I've been working on a top down V-neck sweater from some fabulous kid mohair gifted to me, but I've been strangely reluctant to work on this project. Do I like this yarn? Yes. Do I like this design? Yes. Is this sweater interesting to knit or would it be interesting to wear? No. I may have found the root of this problem. I've decided to rip and make Grace from the current Knitty. I think this will be a good use of this yarn and this design makes my heart beat a bit faster than a boring old pulli. Of course this could just be the blush of first infatuation, but it looks like this sweater will be done before those hots wear off.
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Previously I've shown you the beautiful yarn I wrangled to Cali from Maryland, now I'd like to show you the beautiful implement that fit so nicely into my baggage. This is my new Lucette! What the hell is a lucette you ask? This implement makes a type of cord. I plan on making cord with the lucette rather than knitting i-cord, in future. I've got cord needs approaching with every completed row of my alpaca short sleeved sweater. I've got a nice under boob eyelet row begging for a jauntily colored cord accent. Want the low down on my lucette? This redheaded beauty is from the nice folks at The Rouge Lucette and made from Royal Peroba (origin Southern Brazil). I can't really convey the contentment of handling this beautiful wooden implement. Imagine, there was a whole table full of lucettes all made from different, gorgeous woods. I KNEW mine needed to be red and there it was. Now I've just got to practice a bit so I won't have those wonky bits in my cord.
Fabby Lucette! I like how it looks like a wee pitchfork. I'm wondering: Does it create i-cord in the manner of those French knitters? Those carved wooden things with 4 pegs at the top? I see them in merceries all the time here.
Posted by: Becky | May 05, 2004 at 10:43 PM
Those things with the pegs at the top are corkers aren't they? My kids used to play with them when they were learning to knit. I must be stunned this morning, for the life of me I can't work out how that very beautiful pitchfork makes I-cord. Pass one loop over the other? I feel an obsession coming on. What a neat tool.
Posted by: Stephanie | May 06, 2004 at 05:19 AM
Yay Silvia! Make that cord! The blobs are just tension issues -- easily worked out with a spot of practice.
There is clearly a special lucet for everyone. My wenge wood (from Africa) lucet was mine the second I picked it up.
Posted by: claudia | May 06, 2004 at 05:37 AM
Very cool. So it is not too hard to get that cording to happen!
I hope to play with mine this weekend when my folks show up. I'm betting mom will want to make doll embellishments and dad will be trying to figure out how to make them. He has all sorts of lovely wood scraps and a nifty bandsaw...
Posted by: Theresa | May 06, 2004 at 06:21 AM
Nice new implement! I am comforted that you didn't cross over to the spinning side ...
Posted by: Mariko | May 06, 2004 at 08:31 AM
Lucette Ho here checkin' in. I have four of them. One for me and each of the kids. Of course, they're all mine. Do I use them? No. But they sure are fun to fondle. ;)
Posted by: Kerstin | May 06, 2004 at 11:32 AM
How could I have missed something so lovely as your lucette at MDS&W. Must have been the fiber induced haze I was in. But I am crazy for icord and have 4 corkers. So I will definitely have to look for a lucette next year. Thanks for sharing the pics. I wonder is there a quizilla - what kind of a lucette are you??
Posted by: dragonridermom | May 06, 2004 at 01:25 PM