My swap gifts!

I did a swap with a Ravelry friend (I sent her the Gemstones Wrap, the blue and green one)

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She made me an AMAZING scarf and a cowl. Here they are. They’re absolutely beautiful. I love them to bits.

Swap Scarf

Beautiful cowl

Scarf up close

She also sent me this SUPER cool flower loom that I haven’t played with yet, but will later today.

Its called a Knit Wit. I’ll have to read the instructions! How cool is all of this? She is one AMAZING talented knitter. and she found that super cool loom!

40 Row Super Comfy Chunky Cowl

I made this cowl in about an hour using super chunky wool.

It’s really easy. Here are step by step directions.

I did this on the 41 peg Boye loom. I used very chunky yarn, e-wrap and purl stitches. A large gauge works better for this project,

E-wrap Cast on 41 pegs, but don’t join in the round yet. Half is done in a flat panel.

Knit 1 row
Purl 1 row
Do this 10 times (20 rows total)

Join in the round
Knit 1 row
Purl 1 row
Do this 10 times (20 rows total)

Bind off any way you choose. Add more rows if you aren’t using chunky yarn, or hold 2 strands as one.

Big, warm, loom knit hooded cowl

I wanted a hooded cowl, it gets cold up here. I found a pattern in The Big Book of Loom Knitting and followed it, my first time using this book. I did it all in one piece and then sewed it together. Here’s what it looked like just off the loom. I used the Boye 41 peg loom (used 40 pegs) and did it in garter stitch, using the trick I found to make it take half the time.

Nothing too terribly special about that

Here it is after sewing the seam together. You just fold the original in half and sew it (on the wrong side, but since its garter stitch, there is no wrong side) all the way on the long end. The book shows it with a button, but I decided to sew the front together because it is quite big, and I’m small.

 

Here is the finished project! It will keep me warm on the cold days we’ve been having up here. I could also try doubling up on the cowl, as its rather loose on me. It’s warm and cozy. I like it. Very simple knit, it took me 2 days to do, knitting off and on.

 

Arm knit cowl and starting a new wrap

I tried this last year. My friend (now roommate) wanted an arm knit cowl. I couldn’t do it. I was using 2 strands of bulky wool together and just made a huge fucking mess, got myself irritated and stopped. Today I found some tshirt yarn I got at Lens Mills well over a year ago while I was going through my stash and thought Hmm I could arm knit with this.

So I tried.

It took me about a half hour to get one row done since I kept tangling and tangling, but I was determined. And I did it. I used the tutorial at the bottom of this post to learn to arm knit, knit all of my tshirt yarn and sewed the ends together. Here are some pics.

Two shots of me wearing it. The tshirt yarn (which was $7.99 for the roll) is gray and green.

Laid out in full on my bed

 

 

 

 

Next up is the Gemstones Wrap from The Invisible Loom. I’ve got one repeat done, but its knitting up fast. Ow, my aching thumb.

This is what it will look like, except I’m using dark blue for the scarf part and light blue and white for the accents.

Hanging from my doorway. It’s pretty big. And pretty warm. Check out the tutorial below!

One Two Three Stitch Cowl/Neckwarmer with Tutorial

This is a new stitch for me, the one-two-three stitch. I found it here and I’ll post the video for you to see, as well as my tutorial. This was a quick knit. Here it is finished,

The Pattern

What you need

Round loom of any size. I used 36 pegs because I’m small. 41 or 48, or more, can be used. I recommend a loom with an even number of pegs.

Tapestry needle or crochet hook depending on how you want to cast off. I used the crochet cast off and made that the bottom of my cowl.

100 yards of yarn of any weight, whatever you want to work with. A thinner yarn shows off the stitch better.

The Three Step Stitch

This is how it’s done.

First, where the working yarn currently is, is peg 2, and will always be peg 2. To the left is peg 1 and to the right is peg 3.

This is how you start off.

Next, you take the working yarn behind and to the front of peg 1 and knit over, using the flat knit stitch. The flat knit stitch is where the yarn is over the peg, not wrapped, and knit over. See the picture to see what it looks like.

Knit over by taking the bottom loop and knitting it over the top.

Next, wrap pegs 1 and 2 in the same fashion – front back to front, and knit over. Don’t e-wrap the pegs, just put the yarn over.

Next do the same thing but with peg’s 1, 2 and 3 with yarn over.

