Knitting Loom

Lately I discovered the world of French knitting and after seeing a couple of videos about it I thought it was easy enough for me to try! I have never knitted before so this was something completely new to me. 
I had the yarn but I didn't have any knitting loom so I decided to make them with cardboard!
This is the big round one but you can make any loom you need this way.

It's very quick to do, consider that I was able to make this loom and knit a whole hat in less than a day!

Step 1:

Take a compass and draw a circle with a radius of 14cm (5.51 inches) on a cardboard then draw a smaller circle inside with a radius of about 12cm (4.72 inches).

Cut the cardboard following the lines you have just traced and keep the round strip.

Comments

[xenor]

Great 'ible. Reminds me of the toilet roll and popsicle stick versions I used as a kid.

How do you find the rolled paper tubes hold up? Do they wear or bend at all?

[lindarose92]

Thank you! I had a couple that bent but that was because I hadn't glued them well...I added some glue and they are very still now. Other than that I have no problems with them. If you think that they will wear, try to dip them in white glue and let them dry...they will get harder that way.

[christopher eccles cake]

so this is basically an up-sized version of the "looms" which are just nails in a bobbin, cool idea

[lindarose92]

Thank you!

[janecandy]

aaaa this is so cool and surprisingly easy!! thank youuuu ^.^

[lindarose92]

Thank You! :)

[useraaaaa]

probably nails will work better

[lindarose92]

You can use whatever you feel it's better for you, personally these pegs work great for me :)

[Jessie Marie]

Wow, I have been wanting to learn how to french knit!! Thanks for this 'ible, I am going to have to make one of these looms! Now I just have to learn how to french knit! Haha :)

[lindarose92]

I am sure you can, there are many videos about it online (that's how I learned!) and it's not as complicated as you may think! :)

[Jessie Marie]

You should post a picture of your hat!

[lindarose92]

I've just added it to the pictures! :) This is the first knitting project I have ever done so it's not really a perfect hat but I am very satisfied of the result anyway :D

[Jessie Marie]

I love your hat, Good job!

[lindarose92]

Aw thank you! :)

[Ex Machina]

This is GREAT! I LOVE projects that are not only cool, but affordable.

[lindarose92]

Thank you! I agree with you, I always try to use everyday materials that we would throw in the garbage and give them a second life...I also do that because I can't afford to buy new things so most of my projects are upcycled :)

[zizzybalooza]

This is awesome! I recently bought a loom and have been very unhappy with the tops of the pegs on it. It seems like these would be perfect replacements for them!

[lindarose92]

Thank you! I hope these cheaper pegs work better for you! :)

[JezebelJelly]

This is great! I really like the rolled up newsprint for use as pegs. I've seen plenty of looms using either nails, screws or dowels but the heads need to be cut off of the screws and nails, and I don't always have a bunch of dowels. These should be sufficiently sturdy, keeps old news papers from ending up as waste.... I'm going to try this today!

[lindarose92]

I'm glad you like the idea! Let me know how it turns out and I'm here if you have any questions! :)

[rimar2000]

Great work, very neat.

[lindarose92]

Thank you! :)

[Penolopy Bulnick]

Oooh! Cool :) I've been wanting a small one of these, I never thought of making it (now you've made it look so easy)!

[lindarose92]

Believe me, it is really easy!! I am sure you can do it too! :)