Knitting with Floss on a Loom

 

I know it’s hard to imagine knitting with floss on looms but you can. I have a few ideas I believe you and your kids will enjoy tackling.  The patterns are easy and the technique I call Color Burst is super cool.

Get your looms and favorite embroidery floss colors and let’s go to work .

Projects made by Loom Knitting with Floss

You can knit with anywhere for 1 strand of the embroidery floss to an endless amount of strands. Logically the more strands the thicker and tighter the stitch. This concept is familiar to loom knitters. We knit with 2 strands of yarn quite often because of our large gauge looms such as the plastic mass-produced Knifty Knitters and Boye. If you are not familiar with this technique: Click HERE

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Loom Knit Shoe Laces – Knitting with 2 Strands

The shoelaces were done using a Spool Loom but you can use any loom with 3 pegs. I happen to like that the Spool loom has a side with small pegs and they work best when knitting with floss.

I like this project for kids. I know my daughter would kill shoelaces as if they were free. Most kids are the same. Plus this is a way to get that custom color you’ve been looking to match with your special shoes.

For the Loom Knit Shoelace Project Pattern and Video: Click HERE

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Loom Knit Friendship Bracelet – Knitting with 4 Strands

Like the shoelaces, the Friendship Bracelet is made on a Spool Loom but unlike the shoelace I only recommend using that particular loom. If you don’t have it I suggest that you consider getting one. They’re well worth the cost and can be used for more projects than you can imagine.

This pattern will need knitting with 4 strands and if you watch the video you will see a really cool technique I use to help with this.

For the Loom Knit Friendship Bracelet Pattern and Video: Click HERE

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Loom Knit Purse and Loom Knit Shawl – Adding Floss to Your Knitting – for Color Burst

I love adding a Burst of Color to some of my loom knitting projects. It just looks like Fun to me. This is a very simple process. It is exactly like knitting with 2 strands of yarn except that one of the strands is floss instead of what ever else you’re using say wool or acrylic.

In some cases the color looks almost random like with the purse above.  But with others the color placement can look very deliberate like with the triangle shawl below.

For the Purse Pattern and Video: Click HERE

 

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The yarn and the stitch are going to play a big part in this. With the triangle shawl pattern I’m using cotton yarn and a Double e-Wrap knit stitch. With the purse I used acrylic yarn and en e-Wrap knit stitch.

For the Triangle Shawl Pattern : Click HERE

 

Adding Detail to Your Loom Knit Project

Embroidery floss and also be used to add detail to the knitted projects. In the picture above it was used to gives eyes and lips to these Comfort Dolls. It’s a fairly simple technique but it does take some practice.

For the Comfort Doll Pattern and Video: Click HERE

 

Knitting with the 2 Strands and Adding More Floss

You start and add more floss to your project by using the same technique. All you have to do is make a Square knot with the yarn and the floss. If the floss ends then make a square knot with the end of the floss on the project and the new floss.  Watch the video to see the technique.

Image Credit: Spinnaker Sailing

 

Well that’s just a few ways you can use floss in your Loom Knitting projects.

Loom Knitting with Floss Video

Watch the video completely for short clips on each technique.

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Tagged: embroidery, floss, spool, thread