Back To Looming and Something New

 

After a long vacation from the looms and from blogging, I’m back to knitting again. 

Here are a few of the things that I’ve made these past few months.

I needed to warm up those skills a bit, so I started out slowly with a few dishcloths and some baby booties.   

These were made using the round blue kk loom. 3 of them are done in garter stitch. The forth is done in seed stitch.

Next, I tackled a baby sweater over in “Loom Class”.  Susan Sarwinski was the instructor.  She is wonderful!!! 🙂  So knowledgeable and helpful.  I really enjoyed making this first sweater.  I ended up making a hat to go with the sweater in the same pattern.    

Made with Caron Simply Soft Yarn using the Knifty Knitter Looms.

I’ve always wanted to do an earflap hat.  So I went searching online and found this oh-so-cute pattern.  I ended up making 2 of these.  They are done using the knifty knitter looms.  All twisted knit stitch.  Sooooo easy.  Now, I did add a little bit of garter stitch to the edging to keep the hats from curling.  These knit up very fast.  I was pleased with the end result.  Pom Poms add a nice touch. 

Green KK loom was used. Caron Simply Soft Yarn. Size 18-24 months.

  In March I tackled a design of my own.  I had seen a pair of pocketbook slippers that Bethany (one of the girls from my Local “Knit Night”) had done.  These slippers looked a lot like some that my Grand-Aunt Evelyn made years ago.  I found the pattern on Ravelry hoping that it would be a simple conversion, but no such luck.  So, I ended up winging these on the loom myself.  Here’s what I finally came up with.  A comfy slipper that is similar to the pocketbook slippers and one that fits my foot.  I’m happy with it. 🙂

One of my original slippers. Didn't fit my foot, but does look the most like the original pocketbook slipper that Bethany made.

Final Version of Slipper

Final slipper done using the kk looms and some pretty peach worsted weight yarn that I had in my stash.

Next, I had to make some new scarves and hats for some of my favorite people. 

  

This scarf was done for my Mom using Caron Simply Soft yarn.

Here's my older son, Josh, modeling his new hat and neck warmer. He chose the color and what a color it is! 🙂 The hat was done using a pattern that Anke graciously shared over in "Loom Class". I ended up making my own pattern for the neck warmer to match the hat. I can't always keep a scarf on Josh when he's out in the snow, but he will do a neck warmer. 🙂

Here's my younger son wearing his striped hat that was just not complete until the huge pom-pom was added on the top.

These Boo Bunnies were made for the boys’ Easter Baskets.  They are washcloths folded into the shape of bunnies.  A big hit! 

Boo Bunnies done using the blue kk loom and worsted weight 100% cotton.

Along the way I’ve been able to finish a few U.F.O’s.

These sets were made for women, but the boys didn't seem to mind modeling them. 🙂

My biggest looming achievement was finishing this bear of an afghan for my older son’s bed.  This blanket was made using the 60 inch Infinity Loom.  Worsted weight yarn.  1 strand throughout.  I alternated between the figure-8 stitch and the stockinette stitch.  There are 13 stripes. 25 rows each.  Finished size is 5 ft by 7 ft.     

Finally finished this basketweave square. It's square #2 from "Project Afghan".

Somewhere along this looming experience I decided that I wanted to learn to crochet.  Here’s a pic of my first attempt at crochet.  It’s just a simple square right now, but when it is finished it will be an Amigurumi Cat.  My great-grandmother would be so proud! 🙂  

Single crochet square.

Currently I’m working on a Felted Baguette and my first pair of socks.  Now that my blog is all caught up I hope that I’ll be posting more often.   Please check back to see my latest loomed creations along with patterns for the Pocketbook Slippers and my Twisted Stitch Neck Warmer. 🙂