Everything started someplace and my knitting life began with this spool knitter. I remember he was a Christmas present in the late 1940's. He used to have the word "Czechoslovakia" in blue stamped on the bottom. I made miles of knitted cord with him and quickly discovered that by working back and forth, rather than round and round, I could knit flat pieces. All my dolls had hats and dresses and coats of spool knitted fabric (embellished with feathers from the featherbed [by this time it had become pillows] my grandmother carried here from "the old country", but that's another story), my dollhouse had rugs and curtains. I found a ball of leftover yarn and knit yards and yards of the stuff which I used to make a border that I sewed around one of my sweaters. It got lots of looks and comments, I like to imagine they were all highly complimentary.I have a small collection of knitting knobs, spools whatever you call them, and I have started this blog to share the information I have and, hopefully, to meet other collectors/enthusiasts and learn from them.
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Hi Mary! This is Marian (spoolknitter in Australia). I love the vintage Czechoslovakia spool knitter. Lucky you to have been given it and better still to have it now. Do you remember if it came in a box? Apparently the safety staples in the top are an idea originated by Spear's Games in 1926 and followed by other toy companies.
Marian, I don't recall if it came in a box. I only know that it was a Christmas gift because, at one time, there was a photo of me in PJ's sitting by the Christmas tree knitting with it. I think that "Czechoslovakia" was hyphenated but the printing is unreadable now.
You know that it is one thing that I find very frustrating - so many of the spool knitters do not have the name of the company that made them anywhere on their "person". Some I have found with just their country of origin. It is good that you have an approx date for yours. I have a feeling that I might have one similar - I will have to check my stack of 6 plastic packing boxes that hold most of the collection - and if I have, I will put a tag on it with the approx. date. Thanks for posting about it! This is great!
Hello again! I have finally done something about a spool knitter group on Flickr. You are very welcome to join and share photos of your collection, and anything about spool knitters. It will I hope open up some areas regarding where certain spool knitters were made etc. The link is on my blog, right side column,....Happy Spooling!
Back again, I think that you might have clicked on "INVITATION" instead of "Spool Knitter Group"
Hi there! I haven't heard from you for a while, I hope all is okay.
I want to know if I can have permission to use this photo on my blog? looking forward to hearing from you, cheers, Marian
hey, why haven't you posted in a while? I periodically check back, and I'm always saddened by the lack of a post.
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