THE LUCET
An ancient cording tool
We believe that the lucet dates back to Viking times. Finds in York and Sweden would support this belief. Knitting on two prongs produces a firm square cord. The picture shows use of shaded ribbon. The general guide for yarns is the finer and smoother the yarn, the easier it is to work.
Lucet kits These are injection moulded plastic in cream, brown, yellow or green.
Lucet kit 1 Lucet, instructions and eze-bob
Bobbin: £3.00
Lucet kit 2 Lucet, instructions, eze-bob bobbin
and 10m shaded knitting ribbon: £4.50
Necklace and bracelet kits give instructions for incorporating beads using a secondary yarn.
Beads will vary according to availability. State colour preference.
Necklace kit: £5.00
Bracelet kit: £2.50
Glasses cord kit: £2.00 This is available in
a variety of shaded knitting ribbon with gold
or silver finish ends.
Light pull kit: £6.00 This uses light-pull cord in white or black with a choice of animal or
fish/dolphin ends.
Glasses cords and light pulls show the use of plain lucetting and the cast off/cast on technique to give a textured effect.
