Karine Thiboult-Demessence - French Knitting: 40 Fast and Fun I-Cord Creations with a Mini Knitting Mill

Pull the yarn out from the bottom. 2/ Turning the handle in a clockwise direction, allow the yarn to be picked up by a hook. Close the hook using the skewer to raise the latch. Pull gently on the yarn coming out of the hole in the bottom. 3/ Turn the handle and skipping the second hook, allow the yarn to be picked up by the third hook as in stage 2. 4/ Turn the handle and skipping the fourth hook, allow the yarn to be picked up by the next hook. 4/ Turn the handle and skipping the fourth hook, allow the yarn to be picked up by the next hook.

Pull gently on the yarn coming out of the hole in the bottom. Now the first round of knitting begins. 5/ Clip the weight on to the thread coming out of the hole in the bottom. 6/ Turn the handle gently, allow the thread to be picked up by all the hooks. Check that the latches close, and if not, use the skewer as shown in stage 2. 7/ Go round twice in this way, and from this point you can continue turning the handle until you achieve the length of cord you want. 8/ To finish, cut the yarn and continue to turn the handle until your French knitting cord comes free. The aluminium wire Before threading the aluminium wire through the cord, bend the end over using a small pair of pliers. The aluminium wire Before threading the aluminium wire through the cord, bend the end over using a small pair of pliers.

Then thread it through the cord, turning it as you go to facilitate threading. When you reach the end, snip the aluminium wire and bend over the second end. Then glue the end of the cord. Securing the ends The ends must be glued to prevent your French knitting from unravelling. Squeeze some glue into the centre of the cord and fold in the four open loops. Silver and gold yarn You can use metallic thread with the yarn, but it must be fine because the hooks will pick up two threads at the same time. Silver and gold yarn You can use metallic thread with the yarn, but it must be fine because the hooks will pick up two threads at the same time.

To be clear, it is not one thread, but two that will be picked up by each hook. Modelling from the templates Using the templates provided, copy or trace the design. Place the cord, with the aluminium wire inside it, on top and bend it into the shape shown on the template. To transfer the design on to backing fabric, use the light by sticking the chosen template to a window pane, then placing the fabric over it and tracing the template. If this is not possible, use the following transfer method: place the template on the backing fabric, and using the point of a pencil, make a small hole every 1cm (3/8in) so the pattern appears in the form of a dotted line. 2/ Using the knitting mill, knit 74cm (29in) with the pink acrylic yarn. 3/ Bend over one end of the aluminium wire and thread it through the knitted cord (see ). 4/ Glue the ends of the knitted cord. 5/ Following your pattern, start bending the knitted cord into shape, beginning at the bottom of the stem. 5/ Following your pattern, start bending the knitted cord into shape, beginning at the bottom of the stem.

Then shape the first leaf, the one on the left. Continue the stem, then shape the flower with its three points. Come back down the stem and shape the second leaf. Finally, wrap the end of the cord around the stem, and use glue to secure it to the back of the flower. 6/ When you have finished, stick the three medium-sized pompoms to the tips of the petals. 2/ Using the knitting mill, knit 109cm (43in). 3/ Thread the aluminium wire through the knitted cord. 4/ Shape the knitted cord in accordance with the pattern. 4/ Shape the knitted cord in accordance with the pattern.