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Has anyone tried this method of making a cord? The wooden gizmo is a lucet. They were used by the Vikings over 1000 years ago and were commonplace in Medieval times. It is used much like a "dolly bobbin" only, because it has two prongs, the cord is square. The one on the left was made with dishcloth cotton and the one on the lucet is a double thickness of (variegated) embroidery floss.
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That looks very interesting. Does not it slip off easily when you make the next "stitch"? I love the wood and the handle looks very comfortable. I think I'll try to use only two nails on the dolly bobbin that's lurking in one of my drawers, I like the square cord.
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It is quite slippery - the trick is to maintain an even tension in the thread.
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asterixsew
01 May 2014
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Interesting Sue. Now is this the original or the replacement as one has not appeared here
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This is the replacement!
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Never seen this before how does it work?
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Rather like French knitting.
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Very interesting Sue. Please excuse my ignorance but what is a dolly bobbin ?
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Googled and wow to my suprise its a Knitting Nancy. I have at least 5 antique ones.... One of which is mine from LONG ago when i was a little girl. Used to make bathmats from leftover wool from Mum, Arr the memories :)
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Wow, I've never seen this creature nor had I ever heard of a 'dolly bobbin'. I use to make this cording on an old wooden spool with four nails driven in the top. Isn't this amazing? Oh boy I'm really dating myself with this. I just loved doing it, it's relaxing and the cords can be made into so may things.! Thanks for the memory...hum I guess I'd better see if I can find mine. :)
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That is a dolly bobbin you are describing!
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i have seen this lucet but never knew what it was .thanks sue .hugs
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vickiannette
02 May 2014
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Never have I seen one like this Sue, but I did learn once upon a time, how to make a cord using my two Index Fingers. However I can't quite remember how I did it. I think it's a similar cord.
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That's what my children were taught at school, they called finger crochet.
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I have never seen this, in Germany we have small puppets, called "Strickliesel" (knitting Liese) for this
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Nancy by another name!
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baydreamer
02 May 2014
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I been watching a series called Vikings so this really interested me, I also am on the look out for any way to make cording, so I google this lucet and found many interesting sites but this one I thought I would pass on , how to make soles for slippers and shoes, using the cord that you make from a lucet. I found a site that has a pattern to make my own, I may just have to get the dust off the old scroll saw and make myself one.
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Thanks for that link! Let us know how you get on with yours.
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its a bit like hairpin crochet and worked on the same principle of two prongs. I made a babies shawl this way many moons ago.
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Hair pin crochet is rather different, Annie. This is like French Knitting.
i did say it was a BIT like it. This is more like corking on two nails.
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