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Dressing Up Loom-Knitted Hats

November 30, 2010 By radmegan 15 Comments

I was given a round loom set about seven years ago. I promptly packed it away thinking it was too hard to figure out since the instructions were missing from the set. 
Loom Knitting
When I saw my three nephews (ages 7-17) knitting up caps over a weekend on their mom’s loom, I realized I needed to figure out where I had stashed mine and get knittin’.

I consider myself pretty awesome at knitting flat things, but have always struggled when it comes to knitting things with shape. Circular and double pointed needles continue to elude me. Using a loom was like opening a door to a whole new world; a world decorated with hats, socks, and oh god- could that be a knitted tube-top in my future? So many possibilities with a loom! I’ll never close the door to the world of knitted scarves and blankets, but I never again want to see an infinity symbol* made of yarn. So much snuggly soft fail, so little use.

Three Plain Hats
I turned to YouTube for video-help casting on and casting off the loom. That was all the instruction I needed. Once I started on my loom, I couldn’t stop. I was knitting hat after hat: one or two per day. It almost felt like I was cheating because I was FINALLY knitting hats with the speed and ease I had heard about from so many traditional knitters. You know how people will tell you something is SO EASY, but your brain can’t seem to make it work and you end up secretly hating that person for a day or two? Yea. My brain totally understood this round plastic passport to “shape knitting”! And since I made three hats in two days, I decided to fancy them up and send them away to a couple of kids I adore.

I selected some fabric I’d picked up from Ikea for one of the hats, 

pulled out some soft corduroy scrap for a set of ears,Sewing up Braids
and started to braid some yarn pig-tails for the third.



These kids are dear to me, and needed hats that had some extra sparkle. 
Little Bit Kitty
The results were a woolen cap with kitty ears for Gloria,
Zoom Mouse
a mouse zooming around an Alpaca Silk beanie for Stella,
Megan The Blonde
and a green woolly hat with Swiss Miss braids that I couldn’t part with. 


Three Hats

Three Hats!

The Trio of Loom-Knitted Hats!



I really enjoyed making these hats. It also gave me more knitting confidence and I may just try the circular and double pointed needles again some day. For fast cap-knitting at the holidays though, I’m totally sticking with my round loom set! Amazon.com sells the very loom set I was given, in case you would like to crank out some cozy hats this season.



Happy holiday crafting!!


*The result of several attempts at knitting a hat on circular needles. 


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Comments

  1. Jeraluna says

    November 30, 2010 at 8:27 pm

    Wow those hats look so cute! I think I may have to give that a go.

    Reply
  2. Catherine says

    November 30, 2010 at 8:52 pm

    Those are great! I especially love the one with the braids. Awesome!

    Reply
  3. Trusted says

    December 15, 2010 at 1:18 am

    This scarf is made of Noro yarn known by its exquisite color palettes. This simple design is suited for both men and women.

    Reply
  4. radmegan says

    December 15, 2010 at 7:16 am

    Thanks ladies! I appreciate the kind remarks :)

    Reply
  5. ga447 says

    January 5, 2011 at 10:43 am

    You have convince me to get a loom, I always see it and it does go on sale and with a coupon it can be worth it for me. It is cold in NE.

    Reply
  6. Knitty Bitty Beanies says

    February 16, 2011 at 10:10 am

    Loom knitting is my favorite! I like to add buttons to them (you can see pics on my blog at knittybittybeanies.blogspot.com)

    Reply
  7. CherishedHearts Vintage says

    February 16, 2011 at 11:04 am

    Love the braids! We made a few hats with yo-yo flowers to make them a little more special.

    I’m working with the long rectangular loom now. It’s not quite as fast for me, but it’s getting easier.

    Reply
  8. Beth says

    August 25, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    Love these! Stumbled across this on Pinterest, and am so glad!

    Reply
  9. breakmydreams says

    August 31, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    Very cute :)

    Reply
  10. Risims Group says

    April 24, 2015 at 7:29 am

    Wow, It’s amazing style. I’lv it..

    Reply
  11. Risims Group says

    May 8, 2015 at 8:10 pm

    Green woolly hat was great. I appreciate, thanks for your adorable content.

    Reply
  12. s&w magazines says

    June 6, 2015 at 1:48 pm

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    June 20, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    Hello this is a excellent article. I’m going to email this to my associates. I came on this while searching on yahoo I’ll be sure to come back. thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  14. Michaell hendersonn says

    June 14, 2016 at 11:33 pm

    This is great..
    Round Loom knitting is fun and almost fail-proof for people of all ages and of all knitting

    Reply
  15. Beanie says

    January 28, 2024 at 5:23 am

    These are fantastic! I particularly adore the one with the braids. Excellent!

    Reply

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