iPad App for Counting Knitting Rows

"Knit" app for Counting Knifty Knitter Rows

I recently downloaded this iPad app called "Knit." It's technically for the iPhone, but it works on iPad too and best of all it's free. After you download the free app, you get a screen like the one below upon opening.

Obviously, you can select "start" or "how to use." The "how to use" button takes you to a Safari page with a video of the app. If you select "start," it takes you to the screen below.

Setting up the Project

If you select the plus button in the upper right hand corner, it allows you to add your first project. You can have several projects going. Each of them have the option to title it as you wish and select a picture. They have several pictures to choose from in the app, like the ball of yarn I used for blanket. There's also a picture for socks, a sweater, etc. You have the option to take your own picture of your project.

I set up my first project blanket. To get to the main screen that counts your rows, you simply tap on the title.

You can use the app to count stitches, but I wanted it primarily to count rows. To set it up, you tap the "completion row" box in the upper left corner. Type in the total number of rows you'll be knitting in your project. Then go over to the right just below the camera icon and choose "row." Choose the "1" under it.

Start knitting! Each time you finish a row, you tap the cute kitten in the lower right corner. It turns red and advances the progress bar. If you make a mistake and advance too many times, you can use the minus button to remove a row from the progress bar.

When you've knitted your last row, and tapped the kitten for the last time, the completion box pops up. Hooray! Time to celebrate.

Visit the "Knit" app page in iTunes

Knifty Knitter Loom Shopping, Books and Accessories

Knifty Knitter Looms

I've been selling the Knifty Knitter looms for a little over a year and it occurred to me that loom lovers may want to know what is available, so I set up a page at Squidoo "Knifty Knitter Books, Loom, and Accessories". It explains which looms are sold as part of a set and which looms are sold individually, such as the specialty looms. It also lists all the accessories distributed by Provo Craft to make loom knitting easier.

My favorite part of the page (and the part where I devoted the most time) is the description of the Knifty Knitter pattern booklets. Many people haven't seen these and don't know what's in them. They are about 15 pages each, packed with how-to instructions that are perfect for beginners. Hopefully, the generous description of each will help you decide which to buy if you're ever booklet shopping. There are also some of my favorite loom knitting books listed. These pattern books aren't distributed by Provo Craft, but there are some fine authors that have written books just for the PC Knifty Knitter looms.

I mentioned the looms sets earlier. Some looms are currently available in sets of four, such as the round and long loom sets, or individually. For example you can buy the yellow XL round loom as part of the round loom set, or by itself. Provo Craft has stopped carrying them in individual packaging, so in the future you will have to buy the set of four round looms to get the XL yellow round loom. Some retailers, including myself, still have individual looms in stock, but when they are gone, they're gone! If you want to replace a single loom from your set, this is the time to do it.

My Latest Baby Blanket Pattern for the Knifty Knitter Blue Long (22 inch) Loom

This is a large "checkerboard" baby blanket. It took me over a month to make it. Each panel is 150 rows. There are two panels sewn together. After sewing the panels together, I went around the edge with ribbon. You can see the full instructions to make the baby blanket by selecting any of the images below. Also there is a video of the stitch I used to make the baby blanket, the fashion stitch. There's also a video of the panels being sewn together using the mattress stitch.

The finished Knifty Knitter baby blanket

Both sides are the same

A ribbon is whipped around the edges

More close-up photos of the edge

Sewing the ribbon around the edges

Sewing the panels together

Sewing the panels together

Mattress stitch

Mattress stitch

Single panel cast of edge

http://www.squidoo.com/knifty-knitter-baby-blanket-instructions

Making a Brim : Loom Knitting a Hat or Cap

• When you are making a brim for a hat, or cap, you start by knitting several rows. (Sixteen rows is average for a brim, but each pattern will specify the number of rows you should knit.) In the photo below, the brim is made by knitting 16 rows with 2 yarns as 1. The ewrap, or twisted stockinette stitch, is used.

• The photo below shows the finished knit. After you have all the rows knitted for your hat brim, you reach inside the loom from the top and pull the first row of knit upward through the center of the loom. Place the loops from row 1 on the pegs.

• Below is a photo of the loops from row 1, being placed on the pegs. When finished you will have two loops on each peg, knit off as you usually would.

•  This is what the brim looks like on the loom when it is complete. After finishing the brim, continue to knit the rest of the hat. 18 more rows to the top and a drawstring bind off works well. You can also use this "brim" method for making sweater and sock cuffs.

Click the image below to watch the full YouTube Video!

This pattern is found in "Knitting with the Knifty Knitter II"

Basic Knifty Knitter Hat on the Round Green Loom

This is a basic hat done on the round (large) green loom. It is the perfect size for my 12-year-old son. It also happens to fit me well. I am a small adult. If I were making this hat for a larger adult, I would move up to the XL yellow round loom to make the hat.

The hat is knitted brim to top. In other words, knitting begins at the bottom of the hat and ends at the top. The drawstring cast off, A.K.A. bind off, is used to close the top of the hat.

Supplies for the basic hat with brim knitted on the Knifty Knitter green round loom.

The hat in this tutorial was knitted using two strands of Red Heart Super Saver yarn as if they were one strand of yarn. The yarn color used is "fleck," which is a dark green with flecks of various colors mixed into the yarn. The pattern is from the book, "Knitting with the Knifty Knitter Booklet II," published by Provo Craft.

Instructions:
Step 1: Cast on and knit 16 rows.
Step 2: Make a brim by reaching through the center of the loom and pulling the first row up. Place each loop from row 1 onto the loom. There should be two loops on each peg of the Knifty Knitter loom now. Knit off.
Step 3: Knit 18 more rows.
Step 4: Cut the working yarn approximately 2 feet from the loom.
Step 5: Cast off by sewing through each loop and lifting it off the peg. Work in the same direction you were knitting. Prepare the working yarn to sew through the loops by threading it through a yarn needle.
Step 6: When all loops have been removed from the loom, pull the working yarn tightly to cinch closed the top of the hat.
Step 7: Tie a square knot. Leave a 5 inch tail and sew the tail into the inside of the hat.

My 12-year-old son wearing the finished hat.

Basic hat with brim knitted on the green Knifty Knitter round loom.

Video instructions for the basic brimmed hat on the round green loom!