General Chat

I grew up in Kent and I think you may be right about them being called looby lou Gloria

My five year old granddaughter has taken to making them,and we have loads of new colourful dec's for our tree this year.We think they are great,and will teach the young on to be creative,so ,best of luck to the budding artist.Fred.PtfA&G&G&S.

Thanks Valice yes thats it french knitting Howardxx

Gloria you may have called them Lobby Lou's depending on where you grew up.

Howard, we used to call that corking or french knitting, then twirled them around to make coasters. Gloria, I seem to remember having the plastic laces once in childhood, then we just used to plait them into necklaces or bracelets. Now they seem to have more complex ways of knotting them.

I remember having scoobies when I was at school but thats not what they were called then. Cant think for the life of me what we called them but we used to hang them on the zip of our anorak!!!!!!! Gloria

Do any of you remember when we put 4 nails in a cotton reel and put the wool aroud the outside of the nails and put the bottom stitch over the top and made a long string of wool down through the hole in the middle cant think what use it was when we finished Howardxx

I think buying the book may help a lot. Some children seem to have a natural aptitude while my 8 year old Grandaughter became very frustrated because she just couldn't fathom how to do it. Beryl :)

Hi Val, Some of the fancier patterns might be a bit difficult for her but I'm sure she'd manage with the easier ones. My 10 year old was into them during the summer and she showed my five year old how to do some of the simpler ones. I'm sure she'll enjoy them and you'll probably end up doing them too...they get quite addictive! LOL Christine

Have nudged an old thread for you. Hope it helps.

Confesion:- I make scoobies, but have never used the books or the website. The simplest way of srarting is to have 4 strands tied together (2 folded in half would be better for small hands) and weath them together to form a square. you might want to practice with strips of paper first. From what I remeber seeing in the books that I glanced at they all have instructions on the basics but than have different pattens to make. At 6 she'll be fine. Not so long ago most girls her age would be knitting and sawing very very well.

I have got my 6 yr old granddaughter a scoobie gift set for when she next comes. (those plastic laces), will she be able to manage it?, tried the website and pictures not easy to follow, so now I wonder if I should buy a book to go with it, presuming Vol 1 with have the instructions. Assume someone on here will have daughters who are into this hobby. Val