Comments on: Need help remembering a product from an old infomercial!

Question: Need help remembering a product from an old infomercial!

LiquidKarma — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:31:00 -0800

Does anyone remember an infomercial from the late 80s/early 90s that advertised a product that you could easily crochet "granny" squares? I think the squares actually popped off this thing and then you could sew them together. I can't remember the name of the product!

By: zarah

zarah — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:47:51 -0800

My god mother has this one, is it the same?

By: csimpkins

csimpkins — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:54:15 -0800

I vaguely remember this. I can't offer much help in what it was called, but I can at least let you know you're not crazy.

By: atropos

atropos — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:22:49 -0800

Is it the KnitWit?

By: LiquidKarma

LiquidKarma — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:27:08 -0800

Zarah..it's similar to that. I think it was more hand-held and it ONLY made squaress. Glad to know i'm not crazy though :)

By: sanka

sanka — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:30:47 -0800

I think atropos nailed it, as I remember.

By: LiquidKarma

LiquidKarma — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:32:47 -0800

it WAS the knitwit!!! atropos you are awesome!

By: ocherdraco

ocherdraco — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:40:13 -0800

Whoa. Small time warp.

By: misterbrandt

misterbrandt — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:12:20 -0800

In the early-/mid-80s we had a square metal frame with "teeth" on all 4 sides, and it came with a big bag of fabric "loops" that you strung between teeth across the square frame. All it made was square potholders. Not sure about the infomercial or the name, but the generic descriptor for these appears to be "pot holder loom"

By: csimpkins

csimpkins — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:40:28 -0800

And here's the commercial for the Knit-Wit. There's actually a bunch of old commercials in the vid, but this one starts about 3:02 in.

I can't believe how clearly I remember that.