(usually plastic) using the same peg-knitting technique as knitting spools have been made. Some are larger than knitting spools, and can knit larger items. Some are straight, and make flat items such as blankets or scarfs, and some are round for making socks, hats, or other similar items. If the thread is not wrapped around in a helix, but back-and-forth, leaving two pegs with a space between that no yarn crosses, a flat sheet can be made on a round frame. Cranked versions Simple versions contain just peg-like structures sticking up from a solid object. More complex ones operate complex mechanisms and automatically produce a knitted item with just a simple motion, such as a turn of a crank. See circular knitting#Spool and machine circular knitting for more on these machines. See also Circular knitting I-cord is a similar, but not identical, knitting technique, done in knitting needles. Finger knitting Lucet References External links Corking how to Spool Knitting Tutorials & Projects Spool knitting , also downloadable at :File:Spool knitting (IA spoolknitting00mcco).pdf and :File:Spool knitting (IA spoolknitting00mccorich).pdf Knitting