Lucets

A lucet is a two-pronged tool used for making cords. It was once an essential tool in every woman's workbox.

"Full Kit" from Ziggy: amber coloured plastic lucet with 2 matching bobbins and a hook to lift the yarn over, History of the Lucet with basic instructions, Advanced Luceting booklet and 2 skeins of thread. 
£16.00

Wooden lucet tool with instruction sheet by Maureen Preen. This lucet does not have holes for threading yam. With basic instruction sheet by Maureen Preen and a ball of yarn.  
£3.50

Wooden lucet tool from Ziggy with instruction sheet.  
£8.50

Wooden yarn bobbin for use with wooden lucet tool from Ziggy. 
£4.00

Lucet, a beautiful amber coloured plastic, from The Lucet Company (Ziggy), with hole for thread. 
£5.50

Bobbin, amber coloured plastic. 
£2.50

Ziggy Lucet Pack: Advanced Luceting booklet, polished wooden lucet and bobbin. 
£16.00

Books on lucets

Advanced Luceting: the Ziggy-Stitch Technique
H. Z. Rytka
How to work the 'Ziggy-Stitch' to split and rejoin threads when luceting. Basic instructions, how to use the lucet bobbin, applying the technique to produce complex cord designs. Pbk. ISBN 0-95364
£5.00

Lucet braiding: Variations on a Renaissance Cord
Elaine Fuller
Teaches you how to make a basic cord then progresses to more complex braids and cords. ISBN 1-89165-606-6.
£7.99

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