Help Choose the Award Winner

November 17, 2014 Comments: 30

Time to Choose the Loving with Looms Award Winner

Let’s congratulate Theresa Jones, Faith Alkire and Nancy Lambert for winning the Loving with Looms Prize Raffle. Now it’s time for level 2 where the Judges will pick an award winner. Help them choose a winner by leaving a comment below this post by 11/22/2014.

Read the stories our judges will read to pick their winner. Tell them what you think about the 3 finalist and who you think should win the award.

These 3 beautiful ladies all use their looms to show their love for those less fortunate. I am so happy to be shipping out their prizes this week. They include a 6 Piece Loom Set, 2 Skeins of Yarn, 2 Yarn Sleeves and a Knitting Book of Loom Pattern. But there is still one more step left the Award and the $50.00 Amazon Gift Certificate.

Here are the Stories ….

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Celtic Knot Stitch for the Loom

November 16, 2014 Comments: 25

Celtic Knot Stitch for the Loom

The Celtic Knot has a very spiritual meaning even for some people today. The understanding is that there is no beginning or end it goes on eternally like nature. For me it’s not that serious I just see something beautiful. I am so happy that I basically bumped into this stitch and that I have a venue where I can share it.

It is a very easy stitch to do. The only stitch skill necessary are the knit and purl. No worries if you don’t know how to loom knit these stitches because there is a video tutorial below this post that will show you within the first two minutes .

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Loom Knitting Hat for Beginners

November 12, 2014 Comments: 13

Loom Knitting Hat for Beginners

If you can wrap yarn around a stick and pull one yarn loop over another you can knit a hat. May sound over simplistic but really that is all it takes.This Loom Knitting Hat for Beginners tutorial will show you how to easily and quickly create nice warm stylish hats without a lot of complicated terms or techniques.

Finding the right size loom is one stumbling block for a lot of folks so we will address that issue. The next one is, well now that I know how to loom knit, how many rows do I need for my 20-year-old brothers hat, my 4-year-old daughters hat and my 16 year-old neighbor. There is a simple, painless way to figure this out.

We start by choosing the right size loom

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Puff Stitch Pattern for the Knitting Loom

November 9, 2014 Comments: 2

Puff Stitch Pattern

Bethany Daily author of Loom Knitting for Little People, one of my Top Ten favorite books of patterns has written a Puff Stitch Pattern for the loom complete with stitch chart and a free pattern for an 8×8 square perfect for your next blanket.

This is the second stitch in a series the Knittingboard.com blog calls Stitchlogy. I love the look you get with this technique. I can’t help but think of two words Fun and Happy. I’ve had my eye on some winter gear that screamed for some puff. The designer truly came through with this one.

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What Size Loom for Your Hat – Video

November 8, 2014 1 comment

What Size Loom for All Your Hats Newborn to Adult

I am often asked about What Size Loom for baby hats, or certain brands. Here is a short 5 minute video to explain which loom to use for your Barbie to your American Girl Hat or your Newborn to Adults.

This information is good for any large gauge loom like the Knifty Knitter, Boye, Darice or the Loops and Threads.

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Learn to Knit on Circle Looms Book Review

November 6, 2014 Comments: 22

Learn to Knit on Circle Looms an Honest Book Review

The cover says 10 Easy Projects. Based on the average cost of the book that adds up to $1.00 per project. But you have to factor in the statement Learn to Knit on Circle Looms. So the idea is that with this book you will learn to knit on round looms and as a bonus you actually get to make lots of useful items.

I thought about a few questions as I reviewed this loom knitting book. Is it worth your $10.00 if you’re a true beginner? Can you learn with just this book or will you need other resources? If you already know how to loom knit on circle loom are the patterns still worth the expense ? Is it readily available? Can I get it on my tablet?

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Tiny Heart Stitch Hat – FREE Pattern Child and Adults

November 3, 2014 Comments: 36

Tiny Heart Stitch Hat

This Beanie style loom knit hat is a Free pattern for children and adults. Perfect as chemo cap because the stitch is dense, warm and comfy. I created this little hat to display the stitch when I wrote a post about it. I have been asked several times on this page and YouTube for the pattern.

I love giving my readers what they ask for when it’s possible. This was a simple request that I fill with gladness. Hope you guys like it and send me pictures to include on this page and with the Facebook family

Para Español : Haz Clic Aquí

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Handmade Sock Loom – Adjustable and Easy to Make

November 2, 2014 1 comment

Handmade Sock Loom

This one is way to cool. Right now there are many sock looms in the market, you may even find a handmade sock loom on eBay, Etsy or Amazon but how about making your own for just pennies with things you may already have at home.

To make this project even better the designer made it adjustable. You’re able to make your loom large or small gauged by adding and removing pegs. I love it.

Designed By Natural Crafter

Now like always when I feature a project I have a few things I need to share….

