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Introducing a new
tool that makes knitting the seams in your socks, sweaters, and
other projects easier than
ever.
Which is why we named it Seams So
Easy™
(patent
pending)
Watch our new
video that demonstrates the Seams So Easy Platform
On Youtube Mp4 -
Click here
(We will soon have a video that demonstrates the darning egg)
Sale through 12/27/2011
Save 25% on Seams So Easy
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Seams So Easy Darning Egg and Platform -
2 tools in one (they both share the same base and post)
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Platform for making seams in sweaters
and other projects |
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| Darning Egg - perfect for socks and
mending |
Contents of Seams So Easy™ (T Pins not
shown) |
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| Foam inserts are 1/2" deep and 3/8" wide
and provide two zones for attaching your needles the entire
length of the platform |
High quality materials and construction
- tapered post tightens and releases without any fasteners |
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Our new tool allows you to free up both hands so
that you can easily knit your seams on sock toes, heels and sleeves
and many other projects.
What makes our tool unique is that
it is held in place between your legs which provides a stabile
platform (either egg shaped or platform). In addition to being held
by your legs, the unit is at the correct height for you to work on
your project. Made of hardwood
(except for the pine base) so it will hold up to repeated pokes from
your needles.
The platform has 2 slots that contain
foam inserts that allow you to stick your needles into and hold your project
to the top of the platform. Holding your project in place in this manner really frees up your hands on larger projects.
The foam inserts are replaceable in the event that they deteriorate
due to repeated pin insertions. We provide an extra set with the
unit and additional sets are available from Nancy's Knit Knacks for
a nominal charge.
The egg and the platform are both removable from the post and
the base is also detachable from the post. You can easily
disassemble the unit and carry it with you. The post is tapered on
the top where the Egg and The Platform connect, and it has a
threaded metal stud on the other end which connects to the base.
Both the egg and
platform have flat areas on their top surfaces and this provides a
great surface with which to arrange your seam as you start the
seaming process. The balance of the surfaces are rounded.
There have been
various "darning egg" products in the past, but our new Seams So
Easy™ is a real step above. By offering 2 different shaped tools in
the kit and the ability to hold the unit between your legs (which is
the key feature), the
traditional darning egg tool has graduated into a highly useful tool
for all types of knitters.
See
history of the design by clicking here
User Manual - please click to view and download
Our new Seams
So Easy™ started shipping early November 2011!
Retail price:
$50.00 on Sale thru 12/27/2011
just $37.50!
This tool was designed by NKK to be a highly useful
tool for knitters. Although this product is relatively simple (you
might think), there was a tremendous amount of engineering that we
had to expend to finalize the various elements of the design. In
fact, during the development we thought many times that the overall
design did not seem to be so easy!
Seams So Easy™ is a quality engineered product designed
and manufactured in the USA.
You will wonder why someone did not invent this tool earlier and
you will become totally spoiled after using it!
The unit comes packaged in a quality white box
that can be used as a permanent storage container.
Some of the following photos are of an earlier prototype which did
not have the foam inserts installed.*
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Buy your
Seams So Easy
here
$50.00 MSRP
Sale $37.50 thru 12/27
When
ordering you will have a chance to order a Perfect Notion
Case for just $4 extra (you save $1) and the Notion
Case if perfect for holding the pins used with the Seams So
Easy™
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The following is optional
(you receive 10 Pins and 2 sets of foam inserts with the
unit)
2 Sets of Foam Inserts and 10 T-Pins
Sale $4.00 thru 12/27
$5.00 MSRP |
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Height of stand (with Platform installed = 12")
Height of stand
(with egg installed = 13")
Platform length = 7"
Platform width = 2.5"
Platform Thickness = 1-1/8" thick
Egg height and
width =
Hardwood: Egg, Platform, Post
Pine: Base
Tung oil
finish
T-pins: 1.5" or longer
Foam inserts: 1/2" wide x 6.5"
long x 1/2" deep
The unit uses a custom taper on the post
for a variable friction fit
Warning!
This unit has a Patent Pending for the design - do not attempt to
illegally copy it
Questions about Seams So Easy? Email us
here
Another great
invention by Nancy's Knit Knacks LLC (patent pending).
History of Seams So Easy™
* Some history
on the design of Seams So Easy™
It is always interesting to
look back at how the design of a tool is finally arrived at. In this
case, Nancy came up with the idea of holding a Egg on a post between
the knitter's legs in order to free up their hands. So we played
with the design and then during a testing demo at our local yarn
shop (Downtown Knits in Apex, NC), both a "regular" knitter and the
shop owner came up the the idea of having a flat "platform like"
structure so that the knitter could work a continuous seam along a
longer flat length. So we played with that idea and we had to take a
lot into consideration such as the height, length, and width of the
platform, the method by which the user would switch back and forth
from the egg to the platform, etc., etc.
Only after working
with the design did we realize that the ability to pin the project
to the platform was required so that introduced a whole set of other
issues into the design.
There are things you will see in our
design that allow the user to work long sleeves because they can
wrap the long sleeve over the end of the platform and down the post
as they work the seam. This is another key design feature.
Then there are material selection issues, assembly and finish
issues, etc., etc., that we had to contend with.
So when you
sit back and enjoy your Seams So Easy™, please keep this in mind
that tools that appear to be simple and easy to use are not
necessarily easy to design.
We appreciate that you purchased
our tool. These purchases help us fund other interesting projects
with you in mind! You will not get the same benefit from purchasing
copycat products from nameless companies who make them overseas.
Thanks for your support of American engineering and manufacturing
(and knitter know-how)!
Nancy's Knit Knacks LLC (and its many
suppliers)
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