Rippled Baktus Shawlette Finished

I made this baktus (or shawlette, based on the size of it) on my 20″ Fully Adjustable Cottage Loom in 3/8″ gauge (I think it may be 7/16, I’d need calipers to measure) with 48 pegs. It took over a week, the loom is different than my others and weird to use, I got used to it, though. A LOT of purling. It took a ball and a half to make this. I think it’s pretty cool.

The back

The finished baktus

The front

I also got new glasses, and had it engraved with my (leased) horses name. I love them, everything is so clear. I got them from Zenni Optical.

My face

The engraving of Sully’s name

Finished Dragon Tail scarf and in-progress framed Baktus

I finally finished my dragon tail scarf! I could have made it a bit longer, but it fits. It’s a great pattern.

It is more purple than blue. I’m hapy with it!

Here is the framed baktus, an Invisible Loom pattern. I’m using yarn I’ve never used before, its really pretty.  I got it for sale at Michael’s on Boxing Day (the day after Christmas in Canada) or else I probably wouldn’t have bought it, it’s expensive. It’s coming along nicely!

Small baktus and my new loom set

I made a small baktus with my own pattern (really easy) and here it is. I also got one of the best ever Christmas presents from my mom, the Cindwood 4pc large loom bundle. Here are some pics of everything. I started the Dragon Tail scarf on one of my new looms, in purple.

 

 

 

The baktus in progress, on half of the All n’ One Loom (I lost some parts when I moved apartments) The yarn is mohair and lace weight. I hardly used any, too. The spacing on that loom is 3/8″ and it came out fairly lacey. I don’t mind. It’s super soft. It did take a lot of extra yarn, because of the weight.

The baktus complete, with me wearing it. The pattern is simple:

Cast on 3.

Knit’s go to the left, purls go to the right.

Purl 1

Knit 1

Purl 1

Knit 1 (Increase by 1 until the desired number of pegs are on, then do a couple rows, and start decreasing)

Cast off any way.

 

 

The best Christmas present for a loom knitter! Aren’t they pretty?

My zigzag scarf and a rippled baktus

I started the baktus a while back, and used 28 pegs on a Knifty Knitter board loom. It didn’t ripple the way I wanted to, I guess my yarn was too heavy, but here it is. The pattern is from The Invisible Loom and took me a couple days to make. I like the way you can see the different stitches (e-wrap and purl)

Next I have my zigzag scarf in different parts of construction. I got the pattern on Ravelry here, and its a free pattern. It is a bit hard to read and get used to, but I got used to it quick and made it in a couple of days, working on it for a half hour to an hour at a time. It’s a great scarf for a quick knit and looks really cool.

Here it is in construction. The first pic is the first zig, and the second is after a few zigs and zags.

Now here it is complete.

Loom Knit Picot Edged Baktus and finished lace shawl!

I made this awesome picot edged baktus on a long rake loom (blue) using 32 pegs and it came out great. I had never heard of a picot before, but my mom had. For the loom, you just wrap the peg, knit over, tighten, wrap the peg, knit over, tighten, and so on, until you have the size you want. I followed the pattern from The Invisible Loom in the Little Baktus and Karius e-book that they have for $12. Definitely a good investment! Renee Van Hoy is the loom knitting master and has all sorts of great patterns, so I recommend you check them out NOW for all sorts of uh-maze-ing loom patterns. Some are free, you can find them all on Ravelry (you can find me there as sandorfalot) and they’re all amazing, and have really improved my own loom knitting.

I also finished the karius I mentioned in the post below, and here are some pics of it after blocking. It still curls in a bit, so I’m going to iron it out rather than block it again. I made pom-pom’s too, I love pom-pom’s and it looks sooo cute. It’s soft, and warm, even for a lace knit piece. Here are the pics.

I loooove it. I’m going to make another in my tiny lace weight on the Martha Stewart loom, so I’ll have a really small gauge and close together loom. I have some amazing lac weight yarn I bought a while ago and have never done anything with. I looove lace. It’s so pretty. What you see above is a karius which is a triangle scarf done only in stockinette stitch.

And here’s the baktus. I made it in rainbow, worsted weight yarn that I got at Wal-mart. I thought I was going to run out, but didn’t! Yay! It’s might warmer than the lace one, as I used finer yarn for the lace karius, but I used the same loom for most. I had never done a picot before, and found it easy once I caught on. It was a quick pattern, which I did all of today, on 32 pegs. It’s shorter than the karius and I didn’t add pom-pom’s. But, pics!

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Wearing the bakts, a few different angles. I chose to do a circular edge in the centre, rather than a pointed one, and I really like it. I’m wearing it like a cowl, with the “big part” in front, but it can be worn like a shawl, too.

This is the finished picot edged baktus in my cheap rainbow yarn laid out. You can see that I used a rounded edge for the centre, rather than just a triangle. It’s amazing what you can do on a loom. I LOVE it.

This is the edging, the little picot’s. I think it looks super cute. I better hide it before my roommate steals it because I made her socks out of this yarn as well!

I got the pink yarn at Len’s Mills in Hamilton and the rainbow yarn at Wal-mart. The pink yarn from Len’s Mills is much softer, but harder to block (that and I had never blocked before). I didn’t need to block the baktus (which is the small triangle scarf done in garter stitch) because, well, it was done in garter stitch. I might add a pom pom to the centre. So go check out The Invisible Loom and my Ravelry page!

To make these fantastic scarves, all you need to know is a basic cast on (the pattern calls for a crochet cast on, but I find my e-wrap ones work better), a basic cast off (I used a crochet cast off on both, I like the way it looks), stockingette stitch (basically your e-wrap knit, nothing fancy), purling and for the lace one, knit two together (k2tog). Have fun and knit on!