Spool knitting
Videos
Spool knitting, loom knitting, corking, French knitting, or tomboy knitting is a form of knitting that uses a spool with a number of nails or pegs around the rim to produce a tube or sheet of fabric.
Fingerless gloves being knitted on a plastic 12-peg frame
As occupational therapy for the wounded of World War I
A wooden knitting nancy
10th-century lucet spool from northern France.
Circular knitting
Videos
Circular knitting or knitting in the round is a form of knitting that creates a seamless tube. Work in the round is begun by casting on stitches as for flat knitting but then joining the ends of that
Spool knitting
…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 spool and machine circular knitting for more on these machines. I-cord is a similar, but not identical, knitting technique, done in knitting needles…
Knitting using a circular needle.
Four double pointed knitting needles.
Knitting on double points.
Magic Loop knitting on one circular needle.