Anyone use Knitting Board tool?

I was at JoAnns over the weekend and they had a clearance on an 18" knitting board. It was regular $50 and on clearance for $14! So of course I bought it!
Mind you Im not a very good knitter, I find crochet much easier and faster but I love the look of knit, theres a lot you can do that you cant do with crochet.

I was wondering if anyone ever used a Knitting Board by KB and did they like it? How did items you create turn out? Were they as nice as traditional knitting?

Ive not had time to do a test run but it looks fairly simplistic, its basically winding yarn around posts. Different directions give different effects from what Ive read. I had seen online they say you can convert traditional knitting patterns but Ive not looked into this yet. Has anyone done this?

Thanks for your advice

LouAnna

Ive never used one, so I cant say.   Im sure there are lots of tutorials and patterns on the net.

CrochetGranny

I will have to look around. Mostly I am interested in doing some afghans

pinkapricot

ChCross is so good for learning new things.
Ive never heard of a knitting board before.

happy knitting with it:)

Night-Angel

Theres a whole site rekated to this with  free patterns and guides...
Knittingboard.com. Hope that helps.

CrochetGranny

that is actually the product I purchased! They changed their model, mine has metal pegs, the new one is plastic. I saw it at Joanns the other day when I went there. Still havent tried it yet but have some yarn I cant crochet at all with so may try that.

Night-Angel

Looks really interesting too. Just let us know how you get on with it.

purpleblue

I started knitting on one. Then switched to crochet, THen learned to knit proper lol.
My kids use the knitting boards now. Easy to learn, but sometimes you need 2 strands of yarn to make them!
Crocheting is still faster. And knitting proper is too at least for me. But its an easy way to get the look of knit for sure!

miclasouris

Strange machine! Im curious...

LouWho02

I have used one.  It seems to work up much tighter than regular knitting.  Maybe I need more practice.