How to Make a Knifty Knitter Blanket

A knifty knitter is a type of knitting loom. Knitting looms are easy to work with and very helpful for beginners struggling with yarn tension. You can make a blanket using the knifty knitter long looms. Large pieces of knit tend to roll around the edges when knitted on a loom, so we are going to make blocks of fabric on the knifty knitter loom and stitch them together.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Long blue knifty knitter loom
• light weight yarn

1. Using two pieces of yarn at once, make a slip knot. Secure the slip knot to the end of the knifty knitter loom.

2. Knit 5 rows of ribbed stitches using both yarns as if they are one.
   
   Ribbed stitches are fully explained in the article "How to Knit Ribbed Stitches," in the resource section below.

3. Knit 5 rows of interrupt stitches using both yarns as if they are one.
   
   Interrupt stitches are fully explained in the article "How to Knit Interrupt Stitches," in the resource section below.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you have a panel that is 75 rows long.

5. Sew through each loop twice before removing it from the knitting loom.

6. Use a mattress stitch to connect the panels of knitting together.

Resources

• How to Knit Ribbed Stitches

[sypugh]

on 10/21/2009 HOW TO KNIT INTERRUPT STITCHES is not listed. Do you have a link you can email to me that explains this to a "new knifty knitter"? I would appreciate it greatly! [e-mail]