Made By Mimi

Sunday, June 18, 2006

Dishcloth Rake

Here is a picture of the dishcloth rakes I make.

Swedish Weaving

Swedish weaving has been my other "addiction" although I have neglected it since I found loom knitting. Here are some pics of afghans I have made.

Finished Gray, White, Pink Afghan

Well after I got started on this afghan, we decided to convert the garage into a "game/rec room" soooooooo after a couple weeks of building it and playing musical rooms, I FINALLY had time to myself the past couple days to finish this. It was made on my 4 ft S-loom from Cindwood using LionBrand Homespun Yarn (my favorite yarn!!). It ended up 48 wide x 76 inches long (yes I got carried away lol). Homespun yarn has some stretch to it too so it can be "pulled" wider.

Some other loomed items made

Here are a few other loom items I have made. A baby blanket, a belt, and slippers. I have made alot of other things, just didn't get pictures before I gave them away :(

Saturday, June 17, 2006

How to prevent curl

You can prevent the curling by doing four different things:

1. You can crochet a border around it.

2. You can do the garter stitch at the beginning and end of the item (top and bottom of item). Garter stitch means one row of the basic e-wrap knit stitch and one row of the purl stitch, repeat twice.

3. You can alternate the following stitches at the beginning and end
of each row.
Row A: Purl 4 first stitches, and last 4 stitches.
Row B: Knit all the way through. Alternate between Row A and Row B to prevent curling on the sides.

4. You can wrap as shown in this diagram

Monday, May 22, 2006

Small Drawstring Soap Sachet

Here is a small drawstring soap sachet I made on the ITA mitten Loom using 2 strands of Lion Brand Cotton yarn.

Using 2 strands, crochet a chain or make an i-cord of about 24 inches.
Using 2 strands, cast on and knit 12 rows
Lay the crochet chain around the inside of the loom with each end going through a hole on each side of the beginning peg.
Pull the first row of loops onto each peg, like putting a brim on a hat and knit off.
Knit 16 more rows and close off like closing a hat off. *hint: if you already have soap for the sachet, put the soap inside the loom before closing off to be sure of the right fit, knit extra rows if needed for the length of your soap.
Pull the chain (like a drawstring) and tie a bow. The bow can be used to hang it in the shower!

Its a perfect fit for the Bath and Body Works glycerin soap.

*Note: I prefer the ITA mitten loom because of the flexible pegs. Cotton yarn does NOT have any "give" to it so the mitten loom made it a little easier to lift off the pegs. My next one will be made on the XL Adult sock loom from DA with cotter pins so the yarn slides off the pegs easier.

My Loom Collection

Here is a picture of my looms. I know the KK's are missing and I think a couple more are lol

Some of my stash

This is only a VERY small part of my stash that I have in my rec room. One of these days I will get it out of all my hiding spots and out of storage to put it all together. Please ignore the mess! lol

Afghan in progress

Here is my lastest "creation" that I am working on. I started this on Friday (5/19) and about half way done!!! This is the 4ft S-loom from www.cindwoodcrafts.com. I am using LB Homespun, Granite, white and Cotton Candy Pink.