Tulip i-Cord Knitter Machine- Wool

After recently having surgery, I was unable to make icord with and consistency or speed. When I was asked to make a couple of gifts, I decided to give this machine a try. Operation is super easy, the only issue is the twisting can be console to deal with.

Great little knitter! Easy and fun to use

I already had another brand of I-cord maker (purple) and wanted to know if this one is designed better as I plan to make a lot of I-cord. It is indeed a better tool! I found that I can use thicker yarn - from light fingering up to (smooth) worsted/aran weight; it starts more easily; the weight is easier to move up as work progresses; I can put it down mid-project and it stands up; and its a nicer shape to hold. Here is what I have learned to make good I-cord every time with these things: 1. Just feed the yarn through the loop, over the top and down the center then attach the weight - you don't need any fancy knots/sewing needles etc. 2. Make sure all 4 hooks are open, and the yarn coming off your skein is loose. Start with the weight supported on a table or your lap. 3. Very slow turn the handle so first hook grabs yarn and closes, stop turning as the yarn reaches second hook and nudge the yarn behind the hook. Repeat for the next 2 hooks only, and lift the tool so you start to feel the weight pulling a little. (In the first round, you only catch yarn inside hooks 1 & 3; nudge the yarn behind the hooks 2 & 4). 4. Keep turning, as you lift up the tool to let the weight dangle straight down - after 2-3 cranks you can start going faster. Make sure the work coming out is always weighted and hanging down. Make sure the yarn coming in is very loose - you'll hear the "tick-tick-tick" change to clacking if the yarn has any tension on it. The Tulip I-cord maker is a few bucks more than the other brand, but is better quality and better design - much more useful to me so I'm glad I bought it.

I had to buy 3 of these before I got a single one that wasn't used and broken. The third one was actually new and worked like a charm! As others have said, there is a learning curve associated with using this, but it's not bad. Once I got the hang of it, it worked very well and did exactly what I was hoping for. Taking one star off for the hassle of having to deal with returning broken, used machines when I paid for new... Otherwise the machine itself works as it should!

If I didn't already own a Sentro-type circular knitting machine, I think it would have taken me much longer to figure this i-cord maker out. But once I did have it sorted, this little thing is awesome. Youtube helped get me started, but the video showed that the cord was started for a few rows before the bottom weight was put on. I tried this, and it made an unholy tangled mess. So then I put the weight on the tail from the beginning, and really ratcheted down the tension on the feeder yarn. It sounds like I'm about to break the thing for the first couple of rows but then it settles down and you can ease off the tension a little. Makes for a nice clean start to your cord. This was using Caron Simply Soft, and that's about as thick a yarn as I would go on this device (so Red Heart is a no-go). I'm keen to try it out with some sock- or fingering- weight yarn. I'm excited to add cording to my projects to make them look more finished and sturdy. It cost almost as much as my Sentro, but for practicality and useability, I can say that it definitely adds value to my makes.

Getting started was a little difficult. USE THE HOOK, that comes with it, it definitely helps. Once you get the icord started, it’s soooo easy. I love this thing! … I also use a hair clip to bundle up my cord so it doesn’t drag on the floor❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍

This machine is not worth the money. I was super excited about this machine, as I am a weaver and wanted to make some cording to use in my work. I bought this two days ago and cannot get it to work properly. I have tried many thicknesses of yarn with it and it doesn't latch and yarn over consistently, just ends in a tangled mess. The knitted portion doesn't even fit the hole to pull through and just gets stuck (I tried pulling and broke the yarn) One of the hooks popped and turned sideways, so I had to take it apart to fix it. Then one of the other hooks won't keep the latch closed but instead collapses into the hook so as to not yarn over, only to collect each pass of yarn. Makes for great yarn barf, but then to take it off the machine to start again a million times is a pain the you know what!! DO NOT buy this machine, not not NOT worth the money. Now I gotta figure out a different solution. bleh!!

High quality iCord knitting machine. Durable and well made.. makes iCord super fast.. well worth the price. Made the steams of the tulips in the attached pic with it.

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Works well and has made making icord for projects much faster. A few teething issues getting it to work right but once figured out its effortless and easy. First test it took maybe 5-10 minutes to cord up an entire regular size skien of wool which normally would have taken an hour or more to do my hand. So long as you remember to adjust the weight up when needed you can easily turn and forget about it as your winding it. Good value for money and a sturdy product

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Great product. 😃

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