Tube knitting

Animals, castles, toys and more....so many crafts to make using recycled toilet paper tubes. Save your tubes to make crafts with your children.

I've been busy working on setting up a project for my sons 1st grade class! It's an easy "knitting" project that is perfect for elementary age kids. With a cardboard roll, tape, and popsicle sticks, you can set up a simple loom. Then just like you would finger weave, you wrap the yarn around the tops

Make a french knitting loom with a cardboard roll! We'll show you how with this easy step-by-step and video tutorial.

Hey, y'all! The other day I shared a blog post titled Toilet Paper Tube Crafts and it was wildly popular! It made me recall another favorite craft involving the lowly toilet paper tube and that's making a Nifty Knitting Tube! Here's a three minute video to show you how: All you'll need is a tube, some popsicle sticks, tape, scissors and yarn. That's it! For a loose knit, use only four sticks. For a tighter knit, try using six. If interested, this is just one of the 44 stitch and string…

The Knitting Pipe (now With 3D Printing!): Another step in the irregular quest for a French knitting tool that does not look über-girlie, this project shows how to make "French knitting" with a scrap of plastic tubing. Making and using the tube makes a creative activity for the weeken…

As I mentioned last week, Violet and I had a free morning together recently in which she decided she wanted to knit. As I also mentioned last week I am not much of a knitter... I have done a bit of finger knitting and really enjoyed it, as has Violet,...

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Weaving, finger knitting, yarn dolls, and more!

Today, crafting expert Sophie Maletsky goes back to working with her most favorite of all recycled crafting materials - the TP Tube. In this nice c raft video tutorial she demonstrates how to use a simple cardboard ( toilet paper ) tube and some popsicle sticks ( spatulas ) to make a loom for finger knitting. You can guarantee hours of fun for the kids with this super low budget knitting loom ( because the will love to create these colorful yarn "noodles" ) , and as an extra : you can get a…

Weaving and knitting is a wonderful activity you can teach kids! This cardboard paper tube knitting craft is the perfect start project to get anyone excited about knitting.