Ribbed Sideways Toque (Beanie) Tutorial/Pattern By Me, and some more hats, on knitting looms

I’ve been addicted to sideways hats for a big. This is when instead of making it on the round, you make it in short rows in wedges and seam together at the end. Above are 3 different hats, one is called Sidestreet ((the first and last pics) which is a pattern for $3.99 on Ravelry, the other is Vanilla on the Side (the second, third and fourth pics) which is a free, simple and fun pattern on Ravelry, and the final one is Sideways Beanie from the Big Book of Loom Knitting which is very simple and pretty fast.

Sideways Toque: One wedge done

Now for my pattern

What you need: 1/2″ gauge loom with at least 30 pegs, or 3/8″ gauge loom with at least 40 pegs. I used the Spanish loom, the yellow one, with 82 pegs for the 3/8″ gauge, and for the 1/2″ I used the CinDwood 51 peg round loom. You can use a provisional cast on and off if you’d like, I used a crochet cast on, knitted bind off, and seamed it. Stitch markers are a good idea. This should be easy for a confident beginner to any level knitter.

This is not done in the round.

7 wedges, before casting off

Definitions:

K: Knit (this pattern uses the e-wrap stitch, other stitches can be substituted, but the size will differ)

P: Purl

Sl: Slip a stitch (don’t knit that peg, done once every repeat)

PTMM: Purl up to and including  movable  marker

KTM: Knit up to but not including the marker on peg 6 (8)

W&T: Wrap and turn (lift the yarn off the peg, put the working yarn around it like a half stitch and place the original loop on top)

Cast on30 (40) pegs in your preferred choice, do not join in the round. A provisional cast on can be used for seamless bind offs, but you can cast on with the crochet (my preferred), e-wrap or double e-wrap. The first number is for the 1/2″ loom (30 pegs total) the second number is for the 3/8″ loom (40 pegs total)

Put stitch markers on peg 6 (8), 30 (20) and 38 (48)

Finished toque (3/8″ used, 7 repeats)

Wedges

This is a wedge which  has 20 rows and will be repeated 7-10 times depending on the size of your head, loom and gauge. I used 7 wedges in my example.

Row 1: Sl 1, knit all

Row 2: K6 (8), PTMM W&T 29 (39)
Row 3: KTM, P6 (8)
Row 4: PTMM W&T 28 (38)
Row 5: Knit all
Row 6: K6 (8), P TMM W&T (27) 37
Row 7: KTM, P6 (8)
Row 8: PTMM W&T (26) 36
Row 9: Knit all
Row 10: K6 (8), PTM W&T (25) 35
Row 11: KTM, P6 (8)
Row 12: PTMM W&T (24) 34
Row 13: K all
Row 14: K6, P TMW&T (23) 33
Row 15: K, P6 (8)
Row 16: PTMM W&T (22) 32
Row 17: K all
Row 18: K6, PTMM W&T (21) 31
Row 19: K,TM P6 (8)
Row 20: P all

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Repeat rows 1-20 7-10 times based on the size of your head. 

Cast off using the method of your choice. I used the knitted cast off then seamed up the back.

Wear, and share!

Tangled

I’m currently working on a shawl called “April Lady” in the most beautiful yarn. It’s a new shawl pattern from The Invisible Loom. I love it.

This is about the halfway point. I’ve got a few rows left to decrease, it’s almost done.

I started an other shawl called “Cousin Kate”. its actually a shawlette. I love it. But I ran out of yarn (Ice Cream, flavour “Blueberry”)

Here’s my progress before running out of yarn. I ordered another ball of the Ice Cream, which is a baby’s yarn, but has beautiful gradients and is so soft. It’s a little thinner than worsted weight

See how close I am to being done?

I found a 1/3 ball of the Ice Cream yarn, but its tangled so badly I couldn’t untangle it. I tried for almost three hours. Here’s a time lapse of me untangling for a bit.

If that damn ball would have untangled, I would have the damn thing done! Got another 10 days to wait for the yarn.

I bought it from JoAnns, online, and picked up a universal S -loom (afghan loom) on sale for $24.99, US. After shipping, I paid $50 for the yarn and the loom, which is a good deal.

I went yarn shopping and stocked up. There were a lot of good deals. I left with a huge bag full.

Just an update, nothing new (at the moment!)

I launched my bipolar blog at brainsick.ca and I’ve been working on the ballet wrap and watching repeats of Ink Master.. Dork, I am. I’ll post some Valentines I’ve made when I get off my lazy ass..

Let’s see.. I’m almost done the back of the ballet wrap, I know, I need to hurry it up! It’s cold and snowy and I’m not using the Cindwood loom? C’mon. I have future plans.

Find me on Ravelry as “sandorfalot”. Do it, do it now! I accept all friends requests, and except your inbox to get slammed with loves and comments.

That’s about it for now.

Yoga socks! With pattern and tutorial

Toes up for yoga socks!

These are basically socks with no heel or toes, good for not slipping. I love ’em, and I’m not usually the pink yarn type.

Here are some more pics.

From the left

Sorry about my gross toes..

Here’s what I use to keep track of my patterns. Windows sticky notes!

I’ll explain it in more detail. I cast on using the e-wrap cast on. Then for rows 1-4 I did the rib stitch, which is e-wrap peg one, purl peg 2, e-wrap peg 3, purl peg 4, continue around.

Here’s how to purl on a knitting loom.

Rib stitch, the cuff

That’s the cuff. Next is the leg part. I did the flat knit stitch for 30 rows (as its smaller than the e-wrap)

After I had it at the length I wanted, I bound off pegs 1-12, shown in the picture above.

Then, I e-wrapped pegs 12-24, then used the flat knit stitch for 6 rows, and then continued in an e-wrap around until there were wraps on every peg, and 2 on others. I knit over 2 on the ones with others (13-14) and then did one entire row of e-wrapping.

Then I did the flat knit stitch for another 20 rows, for the foot.

I finished it off with the rib stitch, again, for 4 rows. I cast off using the crochet cast off, loosely, so there was some stretch.

I used this pattern on Ravelry as a reference.

Comfy, no slip, yoga socks!