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sahmfiberaddict · 01-12-2005, 03:05 PM

Marion · 01-12-2005, 03:51 PM

lol
I dunno, it just seemed a bit too complicated to me

I prefer having my needles. I wonder if you can adjust the width with that thing. It seems you might be stuck with scarves with the paddle.
I have no idea!

ElDucko · 01-12-2005, 06:55 PM

looks like a flat loom to me

i don't get those hoopy loom deals either so...

I mean, I get how to use them, just now what the advantages are to one.

infinite · 01-12-2005, 07:24 PM

Fancy tools confuse me.

I got one of those knitting machines once…you know where you can simply knit by pulling it back and forth….uhm…I am not describing g it well. ANYWAY my husband thought I could use it for bigger pieces and concentrate on detail more. I ended up putting one of the needles into my finger, down the side of it about 2 inches…..then I took it out and threw the machine ( I am not a violent person). My husband was very understand, and only gets me needles now…ha ha ha.

So, put simply…that paddle thing confuses me.

mama-speak · 01-13-2005, 01:36 AM

Hrm. Someone is selling something nearly identical over on the MDC Trading Post, except hers is just oblong, not a 'paddle'. I agree that it looks like too much work if you already know how to knit. Might be nice for a kid, though

khogue2002 · 01-13-2005, 11:41 AM

Melanie,

I've seen them w/o the paddle handle too, at a few websites.

I watched the demo and I think the handle was added so the working yarn could be secured to it while the loops are worked off the pins, I guess so you could do this with only one hand. It was developed by a doc and husband of a knitter for therapy purposes it says.

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Originally posted by mama-speak
Hrm. Someone is selling something nearly identical over on the MDC Trading Post, except hers is just oblong, not a 'paddle'. I agree that it looks like too much work if you already know how to knit. Might be nice for a kid, though