A Tiny Treasure
May 29, 2005
I loom knitted a little something today. I had a lot of fun doing it and for some reason it made feel quite good inside, maybe is because I am planning to donate it to a little treasure, or maybe because the yarn was so wonderful to work with. I used Katia Diana from Little Knits and I absolutely love it. The feel is so soft and I just want to cuddle it. I am sure the good feeling came from everything combined. Now, I just need to make a few more and send them off to one of the many charities out there.
If anyone is interested, here is a draft of the pattern. I will be posting it in the Decor Accents, Inc website soon.
Done in e-wrap (twisted stitch)
Single Stitch throughout
Begin:
Cast on in the round.
Wrap the loom 3 more times.
Knit over the bottom 3 loops off the peg.
Wrap the loom 1 time. Knit over.
Knit for about 1.5"
To create eyelets for ribbon. You will be moving a loop from a peg
and placing it to the peg on the right. Thus creating an empty peg.
Do so in this manner:
Move the loop from peg 4 to peg 3. You should have 1 loop on peg 1,
1 on peg 2, peg 3 should have 2 loops. Peg four should be empty.
Now, move the loop from peg 8 and place it on peg 7. Continue around
the loom, removing the loop from every 4th peg and placing it on the
peg on the right. In total, you should have 3 pegs with loops on
them, and 1 peg empty, all around the loom.
Knit over the pegs that have 2 loops on them, (peg 3, 7, 11, 15, 19,
23, 27, 31, 35, 39, 43, 47).
End of Eyelets
Wrap the loom 1 time covering all the pegs. Knit over the pegs that
have 2 loops on them. Wrap the loom one more time. Knit over 1 over
1. Continue knitting in the round until your item measures 5.0" or
has 30 rows. (I prefer to just measure, but if you like to count the
rows)
Remove with gathering method.
(Optional add a pom pom)
It is a very soft yarn and I love the feel of it. I think you can
make about 3 preemie hats from one skein.
So, in conclusion, if you make a preemie hat with the XXL Sock loom
and no eyelets.
Knit a Chunky Braid edge.
Knit the single stitch for 30-32 rows or until item measures 5-5.5"
Remove with gathering method.