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Falling for Fall Socks

Indulge yourself in a pair of handknit socks. Knit with wonderfully soft fingering weight wool yarn and a super easy stitch pattern, you will be completing your first pair by the end of the week.

Materials

Knitting Loom:
54 peg fine gauge sock loom. Sample was knit on KB Adjustable Sock Loom.

Yarn:
350-400 yards of fingering weight yarn. Sample used Knit Picks Chroma in Gray.

Notions: Knitting tool, tapestry needle, 2 double pointed needles size 2 (to aid in grafting).

Gauge: 17 sts x 24 rows=  2 inch in stockinette.

Size: Fits 8.5 foot circumference.

Stitch Patterns Used

2×1 Ribbing

Rnd 1: *k2, p1; rep from *
Rep Rnd 1.

Farrow Rib (multiple of 3)

Rnd 1: *k2, p1; rep from * to end
Rnd 2: *k1, p2; rep from * to end
Rep these 2 rows

DIRECTIONS

Cuff
Cast on 54 sts, join to work in the round.
Round 1-10: Work 2x 1 Ribbing.

Leg
Work Farrow Rib pattern, until leg measures 7 inches. End on Rnd 2.

Short Row Heel

Work heel back and forth in short rows over 27 sts.

Row 1: k to peg 26, W&T peg 27
Row 2: K to peg 2, W&T peg 1
Row 3: k to peg 25, W&T peg 26
Row 4: k to peg 3, W&T peg 2
Row 5: k to peg 24, W&T peg 25
Row 6: k to peg 4, W&T peg 3
Row 7: k to peg 23, W&T peg 24
Row 8: k to peg 5, W&T peg 4
Row 9: k to peg 22, W&T peg 23
Row 10: k to peg 6, W&T peg 5
Row 11: k to peg 21, W&T peg 20
Row 12: k to peg 7, W&T peg 6
Row 13: k to peg 20, W&T peg 21
Row 14: k to peg 8, W&T peg 7
Row 15: k to peg 19, W&T peg 20
Row 16: k to peg 9, W&T peg 8

Reverse short-row shaping

Row 17: k to peg 20, lift both the wrap and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 21 (peg 21 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 18: k to peg 8, lift both the wrap and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 7 (peg 7 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 19: k to peg 21, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 22 (peg 22 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 20: k to peg 7, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 6 (peg 6 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 21: k to peg 22, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 23 (peg 23 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 22: k to peg 6, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 5 (peg 5 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 23: k to peg 23, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 24 (peg 24 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 24: k to peg 5, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 4 (peg 4 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 25: k to peg 24, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 24 (peg 24 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 26: k to peg 4, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 3 (peg 3 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 27: k to peg 25, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 26 (peg 26 has two wraps and one loop).
Row 28: k to peg 3, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. W&T peg 2 (peg 2 has two wraps and one loop).
Pegs 27 and peg 1 have two wraps on each of them as well as the loop/stitch. On the next round, lift the wraps and loop/stitch together as one.

Instep
Cont working in the round as follows: St st on bottom/sole of sock (from peg 1-27), est patt on instep (from pegs 28-54). Work until sole measures 7.5 inches from back of heel.

Short Row Toe
Work toe back and forth in short rows on 27 sts. Follow same instructions as for Heel.
Next: k to peg 27, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg. K to peg 1, lift both the wraps and the loop together off the peg.

Finishing
Sew the end of the toes together by kitchener stitch.
Weave ends in. Block lightly.

2 Comments

• Genevieve Holden May 26, 2013 at 9:08 pm

  Hi there
  I’ve bought and I’m using the fabulous Sock Loom! And I wondered if someone could help me please?!

  At the start of the Heel & Toe Part 2 DVD, it tells me to continue wrapping until I have 5x pegs wrapped, 5x unwrapped and 5x pegs wrapped so I will then have two thirds of the pegs wrapped.

  So my question is should I wrap 5x pegs at each end of my ‘short row method’ or do I need to wrap two thirds of the number of pegs that I am currently using?

  I hope this makes sense.

  Thanks in advance!

  Genevieve
• Kim June 2, 2013 at 10:44 pm

  Yep, that makes sense. You will work with the amount of pegs that are being used. so the 2/3 rule will change with each sock based on the amount of pegs used. Does that make sense? pat

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Headband Pattern Video LAL 1 and 2

Help to the rescue!!!

After 6 hours, the videos have finally finished uploading! Yay! We have two parts ready for you. Part 1 covers til row 8. Part 2 covers til row 12. These two parts have you covered for the increases portion of the headband. If you have any questions, comments, hit me up below in the comments and I’ll do my best to answer them within 48 hours.

2 Comments

• Linda Howard February 12, 2013 at 8:18 pm

  Are written instructions forthcoming?
• Mindy williams February 20, 2013 at 10:22 pm

  I am so new I just received my loom today! But I am very confused. If you use the e cast on, can you go back a forth? Or do you always need to knit in the round? I have watched several videos for casting on, I favor the figure 8 cast on-but there isn’t any information as to what I would do after casting on, do I continue doing the figure 8 or the every other wrap. I was wondering if you could also recommend a good starter book. I am a very experienced knitter but my hands need a break. I also prefer to knit with fingering yarn, but trying it in my 28″ board gave me awful results.

