Tiny toothpicks...a new way to knit?

I'd seen chopsticks before...but those little pieces of wood to pick at your teeth?!I knit up this tiny bit of stockinette stitch last night as a test; a student came in to see me yesterday and showed me this brilliant little knitted item her older sister created.Basically, she took two toothpicks, some light thread or yarn, and knitted a couple of rows of stockinette stitch onto them. I told her I wanted to try and that I had a box of toothpicks at home, too!And here's my version. Of course, her sister was much more crafty, gluing little square beads to the end of the toothpicks to make them more like knitting needles. Plus, she glued it really nicely to an index card; mine consisted of little more than slathering a bit of glue onto the card simply so I wouldn't lose this little wonder.How very cool and very inspired!I'd like to make more of these as thank you cards or some kind of kitsch. Perhaps you could Fair Isle knit in a "Thank You" with color work or something cool.Either way, a splendid outing in tiny knitting.

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