Beaded Hedgehog Figet a New Pattern! A Knit AND Crochet Combo

 A New Pattern!

                    Beaded Hedgehog Fidget - A Knit AND Crochet combo Pattern

I had seen the beaded hedgehog craze going on, featuring little crocheted and beaded hedgies.  I sooorrt of liked them but thought I could make improvements.  I did try a few patterns but meh...  so I wrote my own.  

I have crocheted since I was a young girl (50 some years or more) and have been a knitter since the 1990's.  I like knitting for most projects such as garments and slippers, but crochet has it's place for utilitarian items such as potholders.  I do enjoy both crafts.  In thinking about the little hedgehogs I thought that the crocheted body with the beads certainly lent itself to the bumpy look - but I didn't like the crocheted face.  I played around and made some with knit faces.  

I love them!  I hope you are tempted to try my pattern as they really are cute. 

Here are some pics of the ones I've made thus far (I am making 16 for my granddaughter's 1st grade class and a few extra to give away to the neighbor children).  The pattern is available on a few different sites: my 

Kriskrafter website:  https://www.kriskrafter.com/product-page/beaded-hedgehog-fidget-knit-and-crochet                                                                                                                                                          My Etsy store:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/Kriskrafter1

Ravelry:  https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/beaded-hedgehog-fidget

Make Sentro Addi Knitting Machine hat and Cordy icord maker tool embellishment

I made a couple hats on my Sentro circular knitting machine.  Then, for embellishment, I knit some icord using the Cordy icord maker tool, then wove it in.  I then played with another hat a bit more.  Here is a video of the first hat (gray/blue).  My daughter LOVED the orange one.  

Cordy icord tool is available on the kriskrafter.com website.  Shipping worldwide and qty discounts. 

How to do an icord bind-off with the new Cordy icord maker - EASY!

 Now available!  Ships worldwide.  www.kriskrafter.com

Introducing the new Cordy icord maker!

 Introducing the "Cordy" icord maker!  Lightweight, easy to use, no experience necessary!

 

Available now!

Direct link:  https://www.kriskrafter.com/product-page/cordy-icord-maker-kriskrafter

Happy Halloween and happy knitting!

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• Weave-R weaving accessory
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Needle Beetles now for Brother machines too!

 Last year I came out with the "Needle Beetle" needle selector for the Silver Reed (studio,singer) LK-150, LK-140, LK-100, Zippy 90, and GK-370.  It was a hit!  but I kept getting asked if it would work on the Brother plastic machines, KX and Convertibles.  Unfortunately they have different widths (not length) to their needle beds and a couple other factors such as they don't have the round knobs on top of their needles like the LK's do.  I weighed whether to take on another expensive project, but so many were asking I went ahead and did it.  

I am happy to announce that we now have the Needle Beetle II for the Brother plastic machines, KX models and convertible models.  *sorry thus far it will not work on the KH-341. 

The Needle Beetle needle selector makes selecting needle arrangements go MUCH faster when working specialty stitches such as tuck, slip, weaving, lace, fairisle, etc.

Needle Beetle for LK machines.

Needle Beetle II for Brother KX & Convertible machines.

Both Needle Beetle and Needle Beetle II work exactly the same way, they both work on 8-stitch pattern repeats (16 for the Convertible 9mm option).  You simply select the first 8 needles, push the Needle Beetle across the needle bed and the NB will select all the rest of the stitches exactly in the pattern you chose.   There are now some great videos on Youtube by various knitters demo-ing the NB.  

For information or ordering go to: www.kriskrafter.com

New Weaving attachment for LK-150 Knitting Machine!

Yay!!

New for the LK machines!

The Weave-R attachment will fit the following machines:

LK-150, LK-140, LK-100, Zippy 90, GK-370.

*No, I am sorry it will not fit other machines.

The Weave-R attachment will speed up your knit-weaving projects. This attachment is used in conjunction with your main carriage. You lay your weaving yarn across needles that are selected and pushed out to "D" position, then run the Weave-R across the needle bed. The weaving yarn will then be woven (over & under) the needles, then, knit across with your main carriage and you now have a nice contrast yarn woven in. Watch my demo video here: https://youtu.be/bvvXUmyk_yM A much faster way to perform knit weaving than having to do hand manipulations. For more info/purchasing, go to www.kriskrafter.com