was not happy with the original face of this Well Well Well Doll –

I like the big oval, but the first version of the face felt lost in it.

I did quite a few drawings to find one that felt right for the doll and settled on this one.

Now, I am content with this version of the doll because the features of the face stand out from the background embellishments and the expression reads clearly.

When you’re making a doll, it’s a really good idea to audition lots of different elements.

Sometimes, it can take time to figure out precisely what isn’t working.

Ask yourself a lot of questions- Is the shape a problem? Is the placement of the features an issue? What does the expression communicate and are you okay with that? Are the colors right? Is there enough contrast or not enough? Is something missing that needs to be added? Is there something that is extraneous and needs to be removed? Feel free to change what doesn’t make your heart sing.

Need help with drawing faces? I made a video to help with that:

The pattern for the Well Well Well Dolls is available in my etsy shop:

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4473549156/pdf-pattern-for-spool-knitted-well-well

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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: