How to Make a Rug Using Knifty Knitters

Knitting looms produce a weave with an appearance similar to regular knitting.

Knifty Knitters is a brand name for plastic looms with removable pegs around the edges. Rather than using a standard weaving technique, the fibers are looped together in a manner similar to knitting. Use a 40-peg loom to create large flat work, such as a rug. Select bulky yarns or even use ripped rags for fibers. If you would like for your loom to be larger than the swatch produced by the loom, crochet the finished panels together to create a larger rug.

Things You'll Need

• 40-peg knitting loom
• Loom tool
• Rug yarn
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Tie a loop in the end of the yarn and slip it over the first peg on the loom. Wrap the yarn around the back of Peg 2, across the front of Peg 2, and return it to the back of the pegs by pulling the yarn between Pegs 1 and 2. This is called an e-wrap. Repeat with Peg 3 and so on around to Peg 39.

2. Wrap the yarn around Peg 40, behind Peg 39, around its front and back between Pegs 39 and 40. E-wrap all the pegs back to Peg 1. Make a firm wrap around Peg 1, and secure the yarn by wrapping it around the side peg.

3. Slip the point of the loom tool under the bottom loop on Peg 1, and pull it up over the second loop and over the top of the peg. This is a knitting stitch. Knit all the pegs around the loom.

4. Wrap the yarn behind Peg 1. Then e-wrap all other pegs. Knit all pegs. Continue knitting and wrapping until the fabric has reached the desired length. Bind off the end of the work. Start with Peg 2, and lift the loop from Peg 2 over Peg 1. Knit the stitch. Then lift it to Peg 2. Lift the loop from Peg 3 over to Peg 2. Knit the stitch. Then move it to Peg 3. Continue binding off to the end. Then pull the loose end through the last loop.

5. Make as many swatches as you need for the rug width. To make a narrower piece, wrap only a portion of the pegs. Crochet the strips together. Then single stitch around the outside edge to keep the seams from pulling.

References

• The Loom Room; Knifty Knitter Knitting Looms; 2011
• Looney for Looms; Linda Spangenburg; 2006
• Looming With Leftovers; Pamela Murrey; 2010