Making Your Own Knitting Loom

Craft: Make Your Own Knitting Loom

April Rogers

March 30, 2006

You can make your own knitting loom and make yourself a beautiful poncho even if you don't know how to knit. It is that easy. Once you get started you will be making all kinds of things.

Supplies Needed:

• wood plank (the size you need depends on how wide you want your project to be)
• nails with or without heads
• hammer
• ruler
• pencil
• yarn
• crochet hook
• yarn needle (the kind that looks like a large sewing needle)

Directions:

1. To start you will need to sand the wood you have chosen to make sure that it is smooth. Any piece of flat wood will work. I used a scrap piece that had writing all over it which is why I covered it in paper before I placed the nails in it.
2. Once you are finished preparing the wood you can measure out where you want the nails to go. I recommend that you start with the nails 1/4 inch apart. Do not space the nails more than a 1 inch apart. The further apart they are the looser the weave will be. The nails in picture are spaced 1/4 inch apart. Make a mark on the wood for each nail placement. This will help you keep the nails in a straight line and make sure that they are not off in spacing.

 
3. Now that you have the nails in place you are ready to start knitting. I know at first that this seems like it will hard, but really it couldn't be any easier.
4. To make your poncho determine how wide you want it to be. The length will be twice the width. Basically you will be knitting a large rectangle. Make a simple slip knot in the end of you yarn and place the loop over your starting nail. Take the tail of the yarn and wrap it around each nail so that it creates a loop, this resembles an "e". Once you reach the last nail reverse the motion and go back over each nail until you come to your starting nail. Make sure that the front of each loop from start to finish and finish to start are wrapped the same way. You want the front of the loops to be on the same side of the nail.
5. When you have completed wrapping each nail twice use your crochet hook to pull the bottom loop over the top loop then off the nail. Wrap the yarn around the nails again doing only one pass this time. You only want two loops on each nail for this project.
6. Once you have your large rectangle the size you want, it is time to bind off. Complete you last row so that only one loop is on each nail. At the end of the row where your skein of yarn is, pull a long tail and cut it. Make sure you leave yourself a tail that is extra long so that you will have enough yarn to bind the last row without running out or pulling it too tight.
7. Thread the yarn into the yarn needle and start sewing. Place the needle through each loop one at a time and pull it off the nail. When you have removed all of your stitches from the loom wrap the yarn one time through the last stitch and tie a knot. This will help ensure that it does not unravel.
8. Fold the rectangle in half with the right sides facing each other. This will create a square. On one of the long sides measure half way from the fold to the middle. You do not have to go half way if you want a smaller neck hole.
9. From the middle sew the remainder of the side closed to the bottom. Use the yarn needle and yarn to do this. Just create a simple whip stitch. This way you can't see the stitches. At this point you can add fringe if you would like too.

Enjoy wearing your poncho. Now that you know how to knit a poncho you can make blankets and so much more.

Question: Making a Kids Knitting Loom and Knitting Rake?

bernely

January 23, 2008

I would like to have instructions on how to make a knitting loom and knitting rake for my kids.

Bernely

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tracey

January 30, 20080 found this helpful

I am not sure exactly how to make them but I saw at a thrift store a while back, a homemade circle loom that used golf tees as the pegs. In all honesty it may be more cost effective to buy a cheap Knifty Knitter loom set at wal mart. My set was around 10 or 11 dollars for 4 looms with a yarn tool, plastic needle, and instructions.

 

Lynne

February 6, 20080 found this helpful

Here's a website to help you with the loom I don't know about the rake tho
www.ehow.com/how_2086485_make-knitting-loom.html

Lynne

 

lisa

February 16, 20090 found this helpful

Hi, you can buy a wide tooth comb at your local beauty supply store....they make GREAT knitting rakes for kids for under a dollar. And, you can attach them together and make your own knifty knitter for cheap too.

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I have a post here on the subject....A Cheap Pocket Knitting Rake......let me know if you have any questions.....

 

Question: Instructions For Making a Round Loom and Knitting Board?

charleen

February 12, 2005

is there any one that could share instruction to make a round loom. Also a knitting board. I would be very grateful for any help.

Charleen

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Sandra

February 12, 20050 found this helpful

I found this site. home.earthlink.net/.../(quote

 

Anne

June 5, 20100 found this helpful

www.ehow.com/how_5762659_make-knitting-board.html...

This is another site for making your own knitting loom.

I couldn't find the link above.

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The correct link for the dick robinson instructions is

loomknittinghelp.com/.../makeloom.html

Then just click on the making a loom info...

The other site - earthlink.net/.../ is no longer valid....

Good luck.

 

Question: Making a Round Loom?

Shirley Finch

October 6, 2008

How do you make round looms?

Shirley from Mariposa, CA

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Beth

October 9, 20080 found this helpful

Here is a link to instructions on how to make a loom.
punkrockpurlgurl.blogspot.com/.../how-to-make-round-knitting-loom.html
Hope this helps!

 

Question: Making a Small Loom?

If anyone can tell me how to make a small loom I would really be grateful. Any advice would be most appreciated.

Thank you in advance!
Kathy from MO

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Question: Making a Knitting Loom?

sonyahouk402

December 15, 2016

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Hello
Bronze Post Medal for All Time! 107 Posts

January 20, 20170 found this helpful

THis tutorial says that you should space them 1/2 inch apart when using 4-ply yarn: "

With a smoothly sanded board and some cotter pins you could make a knitting loom any size or gauge you decide you want. The fine gauge looms are more expensive than the regular gauge so it is beneficial to make your own. You need to space the pins at ¾ inch for a regular loom.

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With this loom you need to use two strands of yarn. Place the pegs ½ inch apart and you can knit a nice baby blanket with one strand of 4-ply yarn." myteacup.com/.../make_a_loom.htm

Here is a youtube video where a woman made a rake loom with nails: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKh0fs9-5QM

I actually saw lots on youtube