In the picture you see the yarn isn’t wrapped, it’s simply set over the pegs. Peg 3 will become Peg 2 and you continue this in the round.

Pattern

Row 1, 3, 5 Knit (e-wrap)

Row 2, 4 Purl

Row 6 1, 2, 3 stitch

Row 7 Knit (e-wrap)

Row 8 Purl

Repeat rows 6-8, finishing on Row 6.

Row 9, 11, 13 Knit

Row 10, 12 Purl

Cast off in your chosen method. It’s done!

Couple hour button up cowl (with button holes and pattern!) Knitathon entry 2

I did this in a couple hours, and added actual button holes. Yay! Here’s a pic

Here’s the pattern

Needed

Bulky yarn

Knitting loom with 18 pegs or more (knitted as a flat panel)

Stitches used

E-wrap knit

Purl

Knit 2 together

Pattern

Cast on using crochet (chain) cast on or e-wrap, your choice.

Row 1: Purl

Row 2-4: Knit

Do this for 26 repeats. On the 25th repeat, on the first knit row, on pegs 4, 8 and 12, knit 2 together to create button holes, and yarn over on the next knit row.

Cast of using whichever method you prefer (I used crochet)

I added yarn around the button holes to make them sturdier. I just sewed around them and made them thicker, if that makes sense.

Add buttons to wrong side of the opposite end.

Put on, button up, you’re done!

 

 

Mini Wingspan is done!

I made a little wingspan on an 82 peg Bufanda loom. Here’s how it turned out. I used 18 pegs for each wing. I made 9 total.

Curled on itself:

Laid out fully

Wearing it as a cowl/scarf

Another shot

 

I love how bright and vibrant it is! It was fun and easy to do. It took a bit because I’m working on so damn many projects, but I’m down to three now, a scarf, my Pi sweater (which will take forever) and have half a shawl to knit. The Knit a Thon begins.

 

 

 

 

 

Cowl Of Many Stitches – Tutorial and Pattern

I made this awesome cowl with a pattern and altered it slightly. The original pattern is called the “Happily Ever After Infinity Scarf” but I decided to use less pegs (65 peg loom) and make it into a bigger cowl. The original is from Once Upon a Loom by Samantha Pestana. Here’s my results.

The cowl on the 65 peg loom kit. I use the Martha Stewart Kit.

Finished:

Rockin’ It

And now for the pattern

What you’ll need:

A knitting loom with at least 48 pegs, so it fits around your neck. If it’s bigger, you can make an infinity scarf, smaller, it’s a cowl, or neckwarmer. Mine is between an infinity scarf and a cowl. It also makes a nice hood!

A knitting tool or crochet hook (if you use the crochet cast on or cast off, you’ll need it)

At least 140 yards of wool or yarn of your choice. I used pretty fuzzy wool.

Yarn needle, for casting off.

Stitches you’ll use

Crochet cast on (or e-wrap cast on, if you prefer. Crochet cast on, IMO, looks better)

Basic e-wrap stitch

Flat knit stitch

Purl stitch (see my tutorial here)

Drop stitch (see a tutorial here)

Figure 8 stitch (see tutorial here)

An example of the figure 8 stitch

The Pattern

Crochet cast on, or cast on of your choice

1 Purl

2 Flat Knit

3 Purl

4 Flat knit

5 Purl

6 E-wrap

7 Purl

8 Purl

9 Figure 8

10 Figure 8

11 E-wrap

12 Figure 8

13 E-wrap

14 Purl

15 Flat knit

16 Purl

17 E wrap, then yarn over twice, to prepare for the drop stitch

18 Drop stitch (which is purling and releasing the remaining stitches on the peg)

19 E-wrap

20 Purl

21 E wrap, then yarn over twice, to prepare for the drop stitch

22 Drop stitch (which is purling and releasing the remaining stitches on the peg)

23 E-wrap

24 Purl

25 Flat knit

26 Purl

27 E-wrap

28 Figure 8

29 E-wrap

30 Figure 8

31 Figure 8

32 Purl

33 Purl

34 E-wrap

35 Purl

36 Flat knit

37 Purl

38 Flat knit

39 Purl

Cast off. I used the crochet cast off, it creates an edge that looks like this:

but you can use any cast off you prefer. The recommended is stretchy bind off. Enjoy!