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Yarn Giveaway November 2014

November 1, 2014 Comments Off

Yarn Giveaway November 2014

This one will have 3 winners. Raffle includes 6 piece loom set, 2 skeins of yarn, 1 knitting book, and yarn sleeves. 1 of the 3 will win all the prizes plus a $50.00 Amazon Gift Card.

This one is about more than the yarn. I want to reward charitable loom knitters. I have decided to merge the Yarn Giveaway November 2014 with the Loving with Looms Award. I revamped the page and made it easier to understand and extended the deadline for entries.

If you loom and you donate enter this raffle – Lots of prizes – Don’t miss out.

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Product Reviews Now Include a Raffle

October 30, 2014 Comments: 3

Product Reviews now Include a Raffle !

I love giving stuff away! It’s just my nature, plus product reviews make you and I better consumers and as a result better loom knitters.

The reason for including the raffle is because I hope that this section of the website will become more than just a one way conversation or just one persons opinion.

I am sure that putting the product in the hand or hands (yes sometimes there will be more than just one winner) of readers will encourage people to return, comment in detail when possible and agree or lovely disagree with me. Isn’t that a win-win situation.

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Let’s Fix Loving with Looms

October 27, 2014 Comments: 11

Let’s Fix Loving with Looms

OK so we have had no participation in the Loving with Looms Award 2014.

I understand that there is something keeping you from nominating yourself or someone you know that uses their looms to help others.

I’m hoping you guys would be willing to help me fix the issues so that I can reward someone VERY special for doing good.

Link to Loving with Looms 2014: Click HERE

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How do we communicate.

You can leave your thoughts, comments or ideas here in the comment section, the Facebook page, or by email denise@loomahat.com. Please remember to be nice

Thanks !

Knitting with One Hand – On a Loom

October 24, 2014 Comments: 4

Knitting with One Hand

Kari King made a short video on how to loom knit a dog sweater.

Her intention wasn’t to wow us with her ability to do this using only one hand but if you read the comments under the video you will see that she did just that.

I was doing some research on how to loom knit a dog sweater. I live in Florida and it barely ever gets cold here except for a short spell at the beginning of the year. But we have a little MinPin and they have VERY thin fur. Every year my daughter buys him a little jacket and then donates it. I have LOTS of yarn so I will make this years model. ( Read More )…

Loom Knit Giraffe

October 22, 2014 Comments Off

Loom Knit Giraffe

Davy Mitchell has taken up loom knitting and now he is LoomKnitterDude.blogspot.com. I’m so glad he did because he created the cutest little Loom Knit Giraffe ever. His simple technique gave me the base for some great ideas for other zoo and farm animals. I’m thinking horses and zebras just to name a few.

It is pretty easy to do but I would not recommend it for a True beginner. You will need some knowledge of loom knitting since it’s more of an instructional tutorial than an actual pattern.

If you passed that first test you’re ready to move on with the big boys and you little ones too.

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Best Loom for Beginners

October 20, 2014 Comments: 40

Best Loom for Beginners

There is such a large array of knitting looms to choose from these days that it can make your head spin, twice. A lot of brands with all kinds of colors, different materials for the bass and for the pegs, several different shapes, sizes and prices. Does it really matter what you choose? Well in all honesty any loom can be used to learn the basics of loom knitting but in my opinion there is only one ” Best Loom for Beginners “, that is the TRUE Beginner. The one picking up the loom for the first time.

Please keep in mind as you read this article, that this is only an opinion and not the gospel. Feel free to disagree with me nicely in the comment section. I’m O.K. with that because I promise that if you stick with me long enough here on Loomahat.com we will agree on something eventually. Now back to the subject …

When I had to choose a loom for my first set of students I thought of several requirements that had to be met. It needed to be the right size for small and large hands since I had a multi-generational group that included a range from 8 – 60 years. Of course it had to be inexpensive, light-weight, easy to learn, close to fail-proof and quickly produce a usable product on the first try. After all this is the microwave age no one wants to wait to long for anything.

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Special Olympics Scarf Project and Loom Knit Pattern

October 18, 2014 Comments: 2

Special Olympics Scarf Project, Colors and Shipping Info

This year you need to join the knitting party! The Special Olympics was founded by Eunice Kennedy Shiver in 1968. The Special Olympics Scarf Project was started in 2009 by the yarn manufacturer Red Heart. They concluded the project in 2011 because as they stated, The program became so popular that donations outpaced the number of Special Olympics winter athletes and supporters. It was as important to us, as we know it was to you, that each and every scarf made it into the hands of the intended recipient – an athlete or supporter – something we cannot ensure going forward, due to the high volume of excess scarves. That was they’re exit speech. No hard feelings they started something great.

And the project continues across the United States. Folks are still excited to take part in an extremely beautiful project that tells courageous men, women and children that they are winners.

Image credit: Special Olympics Michigan and Coloring with Yarn

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