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WIP: Bosley’s Sweater

James — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:52:09 +0000

A current work in progress is this sweater for Bosley. For those that have met our dog Bosley, you may have noticed that he does not have a lot of extra padding around him. This results in Bosley feeling the cold when we push him outside for the things that dogs can’t do inside (or shouldn’t). The pattern is one that I am building as I go, and I will post it when I have finished the sweater. This has been a real learning experience.

The multi-color threads are markers where increasing and decreasing takes place. The collar has a multi-color thread through it to assist in pulling the connection that will enable the sweater to stay on (I couldn’t bear to have to thread something through later on, so forward thinking sometimes does help).

Loom: Blue KK Long Loom (62pegs)
Yarn:
Stitch: E-wrap; single rake

Jeremy’s Scarf

James — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:37:41 +0000

A friend of mine often works outside, and I asked him whether a scarf would help. He jumped at the chance, and after consulting with him on colors (green or fall colors) this is what I came up with. It’s a fairly simple stockinette stitch created on the yellow long loom (18 pegs each side). The scarf used a twin yarn, so it’s very thick (as the image will show).

Loom: Yellow KK Long Loom (38 pegs)
Yarn: Red Heart, Fleck (5oz), worsted medium; Red Heart, Multi (5oz), worsted medium
Stitch: Double-yarn basic stockinette stitch

I made this scarf during Sunday afternoon. It started off two-times prior to me finishing it, as I tried different stitches for this scarf. Each time I’d get a number of rows finished and then realize that I didn’t like the look, so I unraveled it (called frogging) and started again.

Michael’s (neighbor) hat

James — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:33:45 +0000

I have been working on an additional hat for my neighbors kiddies, and finished this one (for Michael) this evening. I’m a fan of stripes it seems.

Details coming soon.

Loom: Green KK Round (36 pegs)
Yarn:
Stitch: Double-yarn E-wrap

Finished tube scarf

James — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:45:26 +0000

Well I finally finished my scarf (this one is for me), and it ended up being about 75 inches long. It wraps my neck a couple of times.

I’m not completely happy with the bind off (right side), but it gives me something to work on and perfect.

Loom: Blue KK Round (24 pegs)
Yarn: Lion Brand, Jiffy Quick & Easy Mohair Look Yarn, El Paso (color 325402)
Stitch: E-wrap

Chris’s hat (adult; blue and white)

James — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:54:06 +0000

After completing the scarf for Chris I wanted to make a hat to match. The first attempt was made on the Green KK Round Loom with a single e-wrap, and was too stretchy. The following was made with a thick yarn (single e-wrap), with the stripe consisting of a double-yarn e-wrap.

Loom: Yellow KK Round (41 pegs)
Yarn: Lion Brand, Wool-Ease Thick & Quick, Denim Twist (color 194); Bernat, Softee Chunky, Grey Ragg (color 39047)
Stitch: E-wrap single for Denim Twist, double-yarn E-wrap for Grey Ragg

WIP: Tube scarf

James — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:51:56 +0000

I’ve been working on a tube scarf for the last week, and thought I would post pics of it’s current status.

The image on the left was taken with a flash, and there was no flash used on the right. The first end has a slight “brim” of six rows (folded) for weight. I’m still trying to ascertain how I will do the same effect at the other end.

Loom: Blue KK Round (24 pegs)
Yarn: Lion Brand, Jiffy Quick & Easy Mohair Look Yarn, El Paso (color 325402)
Stitch: E-wrap

Youth hat, green & white

James — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:40:57 +0000

I have started to do some hats for my neighbor’s kids, and here is the first one that I’ve completed.

Loom: Red KK Round (31 pegs)
Yarn: Lion Brand, Wool-Ease Worsted Medium, Wheat (color 402); Lion Brand, Wool-Ease Worsted Medium, Forest Green Heather (color 180)
Stitch: E-wrap, double-yarn

Good introduction to Loom Knitting

James — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:10:45 +0000

Here is an excerpt from Knitty Gritty with Isela Phelps. The excerpt introduces viewers to the loom knitting tools.

You can find other videos explaining Loom Knitting here.

Tip: Alternate to 2-yarn Strand Loom Knitting

James — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:50:30 +0000

On one of the email lists that I belong to, a member recently posted the following tip, which I thought was worthwhile of reposting on here. The original poster asked what the best way to loom-knit when the pattern suggested that two-strands of yarn be used.

You can also use one strand of yarn, wrap your loom three times, and lift one loop over 2. Wrap once again, lift one loop over 2. Continue. This gives a nice tighter stitch, as opposed to having to use two strands. I prefer this method, as opposed to using two strands.

Ciao, Sara

I just completed a hat that used 2-strands, and would have found this method to be a little simpler.

Charting patterns using spreadsheets

James — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:53:38 +0000

One of the things that I remember growing up with my knit-crazy mother was when she would design her own patterns. She would get out this special paper (later I found out this was just a large piece of graph paper) and start plotting a pattern. She would then calculate her knitting pattern from that chart. Last week as I was trying to figure out how many rows I should knit on my KK Loom for a striped hat, I did the same thing, only I moved the process to a more 21st century solution - the spreadsheet. Attached is the spreadsheet that I created that can be used as a template for the round knitting looms (each tab references one of the round looms).

Attachment: kk_round_grids.xls