Using Round Knitting Looms is Easy

If you have never had any success at learning how to knit or crochet, but would love to create your own homemade items using yarn, you should consider learning how to use a round knitting loom. They are very simple to use. Even children can easily learn to knit on a round loom. Round knitting looms will enable you to knit your own homemade treasures.

You wrap the yarn around each peg of the loom as the first step. The next step is lifting each stitch over the wrapped yarn. Using a small pick-up tool makes this step much easier. It's as simple as that. In no time at all you will have started and completed your first knitted project.

Loom knitting played an important part throughout history. Knitting looms were a common item found in nearly every home. Loom knitting can be dated as far back as the Middle Ages. After the invention of the knitting machine, loom knitting lost its attraction, but it has recently it has recently become a popular past-time once again.

Modern round knitting looms are widely available at many craft stores today. The looms are made from plastic and come in different colors and sizes. The larger and smaller looms allow for the knitting of different sized projects. Yellow looms are usually the largest, and the blue colored looms are the smallest. Knitting loom patterns always refer to the color of the loom for which the pattern is designed for. Knitting loom kits from a store also include a handy pick-up tool.

You can make your own knitting loom at home by following these simple steps:

1. Take a piece of board about 12" wide and cut it into a round shape.
2. Cut a large circle out of the center of the board, leaving no more than a 1" edge.
3. Hammer nails evenly spaced, about a 1/2" apart, around the top of the outside edge of the board. Be sure not to use nails with large sized heads. Finish nails work well for this.

You now have the knitting surface and pegs you will be wrapping the yarn around. For the pick-up tool, you can use something as simple as a crochet hook or large sewing needle. You should be able to knit a hat for an adult on a loom this size.

I recommend that you start learning how to loom knit by making a hat. Along with slipper socks and booties, they are the easiest items to knit on a round loom. They may be simple to make, but they don't lack in attractiveness or usefulness.

You can create a unique look simply by using different colors of yarn in your project. Just attach a new color to the existing yarn you are already working with. You can do this as many times, and as often, as you wish. This will have created a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.

There are many other projects that can be knitted using a round loom. Although I recommend you start learning how to knit by making a hat, you can make belts, scarves, purses, pillow tops, mittens, dish cloths and even afghans. The list doesn't stop there, either. Try searching for "round knitting looms" using a search engine on the internet. You will find many different patterns available, including detailed instructions on how to make them.

Some websites sell patterns, but there are a great many sites offering free loom knitting patterns. Most sites offer at least a few free patterns, even the pay sites.

If you decide to make your own round loom, you will be able to find instructions on how to make your first hat on the internet. If you buy a round knitting loom kit, it will come with detailed instructions and pictures of how to make a basic hat.

After you make your first hat, you will probably be hooked and want to make more. Once you grow tired of making hats, be sure to use the internet as a source for finding even more projects to make.

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