KNITTING FORK KIT WITH OPTIONAL 6mm CHILDREN'S KNITTING NEEDLES

An old Childhood favourite: The KNITTING FORK - also known as Lucet - always has a place in our house on a rainy day or at winding down time and while listening to a story. The long snakes it creates are perfect for imaginary play, from skipping ropes to fishing lines & snakes in the grass to cattle fences. The chunky yarn (Stockholm Range) is naturally dyed by us.

The idea behind this little kit came from my once 5 year old son, who loved knitting with his knitting fork and wanted to give one to his friend as a birthday present. We thought it would be lovely to roll up a few balls too and give it all in a pull string cotton bag to keep it all together. Roisin (Pronounced Ro-sheen) was delighted and two days later my little one received a lovely friendship bracelet from Roisin made by using the knitting fork.

TO MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING FOR 6+YEAR OLD CHILDREN, we have added the option of including a pair of Birchwood Knitting needles. Making it a perfect Starter Pack.

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This lovely Kit includes:

4 x 25g of different colours of naturally dyed chunky wool Yarn a total of 100g
1 natural beech wood knitting fork
Straight forward instructions (includes 1 image)
NEW & OPTIONAL: 6mm Children's Knitting Needles
all contained in a Fairtrade organic cotton pull string bag

Some more info:

One ball of naturally dyed yarn will create a rope of almost 4m length and there are 4 balls in the big kit, creating a total of 16m!

The colours can sometimes vary, but generally are as shown as in the pictures. All our chunky Stockholm yarn is naturally dyed by us here in Ireland. If you like to have a look at the yarn, please click here: Stockholm – AppleOak FibreWorks

A beautiful wooden Knitting fork, also known as Lucet, ideal for small hands. Made out of one piece of sustainably harvested beech wood, this Lucet it is sturdy and thick. My children tried it and are delighted with it. It isn't flimsy and the opening is big enough for a chunky cord.

Made out of beech wood
Length 20cm

Instructions included

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A Knitting For Kit is also available here: 

KNITTING FORK KIT – AppleOak FibreWorks

How to use a knitting fork:

1. Put the end of the yarn through the hole, keep hold of it with your thumb.

2. Put 2 'eights' around the two tines of your fork, one 8 on top of the other.

3. Now lift the lower '8' and put it over the '8' on top, one tine at a time, pull gently on the yarn end.

4. Put another '8' around the tines of the fork and repeat step 3.

Repeat step 3 and 4 until you have the desired length.