Santa Hat Tutorial - Loom Knitting
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Santa Hat |
This hat is made with a knitting loom. Looms are typically sold in sets and are available at most craft stores in the knitting section.
For this project you will need:
Knitting loom
Loom pick
6 gauge white yarn
6 gauge red yarn
Yarn needle
Knitting Looms
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Knitting Looms |
For this project I chose the second largest loom in my set.
Yarn
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Size 6 - Bulky Yarn |
Knitting the Hat
Make a slip knot on the anchor peg of your loom.
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Slip knot on anchor peg |
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Wrap each peg |
Work your way around the loom wrapping each peg one time.
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Wrap the entire loom |
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Wrap a second time |
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Pull the bottom yarn over the top yarn and off the peg |
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First row complete |
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10 knitted rows |
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Pull the knitting through the center of the loom |
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Carefully place the knitted loops back on the loom |
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First knitted loop back on pegs |
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Add your new color |
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Knit 10 rows! |
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Reduce your knitting |
Place the yarn from the first peg on the second peg. Knit the stitch by pulling the bottom yarn over the top yarn. Wrap all other pegs as usual and knit the row.
Each time you get to the end of a row, reduce the hat by 1 peg.
Reduce each row by 1 peg until you run out of pegs.
Grab your yarn needle. Leaving a long tail (loose end) cut the yarn.
Pull the yarn needle through the last loop on the loom. Remove the hat from loom.
With the hat turned inside out, use the yarn needle to sew the hat closed.
That’s pretty much it!!
Weave in any loose yarn.
Buy or make a Pom Pom for the end of the hat!!
Pom Pom Making
Everyone has their own technique for making Pom poms. Here’s mine.
Wrap yard around a book, cd, or piece of cardboard. The more times you wrap, the fuller (and heavier) the Pom will be.
Remove the yarn from the object.
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Knit as usual leaving the empty peg |
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Continue to reduce |
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Reduced down to 1 peg |
Grab your yarn needle. Leaving a long tail (loose end) cut the yarn.
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Thread the needle |
Thread the needle with the tail yarn.
Pull the yarn needle through the last loop on the loom. Remove the hat from loom.
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Sew the hat closed |
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Sewn! |
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Weave in any lose yarn |
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That’s it!!! |
Pom Pom Making
Everyone has their own technique for making Pom poms. Here’s mine.
Tie the yarn bundle in the middle.
Use a tight double knot.
Thread the need with the Pom tail.
That’s it! Now you’ve got a Santa hat!!!
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