A lucet, or lucet fork is believed to originate possibly from the Viking age, but more likely from the Medieval periods. It is simply a 2 pronged fork made of wood, which is used to twist cord or yarn around to make a long braid, or i-cord. These cords can then be used to make jewellery, belts, lanyards and other accessories. You can also use more than one strand of yarn on the lucet to make a thicker cord.

A circular knitting machine is one of the first tools I used to knit a beanie hat in half an hour. You have to cast on the wool onto the machine needles, and crank the handle until the piece is the length you require. There are different sized knitting machines to make different sized hats, but I mainly use the largest 48 needle machine to make scarves and cowls.

My first knitting nancy was simply a toilet roll with 4 lollipop sticks stuck to it at opposite sides. I then wound yarn around the sticks (needles) in a figure of eight and this eventually made a long braid, like the lucet fork.