  Thank you for your help
  Mindy

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Loom Knit Headband Pattern

Welcome my loomy knitters! It is February! Snow still coming down here in Utah…sigh, and we are feeling like penguins and walking like some too, hahaha.

Materials

Loom: All-n-One Loom  Single knit with 33 pegs.

Yarn: Approx 100 yards of worsted weight yarn in color of choice. Worsted Weight yarn. Sample was worked with Cascade 220 Superwash Wool in Gray.

Notions: knitting tool, measuring tape.

Headband Pattern Directions

Note: Pattern by Tiffany Matthews. Converted to loom knitting by Isela Phelps with permission from Tiffany Matthews.

Cast on 9 sts

Row 1 (Going from right to left on your knitting loom): k1, *p1, k1; rep from * to end of row.

Row 2 (Go from left to right on the loom): k1, *p1, k1; rep from * to end of row.

Row 3: Repeat row 1

Row 4: Repeat row 2

Begin the increases:

Row 5: k1, p1, k1, p1, kf&b, p1, k1, p1, k1 (10 sts)

Row 6: k1, p1, k1, p1, k2, p1, k1, p1, k1 (two knit stitches are at the center of the row. You will increase BETWEEN these two knit stitches on the next row.)

Row 7: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, m1b, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1 (11 sts)

Row 8: Work in the rib pattern across all the stitches, knit the knit stitches, purl the purl stitches.

Row 9: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, pfb, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1 (12 sts)

Row 10: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p2, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1  (again, you will have two purl stitches next to each other right at the center of the row, you will increase BETWEEN these two stitches on the next row)

Row 11: k1, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, m1f, p1, k1, p1, k1, p1, k1 (13 st)

Row 12: Work in the rib pattern across all the stitches

Continue to increase in this manner until your work measures 7” from the cast on edge. You should have 33 stitches on the needle.

Work in the rib pattern for another 4” (until you have 11” from the cast on edge—this is the place where you work less rows to make a smaller or longer headband)

Begin the decrease:

Row 1: [K1, P1] 7x, K1, P3tog, K1, [P1, K1] 7x (31 sts)

Row 2-4: Work in the rib pattern across all the stitches

Row 5: [K1, P1] 7x, K3tog, [P1, K1] 7x (29 sts)

Row 6-8: Work in the rib pattern across all the stitches

Continue to decrease in this manner—every other row that goes from right to left, k3tog or p3tog the two very center stitches, with the rest of the stitches being worked in rib stitch (knitting the knits purling the purls)–until you have 9 stitches remaining on the loom. Last 4 rows: work in rib stitch as established. Remove from the loom using the Basic Bind Off method leave the last stitch on the peg.

Transfer the last stitch to a crochet hook. Chain 4-6 stitches and connect them to the beginning of the BO edge (this makes the button loop so size it according to the size of your button).

*You may continue doing a decorative crochet edging. Single crochet around the entire headband edge. The entire crochet border is optional. It gives the edge a bit of a decorative look. But the headband looks fine without it. If you choose not to do it.

To make the headband wider, cast on extra stitches. To make it longer, add extra rows at the center.

LAL videos coming right up-3 videos just for you.

3 Comments

• Sara Schildmeyer February 11, 2013 at 10:45 pm

  This is beautiful – is the flower crocheted?
• Isela February 12, 2013 at 5:50 am

  Yes, the flower is crochet.
• Susie April 4, 2013 at 11:31 pm

  I love all your patterns. Do you have any adult women skirt or dress patterns? I’ve been searching for knitting boards and looms and can’t find any. I’ve found some for regular knitting, but I don’t know how to transfer that pattern for a loom or knitting board. Any advice would be helpful. Thank you!

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Creating Hair Scrunchies with Left Over Ruffle Yarn

Chances are you have a bit of left over yarns from all the ruffles scarves and you probably don’t know what to do with all of them. Here is a new little “item” that you can create. It is not on a loom, but I promise you, it is not hard at all. If I can do it, you can too and I already created 2 of them :).  I created a video on how to go about the small project. Enjoy!

2 Comments

• Linda Newton January 24, 2013 at 6:19 am

  Can anyone HELP ME? I am lefthanded and I am having trouble even getting started. In fact I have started every other day or so since Christmas and I am still not past 2 rows! PLEASE HELP ME!
• Joanie Lukasavich May 21, 2013 at 12:51 am

  Excellent video~~ this is a perfect accessory for my granddaughter! She loves the ruffled yarns and I don’t like to make her a scarf with the entire skein because it’s too long on her. She loves hair scrunchies!!! I am left-handed – there are videos on YouTube for lefties!!

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Did someone say Piggy Tails?

You knew it was coming! After yesterday’s pattern, I just had to, I couldn’t help myself, piggy tails had to be next :). I so love this one. It makes me want to reach for a huge lollipop, perhaps I will even go to the candy store and get me one. No pattern for this one (yet) but I had to show you :).

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