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Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Question Of The Day

These little plastic thingamajigs were found mixed in with some knitting needles and other knitting gadgets.  I assume that they are used for knitting or yarn in some way, but I'm not sure how.  Does anyone know what they are or how they are used?
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6 comments:

  1. TudyAugust 15, 2012 at 7:30 AM

    They are to wind different colors of yarn on for a multi color knitting pattern.

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  2. evelynAugust 15, 2012 at 7:35 AM

    Hi Susan. I haven't knit for a few years. I remember using these. As Trudy said above. They hold your second and third colours in place, and the yarns don't unwind until you want to use them.

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  3. Kathy PAugust 15, 2012 at 8:00 AM

    Yes - I agree with the 2 comments above. We always called them Yarn Bobbins. Mine look like the one on the top. I've never seen the style on the bottom - I'm assuming the holes might be a gauge for sizing needles?

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  4. Needled MomAugust 15, 2012 at 9:32 AM

    I was thinking that the bottom ones were some sort of needle guage too.

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  5. CaroleAugust 15, 2012 at 10:40 AM

    They're bobbins. If you're doing fair isle knitting or anything with a pattern that requires you to change yarn colors as you knit across rows, you would use these.

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  6. LuAnnAugust 16, 2012 at 4:16 PM

    I'm glad to know what they are. I usually knit things that are fairly simple or socks so it's good to know that these things are available.

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