Knifty Knitter Knockoff

As I am a student, and thus perpetually broke, I have created my own Knifty Knitter...kinda.



I got a flat, wooden circle (made from a piece of plywood from my garage) and some wooden peg-like pieces (these I bought at the hardware store; they were made to be coat hangers), drilled my holes equally spaced around the ring, and screwed the pegs to the board. I sanded my pieces before putting it together as so that there would be minimal snagging. I also painted and spray-enameled it once it was together to make allow the yarn to slide along the pegs easily.



And, yet another knifty knitter like creation I have is a 2x4 that is about 14" long (it was scrap I found in my garage) and has 1/2" holes drilled every 1 inch along the board, 1 inch deep. I also have 12 2" pegs made from a 1/2" wide dowel and 1" wide buttons. I can arrange the pegs as I see fit, making may different guages (and widths) available to me.



My total cost for both items was about $10. The dowel cost $1 whereas the wooden pegs cost about $3 for 20 of them (I made a 20-peg, 16-peg, a 12-peg, and an 8-peg round all out of the same piece of plywood).



I'm in no way against use of the knifty knitter; it's just a way to spend about less than the knifty knitter kit was at the time I made these, and make it more custom to my needs.

How clever!! I would love to see a picture of your looms. They sound really interesting,^5!!

I made some out of some combs that I bought at the beauty supply store. Small enough to take in my tote or purse, and they still get my projects done!!

Am new here and don't know how to post a pic for you so you can see my mini knitting looms.