Using a Knifty Knitter Loom
73Stocking Cap Made on the Knifty Knitter Green Ring
Knifty Knitter knitting loom
Many people are perplexed with knitting. They find it too frustrating what with dropping the needles or dropping the stitches.
But recently I purchased a knitting loom called the Knifty Knitter. It is not only a perfect gift to give to your mother, it's a great thing to buy for yourself so you can knit hats for your mother. You can also make baby blankets and newborn hats for shower gifts for the mother to be. It's made by Provo crafts and their website has free patterns.
I figured out how to use it in five minutes with the enclosed directions. And I showed it to a neighbor who is 11 years old. The girl picked it up right away and said she was going to get one to make a hat for her grandmother. Her Mom liked it so much she's going to go buy one for both of them to use.
I finished my hat in about six hours. The kit comes with 4 rings of different sizes, a hook, a yarn needle and directions. You either use bulky yarn with it or 2 strands of worsted weight yarn.
So if you are one of those moms or mothers-to-be that are too impatient and frustrated to knit the conventional way, try the Knifty Knitter.
Update: Yesterday I ran across another knitting loom by Lion Brand.
Starting the hat
Knifty Knitter Links
- Michael's Craft Store
Seller of Knifty Knitters - Provo Crafts
Free Knifty Knitter Patterns
Red Hat
Update: Long Loom Series
I just got the new loom series of long knitting looms for things like shawls and bedspreads at a sale. I got the whole set of 4 for $12.00. And I got some more Lion Brand Homespun like in the two hats above. The texture goes so well with the Knifty Knitter.
I finished the red hat and gave it to my daughter for Christmas. She loves it.
Long series
Update
Knifty Knitter Links
- Using the Long Loom
I just wrote a tutorial on using the longer loom series.
Knitting Loom Creations
My Craft Blog on Indie Public
- Do you Twitter
I just added my Twitter widget. If its not working you can find me under the name Craftinator.
- Archery and Crafts
I think this has been the busiest spring I've had in years. Every weekend we've been at an archery campout or something. I take some projects with me to pass the time with good friends and good food. Archery in itself requires so many DIY projects. For each bow you make you neeed to make a string, a bow sock, beeswax to keep the string in good condition, a set of arrows, a quiver, a repair kit and so forth. Some archers make their own arrowheads too.
- Needle punch embroidery
I was sick for a few days so today I'm playing catch up. I did the dishes and have clothes in the washer. I scrubbed the stove top which took me forever. Then I was finally able to get back to my needlepunch. My thumb blister has healed up, but to be on the safe side, I cut the fingertip off of a rubber glove and now I'm wearing that when I do needlepunch to protect my thumb. In the process of doing needle punch I found a splinter in one of my fingers, so I had to go dig that out. That came from the spoon I was carving a few days ago. Since I ran out of blue for my current needle punch project, I went ahead and planned for the next one. It will be a little girl flying a red kite. I can see I'm going to need to stock up on embroidery floss.
Loom Knitting Videos
Long Hat
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I think I will use the longest loom and make an afghan/comforter.
How do I make the long stocking cap? I am looking for instructions. I have someone who wants me to make one and make it thinner as it gooes. THe length will be 6 feet
Lisa
Hi Lisa,
My long cap does not get thinner as it gets to the end. To make it thinner, you would need to make decreases. Maybe there is a way to do that on a knitting loom, but I don't know how to do it myself. Generally when I make a cap like you are asking about I do it on double pointed needles with regular knitting methods and decrease it bit by bit until there is a tiny point at the end. If you figure out how to do it please share with the rest of us.
Hello to all the KK loomers. I have found the way to decrease by sliding the stitch over to the next peg and lifting over two instead of one with the bulky yarn or 4 over 2 with using 2 strands of ww yarn. Then move the yarn on the peg next to the empty over to the one that you just slipped off. Just decrease the number of stitches till you get the legnth.. I would like do it on the 2 to 3erd peg. Then when you come back around you will wrap as you always did.. it is realy easy.. when you get to like say 6 stitches gather up with the tie yarn with the needle and pull together and attach a pom pom or leave as normal hat.. questions E me..
Just got the long loom set for my grandaughter. In about 30 min she had it all figured out and is making a blanket for her little brother. GREAT investment. I had tried to teach her to knit before but too frustrating for her. any free patterns for her would be greatly appreciated.
Have you looked at the patterns on the Knifty Knitter website?
I just got the knifty knitter the long green loom and i am looking for a pattern to make a afagan so please email me and let me know how to do that please and thank you
I have the purple loom an want to make an afghan. How do I attach 2 pieces togethor?
I have a long loom and have started making a blanket for my great-grandma. My mom says to go around then back around. My question is, HOW!!!!
do you have a pattern for a baby blanket
I recently found some long loom knifty knitter instructions on youtube, and surely more will be posted all the time. The long loom can be used for circular knitting (just imagine a circular loom flattened into an oval), or they can be used for double knitting or single knitting. The book that came with the long loom series sure doesn't cover much. I hope provo steps up to the plate and publishes a tutorial for all the sizes of looms and ways they can be used. I understand your frustration. I'll post some photos in another hub on using the long looms soon.
i have the knitter but i lost the instructions can you post them
The directions are copyrighted but they have them on the provo website.http://www.provocraft.com/products/index.products. They have a .pdf file of the directions. This must be a new page because it wasn't there a week ago when I looked for long loom directions.
can a round loom (knifty knitter) be decreased?
looking for instructions or book of instructions and patterns for knifty knitter please help
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Kay says:
2 years ago
Long Loom - AMAZING
Do you have any ideas for it?