How to Knit a Potholder on the Knifty Knitter Round Loom
A Knifty Knitter loom allows the user to create the look of knitted items without the hassle of mastering the use of traditional knitting needles. Though the Knifty Knitter's shape is round, you don't have to limit yourself to making only round items on the loom. Use the Knifty Knitter loom to create a variety of flat projects, including potholders.
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Things You'll Need
- Knifty Knitter loom
- Worsted weight cotton yarn
- Loom knitting hook tool or crochet hook
- Scissors
- Embroidery needle
Instructions
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Wrap the tail of your yarn around the anchor peg on the knitting loom; the anchor peg is the one that sticks out of the side of the loom instead of being on top like the rest of them.
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Wrap the first 12 pegs on the loom. To do this, start with the first peg and wrap it in a counterclockwise direction as if you were writing a lowercase letter "e." Move to the right and wrap the rest of the pegs in the same fashion.
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Wrap the 12 pegs a second time, this time moving from right to left back toward the first peg. Turn the loom so that the outside edge of the wrapped pegs is closest to you, and wrap them like a letter "e" again, moving left to right from peg to peg.
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Wrap the working yarn around the anchor peg once more to hold it in place.
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Use the loom hook tool or a crochet hook to knit your first row. To do this, start with the first peg you wrapped and lift the bottom or lower loop up off this peg from back to front (or outside to inside the loom). Drop the loop on the front or inside of the peg. Repeat this across the 12 pegs.
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Wrap the pegs with one more set of loops, letting the yarn hang on the opposite end of the row.
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Continue to repeat the process of knitting one row and wrapping the pegs until the potholder is as tall as it is wide.
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Bind off your stitches. To do this, with one loop remaining on each peg, start at the peg that is farthest away from the one you most recently wrapped. Lift the loop off this peg and onto the one nearest it, then knit a stitch. Repeat the process of lifting, moving and knitting until you have only one loop left on your last peg.
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Cut the working yarn, leaving a 4-inch tail. Carefully lift the last loop off the last peg and pull this tail through that loop to finish off the potholder.
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Thread the yarn tail onto an embroidery needle and use it to weave the tail in and out of the stitches on the potholder to hide the tail. Repeat with the original yarn tail from the beginning of the work.
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Tips & Warnings
Change the size of your potholder by wrapping more or fewer pegs on your loom.
Use cotton or wool yarn for your potholders so they will be heat-safe.
References
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