I’m sure some of you did a double-take when you read that headline- but I mean it. I considering such blessing and gift to be able to make things with my hands, to put love and care in every stitch, and then to be able to give it away to someone I love, someone I know, or someone in need.
So let me introduce you to my new best friend- the Easy Knitting Looms!
You get 4 round looms (to fit different-sized heads) a plastic needle, the hooking tool, and directions. Quite a value for under $13.00!
While I’ve tried traditional knitting in the past, it’s only left me frustrated. I’ve had problems with tension, wrist fatigue, and dropped stitches- but all of these issues have been erased with the knitting loom. It’s easy, fun, and success-oriented. You can make your first baby hat in under 2 hours!
So here’s my project. (It ties into our “Christmas in July” theme!) SANTA HATS!
Newborn and toddler sized!
How cute are they??
And the fun is that you can knit up a bunch and give them as gifts….or make your family pose in them for the holiday card picture, as I intend to do!
To make your hat, you’ll need the appropriate loom size (newborn, childs, adult, and cowl) and one skein each of a fuzzy white yarn and all-purpose red.
Cast on with your white fuzzy yarn and knit around and around until you have about 4 inches of knitted tube.
Cut the yarn from the skein, leaving about a 6 inch tail. Begin wrapping the red around the loom, knitting the new color into the old. Continue in this fashion until you have about 8 inches of red knitted up.
Just start wrapping & knitting with the new color, leaving a tail.
Cut the red yard from the skein, leaving about a 6 inch tail. Next, cut a 10 inch piece of yarn and thread the plastic needle. Make a slip-knot at the end, and fasten the loop around the peg on the front of the loom. Then, one at a time, slip the needle with yarn through the loops on the pegs and then lift them off.
Once all the loops are threaded on your yarn, unfasten your slip knot and pull both ends tight, gathering the top of the tube closed. Knot securely, then push the tails down into the inside of the hat.
Finish it off by tying the loose tails with knots and then weaving the long ends back into the hat. The crowning glory is adding a little white pom-pom on top! (I used the Easy Knitting Pom-Pom Loom to make those, but I’ll talk about that another day! )
OH! And since we’re on the subject of giving- we’re having a giveaway! Leave a comment and you could win a set of Easy Knitting Looms AND the Pom-Pom makers, courtesy of our sponsor, ConsumerCrafts.com!
We’ll draw a name at random Tuesday, July 20th around noon EST. Good luck and happy commenting! (PS- keep an eye on their Facebook page for some giveaways, too!)
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR COMMENTING!
19. July 2010 at 8:58 am
I bet you could make some toasty warm matching scarves, too, with the same looms, no? Very cute!
19. July 2010 at 9:22 am
I’ve seen a lot of fun crafts here but this is one that I want to go buy today!
19. July 2010 at 9:38 am
Love the Santa hats! Would be adorable for a newborn! Great idea to take family pic in the hats too! You could use green and red to make elf hats as well!
19. July 2010 at 11:34 am
my girls would LOVE these hats for Christmas! can’t wait to make them!
19. July 2010 at 12:51 pm
I love making hats on the knitting looms. It is very quick and very easy. I, too, could not master traditional knitting. I make tons of the newborn hats with leftover yarns and donate them to locate hospitals.
19. July 2010 at 3:07 pm
So cute! Would love to try it with my 8-yr-old who has some fine motor difficulties… would be a great skill builder for him.
19. July 2010 at 5:45 pm
Looms just seem to be popping up all around me lately! Trying one out is officially on my crafty to-do list! Thanks for the tutorial– it seems nearly attainable now, lol!
19. July 2010 at 7:01 pm
These are too cute – how easy is it to use? I”M OK with knitting, but i’m left handed so the directions always mess me up.
19. July 2010 at 7:21 pm
That is a cool way to get my kids interested in knitting. Love it.
20. July 2010 at 7:37 am
PacaGirl, the looms are fool-proof! You wrap the yarn (you would go counter-clockwise) then lift the bottom loop over the top one and slip it off the peg. I’m pretty sure we have a video on the ConsumerCrafts.com facebook fan page, on YouTube- look for “craftingDarice” for our videos!
20. July 2010 at 7:45 am
Oooooo ok its made with a loom!!! Now this I might be able to do
Love this, it is the cutest lil hat!!!
20. July 2010 at 8:10 am
There are so many thing you can do witht he looms. I will have to try this santa hat. I made a snow man on the blue one once.
20. July 2010 at 9:07 am
Wow – that’s pretty cool! I would love to try this out! I cannot seem to learn to knit. I can crochet anything but for some reason knitting is totally beyond me. If it’s that easy then maybe there is hope for me yet! LOL!
20. July 2010 at 10:25 am
This would be so much fun! Pick me! Pick me!
20. July 2010 at 10:30 am
Very cool giveaway! I have always wanted to try knitting and this looks like the way to go!
20. July 2010 at 11:22 am
Can’t get easier than that!