1967 Spirograph Refill Kit Patterns
The 1967 Spirograph Refill Kit had a bunch of new Spirograph patterns with instructions, plus some mystery patterns with no pictures!
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Vintage Spirograph Booklet from 1968
If you’re a Spirograph geek like me, you’ll love this. It’s a booklet from a 1968 Denys Fisher Spirograph set put out in the UK. Ron Peters from the Netherlands kindly photographed every page so we can all learn from … Continue reading →
Vintage Spirograph Swing Marker Mystery
Maybe you can help Ron Peters, who wrote from the Netherlands, with a mystery: EDIT: Aug. 13: See the bottom of this post for an update! I (re-)discovered spirograph the 25th of June this year when I bought the starter … Continue reading →
Designs with Two Racks: Instructions & Videos
Ready for a Spirograph challenge? I didn’t get into the two-rack designs as a kid. Maybe I tried it once and found it too difficult; I don’t remember. But a request for some videos about them prompted me to sit … Continue reading →
Spirograph Video by Mahesh Pendam
Here’s a video I found on YouTube by Mahesh Pendam, an artist in India. He does amazing photo-realistic art and portraiture, so Spirograph must just be a sideline. If you’re new to Spirograph and are trying to figure out how … Continue reading →
More Drawing with Spirograph Die-cast Collector’s Set
While making the video about the unboxing of the Spirograph Die-cast Collector’s Set, I had some extra footage which I’ve compiled into another video. Two of the patterns are included in the instructions with the set. For the third, I … Continue reading →
Video: Drawing on the outside of the ring
Have you ever drawn designs on the outside of a Spirograph ring? They’re called epitrochoids, as opposed to hypotrochoids which are drawn inside the rings. Epitrochoids have their points on the inside and big arching swoops on the outside. You … Continue reading →
New Basic How-To Spirograph Video!
Get tips and tricks to drawing with Spirograph by watching this intro video made for beginners.
Continue reading →Vintage Super Spirograph Booklet
I followed a link from the Wikipedia article on Spirograph to this user manual for Super Spirograph. It’s in French, Dutch and German. Thanks to Stephanie Molina who posted it on Scribd. It’s 39 pages of vintage goodness, including many … Continue reading →
Intro to the Bar Wheel
The bar is the oddest “wheel” that comes with Spirograph sets. This video is just an introduction to it, demonstrating hole 1 in both rings. With ring 144/96, the bar produces a 12-pointed pattern. With ring 150/105 it makes 21 points. So using … Continue reading →