Mittens ~ Loom Knitting

I have had so much fun today making my very first set of mittens!

I found this great loom company at the Wool Market and bought their mitten loom online. It is super affordable and easy to use.

Round looms are wonderful for knitting. You do not need to know how to knit to use them. The looms come in all sorts of sizes to make anything from hats to socks and mittens. You may have used something like these but smaller when you were a kid to make cords. Those are called French Knitters.

I learned about these looms a couple of years ago when I first discovered the wool market. Here are some of the dozens of hats I made in 2007.

I kept a couple of them and recently sent the rest to South Africa with my squares. I just received a note from the people at Knit-A-Square and they told me how much the children loved them. That made me so happy! :)

The hat loom I originally purchased was made of wood but I love this new flexible plastic! It is much more affordable and fun to work with. The plastic flexes with your hook and makes casting off the stitches smoother than the ridgid plastic looms you can find at Michaels or any craft store.

Here is a link to In the Attic's Flexi-Looms. They are so fun and easy to use!

It is worth repeating that you do not need to know how to knit or crochet to use them. :) I taught myself how to make the hats and mittens with the instructions that came with the loom along with some video tutorials online.

Here is the start of my mitten with the cuff coming out the bottom.

The body of the mitten is made in the bigger loom and the thumb is made in the tiny loom and then you whip stitch the two pieces together to get a finished mitten!

Ta da!




Look Emmitt! I made a mitten!

Please let me know if you try these looms. You will love them!