Things You'll Need:
- Loom
- Loops
- Crochet hook
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Step 1
Buy a loom. To make a loom loop potholder you will need to have a loom. Plastic looms manufactured specifically for this purpose are usually available at crafting supply stores. If you are unable to locate a loom, you can also make your own by inserting small tacks along the edges of a wood frame.
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Step 2
Get a supply of loops. You can usually buy loom loops from the same place that you purchased the loom and even if you make your own loom you can still use the loops the craft store sells. You can also make your own loops if you can't locate any for purchase. Whether you make them or buy them, you'll need as many loops as there are tines on two of the four sides of your loom. You should also have a few extra on hand in case any of your loops tear or in case they are not the correct size.
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Step 3
Choose a pattern or color scheme. Take a look at the loops you have in your supply and determine if you will use them in a particular pattern or simply adopt a random approach to the design of your loom loop potholder.
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Step 4
String the loops in one direction onto your loom. Start by attaching a loop to a tine on one end and stretch a loop all the way across the loom to the tine directly across from the tine you started on. Continue this process until two of the four edges of the loom have loops stretched between them, all the way across.
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Step 5
Start weaving. Choose one of the two remaining loopless edges of the loom. Start at one end and attach a loom to the first time. Go under the first loop that you cross. Go over the second loop. Continue to weave the loop under and over the crossing loops until you reach the tine directly across from the tine you started with. Repeat the process all the way across until all the tines are filled.
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Step 6
Finish the edges. Start in one corner of the loom and use a crochet hook to go through the corner loop and grab the second loop which you will pull through. Pull the third loop through the second loop and the fourth loop through the third loop. Continue this process all the way around the potholder until you reach the final loop. This loop will remain as a loop for hanging your loom loop potholder.
Comments
klilland said
on 11/16/2009 How do I "make my own loops"? my ankle loops when cut crosswise do not stretch far enough.
gart97 said
on 5/27/2009 A friend at work just brought in a potholder that his 5-year-old daughter had made and they didn't know how to finish it off. I made these potholders when I was a child, as did my children when they were small. After a little work (and referring to this site) to refresh my memory I hope I can word it better for you, Showme1inaz...Start in one corner, working from right to left. With your crochet hook in your right hand and the hook pointing left, slip the hook into the first loop and slide that loop off the loom. Then slip your crochet hook (still pointing the hook to the left) into the next loop to the left and, with your left hand, take the first loop on the hook and slide it up and over (to the left) the second loop. Then do the same procedure with the third loop, etc. Once you get around to the end, you must tie a knot in the last remaining loop to keep it from slipping out...
Showme1inaz said
on 12/8/2008 My daughter just received a loop loom potholder kit for her birthday and I think we threw the instructions away by accident.. She has finished all of the colors and now we need to finish it. The instructions here confused me to no end (I am not at all crafty). Can someone word the instructions on how to finish this thing in a way a not-so-crafty mom can understand? Please.