Friday, December 20, 2013

Golf Club Covers for the Blue Round Knifty Knitter Loom

This pattern is for golf club covers, a unique gift for your favorite golfer. You'll be using the e-wrap and any worsted weight yarn. You can change the yarn colors to create stripes as you knit.

  1. E-wrap the loom and knit until the length measures 4 inches. 
  2. Pull the first row up to the pegs and place it back on the loom.
  3. Knit. This creates a cuff.
  4. E-wrap and knit for 5 1/2 more inches.
  5. To make a stripe, change to white yarn and knit for 5 rows.
  6. Change back to the original color and knit for 5 rows.
  7. Change to white again and knit for 5 rows.
  8. Change to the original color and knit 5 more inches. 
  9. Use the gathered stitch to remove the work from the loom. To do this cut the working yarn to a length of 10 inches. Thread it through a yarn needle. Starting with the peg closest to the working yarn, thread it through each loop as you pull the loop off each peg. Continue

    working around the loom in this manner until you have all the loops removed. Pull the
    working yarn tight to gather the knit. Tie off the working yarn in a double knot and cut it to a few inches. Use the yarn needle to sew the remaining yarn tail into the under side of the golf club cover. 
  10.  The gathered edge is the top of the golf club cover and you can add a pom pom if desired.
Note: As an alternative method of casting off you may cut a separate piece of yarn and passed it through the stitches as they are removed from the loom. Then square knot each end of this yarn on the inside of the cover.





For those of you that haven't made pom poms before, here is a tutorial for making them on the Knifty Knitter pom pom maker. You can use these methods without a pom pom maker by stretching them across a small loom. The pom pom maker just makes it a little easier.

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Knitting Stocking Cap with Brim for the Knifty Knitter Round Looms

This is a very basic knitted stocking cap with a brim. It can be made for guys and gals of all ages. The instructions call for a pom pom at the top, which is optional. I recommend the:
  • red loom for young children and babies
  • green loom for older children and small adults
  • yellow loom and purple hat loom for adults.

  1. E-wrap the round loom and knit until it reaches 3 inches for the red loom, 4 inches for the green loom, or 5 inches for the yellow and purple looms.
  2. Pull up the first row of knit and place it on the loom. Knit to make a double thickness brim. 
  3. Change colors and knit another 6 1/2 inches for the red loom, 7 inches for the green loom and 8 inches for the yellow or purple looms.
  4. Use the "gathered stitch" to cast off the loom. This creates the top of the hat. Cut the working yarn to 12 inches and thread it through a yarn needle. Starting with the peg closest to the working yarn thread the working yarn through each loop and off the peg.  Pull the yarn tight to gather the top of the hat and tie it in a square knot. Cut the working yarn to a few inches and weave it through the inside of the cap.


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