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DIY French knitting kit

A fun way to teach simple knitting to your child. The knitting comes out in a spiral – perfect for an instant scarf!

Material

1 toilet roll
6 paddle pop sticks
washi tape
wool

Method

To make the french knitter, take the toilet roll and stick 6 paddle pop sticks evenly around the outside of the roll. Fix them with tape.
Then wrap the washi tape around the remainder of the toilet roll for no other reason than to make it look pretty.
To start french knitting, secure a slip knot onto one of the paddle pop stick ends. Then wrap the wool twice around each paddle pop stick end, taking the bottom loop and pulling it up and over the top loop each time.
When you are back to the beginning, continue looping the wool around the paddle pop sticks but this time just wrap one loop each time and continuing to take the bottom loop up and over the top loop.
When you have the desired length, cast off and you're done.

Notes

If you're not sure, youtube has many visual clips to show you how to french knit.

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This project was posted by:

- mom19782016
- 18 Jun 2016
  4:39 pm

44 Comments
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- - mom465683 said
  - 29 May 2022
    2:25 pm
Love it. Very cool idea.

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- - mum300445 said
  - 28 Sep 2021
    3:59 am
I’d be keen to.give this a go. Nice and big too which makes it easier for little hands.

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- - mom478886 said
  - 08 Sep 2021
    3:20 pm
What a frugal and fun idea!

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- - RonnieDe said
  - 17 Mar 2021
    7:49 pm
What a wonderful idea.

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 16 Oct 2020
    1:58 pm
French knitting is such a winner of a craft project

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 12 Nov 2019
    9:43 pm
Such a great activity for fine motor skills too

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- - mom152736 said
  - 15 Aug 2019
    10:38 am
oh wow…that’s a great project for the kids. keeps them busy.

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- - mom129591 said
  - 03 Jul 2019
    7:19 pm
My daughters brought home something similar from a school activity. I loved them. Great project.

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- - Cookfromscratchmum said
  - 28 Nov 2018
    10:33 pm
Love to learn knitting it’s so relaxing

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- - kjgarner said
  - 28 Jun 2018
    9:15 pm
I used to do this when I was younger, it’s a great way to teach your child to knit
- kjgarner replied
  
  29 Jun 2018 , 10:39 am
  I love the rainbow wool that you have chosen, beautiful
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- - Stef said
  - 27 Feb 2017
    9:31 pm
How adorable is she?!! My niece just made one of these for me! I was wondering how she made it!

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- - mom206337 said
  - 10 Oct 2016
    1:33 pm
An oldie but a goodie. Nice to see this revived.
- mom19782016 replied
  
  10 Mar 2019 , 5:16 pm
  I reckon it needs a come back!
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- - mom111059 said
  - 30 Sep 2016
    9:23 pm
Great for kids to try their hand at this craftwork. Thanks for sharing.

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- - Tina said
  - 30 Aug 2016
    6:41 pm
This is how I first learnt to knit now I knit and Crochet (Crochet being my favourite) I make a lot of preemie baby hats for our local hospital.

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- - Melissa89 said
  - 05 Aug 2016
    1:45 pm
I used to love doing this

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- - mom62624 said
  - 31 Jul 2016
    7:58 am
A lovely and fun craft; thanks for sharing and so easy to create!.

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- - Jodilb said
  - 25 Jul 2016
    11:47 am
I had a barbie knitting machine that would french knit as I turned the wheel. I don’t think anything ever knitted properly. I was slightly too young to use it with any precision and by the time I was old enough it was broken :(. We did manual french knitting in early primary school too.
- mom19782016 replied
  
  09 Oct 2016 , 2:48 pm
  Oooh, I remember the Barbie knitting machine – I always wanted that one! Had to make do with a french knitter LOL.
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- - kcjfamily9 said
  - 11 Jul 2016
    12:24 pm
I used to live doing this as a little girl

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- - mom58162 said
  - 06 Jul 2016
    12:21 am
My youngest son started some French Knitting when in year 7, but of course among the boys it was quite competitive….he ended up with enough knitting to make a very large soccer ball, which came in very handy for the smaller kids to play with. Good times.
- mom19782016 replied
  
  14 Oct 2016 , 1:26 pm
  Yes, I remember doing french knitting at school and there were no complaints from either the boys or the girls. I showed my nephew this and he turned his nose up at it! I always had great fun knitting with them.
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- - dannsbuild said
  - 04 Jul 2016
    5:10 pm
Very clever idea! Thank you for sharing!

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