Knifty Knitter part 2

Knifty Knitter - part 2 (469 words)

The Nifty Knitter system does have a couple of drawbacks, the most prominent of which is the lack of clear instructions. everywhere we look at customer reviews we see the same thing over and over again - the instructions were almost impossible to understand and follow, and the only instructions you get with the basic kit are for the scarf. That's fine if all you want to make is scarves, but if you want to make socks and hats you're going to have to do what everyone else does and find instructions for loom knitting a hat online. Which is actually not all that bad since there are some terrific loom knitting resources online.

The next point about the nifty knitter is that it's plastic. and we're not talking about the sort of plastics you might find in car parts, we're talking about the kind of plastic you might find in dollar store kids toys. It will work ok for a while, if you're not too rough with it, but overall you need to make sure that your expectation are in line with the amount of money you spend. It's that way with most things. A Lexus and a Yugo are both cars, but you get what you pay for.

In the end we can certainly recommend the Nifty Knitter, even if it sounds like we don't like it all that much. What it does, it does well enough to get the flavor of loom knitting. Make a couple of projects on the nifty knitter until it breaks on you and then go spend some real dough an a really excellent wooden loom with all the features. You'll spend less than $100 for a top quality adjustable loom made from the very best materials, but we don't really recommend you doing so until you know whether you even like loom knitting in the first place, and for about twenty bucks it's a great way to do that. As a matter of fact, the only way we know of to spend less money figuring out if you like a new hobby or not is needle knitting.

So if you think you want to begin learning how to knit, or needle knitting has become difficult (or never was very easy in the first place) you should certainly give loom knitting a try. The nifty knitter kit is a cheap way to learn a new skill that you might just enjoy for years to come. Just keep in mind that twenty bucks doesn't go very far and you shouldn't expect the nifty knitter to win any quality awards against a real wooden loom, but it might just keep you from blowing money on one of the more expensive looms while you decide if you even like loom knitting in the first place.