Saturday, March 19, 2011

More loom-knitted hats

Here's a black-and-raspberry colored hat knitted on a loom. I wanted to see if I could create a rib-knit hat on the knitting loom, but since the looms all seem to have an odd number of pegs, it's impossible to create a rib pattern - at least, a rib pattern utilizing an even number of stitches.

I tried mixing up the knitted and purled stitches, which resulted in a rather funky looking hat. But my daughter Mika, ever the hipster, says she likes it.


Here's a picture of some simple knitting looms that are widely available in the U.S.