Lucy Hopping - Loom Knitting: 35 quick and colorful knits on a loom

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Knitting 35 QUICK AND COLORFUL KNITS ON A LOOM LUCY HOPPING To my daughter, Francesca Elizabeth Gregg, who in classic style, arrived during the early stages of planning this book Published in 2018 by CICO Books An imprint of Ryland Peters & Small Ltd 2021 Jockeys Fields 41 E 116th St London WC1R 4BW NewYork, NY 10029 www.rylandpeters.com 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Text Lucy Hopping 2018 Design, illustration, and photography CICO Books 2018 The authors moral rights have been asserted. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress and the British Library. ISBN: 978 1 78249 557 4 eISBN: 978 1 78249 768 4 Printed in China Editor: Marie Clayton Designer: Elizabeth Healey Photographer: Emma Mitchell Illustrator: Louise Turpin Templates and illustrations on pages 1617: Stephen Dew Stylist: Nel Haynes Pattern checker: Jemima Bicknell In-house editor: Anna Galkina Art director: Sally Powell Production manager: Gordana Simakovic Publishing manager: Penny Craig Publisher: Cindy Richards Contents For most of us, an introduction to loom knitting came as a child by using a knitting Nancy or French knitting tool to create meters of narrow tubing to be wound into coasters and placemats. In this book, I hope to inspire you to go bigger and more adventurous with your loom knitting, with 35 exciting projects that use a variety of loom shapes and sizes.

The first chapter, Colorful Accessories and Gifts, has several quick and easy makes that would be ideal as presents. Try making a pineapple charm (). Bags and Cases is a chapter jammed packed full of slightly larger projects that will push your skills further. Here youll find makes such as a geometric knitted tablet cover (). In the third chapter, For Kids, I have created a range of items that are great for children. They will love the jungle finger puppets () that is sure to become a favorite friend.

The final chapter, Home Accessories, has lots of ideas to brighten up your interior, such as a knitted pouffe (). The wide variety of projects will suit all abilities of craft skill. There is also a clear and concise Techniques section () to help explain all the stitches, and the cast on and bind (cast) off methods that you will need to make all the items. Now, go grab some yarn, a knitting tool, and a loom and get started on your first loom-knitted item! There are different shapes and sizes of knitting loom available, but there are three main ones for the projects in this book: a round loom with pegs either in (18mm) or in (9mm) apart; a long loom with pegs either in (18mm) or in (9mm) apart; and a sock loom which has much thinner pegs that are set in (6mm) apart. SLIP KNOT Every project begins with a slip knot. Hold the circle where the yarn crosses and flip it over so that the loop is on top of the working yarn. Pull the working yarn through the circle and tighten as required. Pull the working yarn through the circle and tighten as required.

CABLE CAST ON This creates a neat and firm first row. You will need a crochet hook for this technique. Make a slip knot and place on the first peg. Bring the working yarn to the front of the outside of the loom. Using the crochet hook, insert the tip through the slip knot, hook the working yarn around it, and pull back through the slip knot to form a loop. Using the crochet hook, take the working yarn between the first and second pegs to the back of the loom. Using the crochet hook, take the working yarn between the first and second pegs to the back of the loom.

Place this loop on the peg to the left. Repeat step 2 all around the loom so there are 2 loops on the front of each peg (and 3 on the inside). To complete the cast on, e-wrap the next row, hook the bottom 2 loops over the top one on the peg. E-WRAP CAST ON The e-wrap cast on is the easiest method of casting on and creates a fairly loose and flexible first row. It is called an e-wrap because it looks like an e when viewed from above. Create a slip knot and place it on the first peg of the loom.

You can either use the anchor peg, which is the peg on the side of the loom, or choose one on the main loom. Mark with a stitch marker so you know where each row begins.