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Well I’m currently making long (5 to 6 feet) tube scarves on my round knitting looms to donate to homeless shelters, for people in need. I already made hats to donate, too. I find I can also use left-over balls of yarn from my hat looming projects to make the scarves. I just tie and join the different colors of yarn to each other as I knit.
To make a tube scarf on a round knitting loom: begin as for a hat and then keep knitting around the entire circle of the loom for a knitted tube. This is NOT for a flat piece. Add new yarn as you go. I suggest using at least two strands of yarn held together for a warm, thick knit fabric. Measure the length you want (like I said, I prefer from 5 to 6 feet, but you can make shorter or longer scarves if you want to). I prefer to use the small “baby-size” round knitting looms to make my tube scarves, due to it being faster for me to complete the scarves, and the scarves will still fit okay. But you can use any size/width of round knitting loom you want to. No need to buy another knitting loom for this if you have one already. Then finish off as for a hat when you are finished. (more…)

Is a yarn over possible? Well…If you are knitting on a board or round knitting loom [going back and forth] and not using
already all the pegs …..and if you have a stretchy yarn….it could be done I think. (more…)

The depth of a newborn hat will depend on how far you want it to come down on the baby’s head. I do mine about 6 inches or so deep. (more…)

Hello Loomies,

Thank you for reading my blog:).

Today I’ve been trying to figure out how to make a flat scarf on a round (hat) knitting loom, since this is the only loom one of my friends owns. (more…)

Has anyone used the Knifty Knitter Loom Clips? They are really useful to increase and decrease stitches. I love them for decreasing near the top of that hat instead of doing a gathered bind off
and I use them on my Long Loom to make gloves. The great thing with these loom clips is that I can make my KK looms different sizes and knit in the round.

I use the bootie loom and I make a tube sock style bootie. I used the Caron® Simply Soft® Yarn
4 ply – and did a 1 over 2 stitch. For the top I made a small brim for the cuff and then continued
until the bootie tube was 5 inches long (sorry I didn’t count the rows) and then took it off the loom
with the gathering method (which makes the toe). They stay on the baby’s feet just fine and the tube style
allows for different size little feet.

NOTE
1) The one over two stitch is called the double stitch. You wrap till you
have three rows on each peg. Then you take off one stitch over the other two all the way around
and rewrap and do over again. Makes a rib looking stitch. I love it. It makes a tighter looking rib than
the one over one (single stitch). I use it for lots of things like scarves, hats, my bath mitts just whatever happens to be on the loom at the time.

2) Gathering Removal Method
You want to remove your sock with the gathering method. Cut a long end from your skein of yarn.
Thread your yarn end on a yarn needle, then start with the next peg, slide your needle down the peg, lift off the loops and put them on your yarn end. Go completely around until all your loops are now on your yarn end. Pull tight, and knot. Then What I do is pull your yarn end to the inside, and stitch up any hole you might have from the inside.

Happy Knitting!!!

I LOVE my Circular Solution needle cases…one for DPs and one for circulars…you can get them from most of the vendors online. They have the sizes marked on the pockets so it is easy to see which sizes I need to buy more of… Actually I was lucky enough to get one (from the creator) that did not have the sizes marked…so I could arrange it just the way I wanted to…
The best, I’ve found, have compartments to organize the needles and a zipper around the perimeter to keep them closed.
Others roll up and have a tie around the middle, also with organizing compartments. The big drawback, I’ve found, is the expense–they are usually FAR more expensive than I want/can afford to pay. My solution is to scour flea markets, sidewalk sales, resale shops, etc., and also E-Bay!
Give it a try– you’ve got nothing to lose, and might get a great “find” for your trouble! (By the way, if one can sew on a fair-to-middling basis, the roll-up kind wouldn’t seem too hard to make on your own!)