I love to knit. Summer, winter, it doesn’t matter what the weather is like, I’ve always got wool on my mind and a project (or four) on the needles. Now one of these days I’m going to get my kids knitting one of these days, but at the moment, their fingers aren’t quite coordinated enough to manage it. For now, however, we are having fun with loom knitting, the big brother to the old fashion craft of spool knitting. This style of knitting is perfect for small fingers that are just getting the hang of fiber crafts.

Things you’ll need:
Knitting loom
Yarn (bulky is best for beginners, faster results!)
Hook

Things to do:
1. Wrap the yarn a few times around the side peg of the loom to hold it in place.
2. Wind the yarn clockwise around each peg, working counter-clockwise around the loom. Once you have made one full circle, repeat the process a second time.

3. Using the hook, lift the bottom loop off of a peg and pull it up over the top loop and the end of the peg, letting it come to rest on the inside of the loom. Repeat with remaining pegs.
4. Once you have knitted” all the pegs, repeat the winding process so that, once again, you have two loops on each peg.
5. Continue to knit” the loops over the pegs and rewind the yarn until you have the length of knitting you want.

6. Knitting looms can be used to create long tubular scarves, cowls, hats and a variety of other knitted items. To finish the piece, either tie off each final loop loosely with the tail or run the tail through all the loops and draw together tightly to gather the top into a hat.