How much yarn do I need?
I found only one reference to how much yarn one needs for a lucet braid in the printed resources I have. I found another resource that...
How do you tell a good lucet?
In the time I’ve been using a lucet I’ve learned a few different things about lucets. First, your hand must be comfortable using a lucet....
How do you gauge success?
In knitting and crochet, gauge is measured by the number of stitches per inch (or centimeter). I want to be able to talk about gauge with...
A Book About Lucet Braiding
I’m anticipating doing a several short blog posts about my current project, writing a book about using the lucet. I started developing a...
Spooling out a new product
This post is about how I developed a (new-to-me) product, purse charms using a thread spool. Braids made using the 3-ply technique, which...
Traveling with hobbies
If you like to make things, when you go on a trip you have several decisions to make. First, is your hobby compatible with traveling? If...
A traveling ma'am
Today I’m taking a break from talking about the things I do, and what I create. Recently I had reason to travel to and around Texas. It’s...
Why develop a visual craft language?
I think I've mentioned how I got started braiding with a lucet. My husband, Wood, had a found a website (no affiliate) that had a...
Lucet Braiding Tutorials
Although you wouldn't know it by looking at our store, we at Thread and Wood have been working very hard. Thread has been developing a...
23 Lucet links
Today I am giving you a link pack of lucet resources on the web that I have used. Each has something to recommend it. All of these are...
Using a lucet or two
A while ago Wood asked showed me plans for a lucet tool and asked if I wanted one. I said sure, why not? Since then I have used the lucet...
