How to Make a Knitting Loom

There are many ways to knit. Using a knitting loom can help you to keep track of your stitches and knit easily in the round. Knitting looms can also help you to make long, flat pieces for a sweater or scarf. Here's how you can make a circular knitting loom for round projects.

Difficulty:

Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• wooden circle, such as an embroidery hoop
• pins or nails
• hammer
• ruler
• pencil
• kite string

1. Take your ruler and measure from the center of your embroidery hoop to the middle of the wood hoop.

2. Tie a piece of kite string to a pencil, and cut the kite string to the length measured in step one.

3. Get ready to mark the middle of the wood hoop. Place the wood hoop on a flat surface and surround it by heavy books so it will not move.

4. Make a mark on the middle of the wooden hoop. Hold the loose end of the kite string in the center of the hoop's hole. Pull the pencil so the string is tight. Keep the string tight as you draw a circular line on the wood.

5. Make a mark on one part of the line you just drew. That will be where you place your first pin.

6. Figure out how many pins you'll need. Multiply the length you found in step one by 3.14. That is the circumference of your hoop. Divide that number by one half. Your answer is the number of pins you need.

7. Make a mark where all of your pins will go. Start at the mark you made in step five. Using your ruler, measure a place on the circle you drew that is one-half inch away. Mark that point, and continue around the circle.

8. Put the pins in your loom. Use a hammer to hit each pin into the marks you made. Once the pins are in place, your knitting loom is complete.

Tips & Warnings

• If you think you'll need to adjust your pin spacing, start with a Styrofoam circle. The Styrofoam will make it easy to adjust your pins and the looseness of your stitches.