How do you make your own knitting loom?

Question

I want one that is a smaller gauge than the Knifty knitting ones (purple rectangle is too far apart for my liking). I want to try to make my own and need Ideas. I am not that handy with wood and tools but I can try.

Answer 1

Couldn’t find any instructions except this for using and making a triangle loom –
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/triloom2.htm

There is also a great article on Knitting ‘Nannies’ (Spools, Looms, etc. on this web site -- http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/knittingnancys.html

Hope someone else can help you find the one you want. Or just make your own size from wood. We used to make the old thread spool with nails. I believe you use finishing nails.

Good Luck! ~-~

Answer 2

For a rectangle, especially if you want a narrow slot, you need to go to a Home Depot, Lowes, or a lumber yard and go to the place where they have moldings. You will need to buy two pieces by the foot that are a long as you wish the loom to be. You will find wood that is about 5/16" thick up to 1/2" thick (and more.) The easiest way to do pins is finishing nails which come in various lengths, but you can do wood pins by buying wood dowel in either a long length or as prepared dowel pins for joining wood panels.
You will need a 3/16" drill bit, a couple of 2" #10 (or 3/16") machine screws (bolts) and a dozen or more nuts for the bolts. If you use nails, you may wish to predrill holes with a drill bit somewhat smaller than the nails. If you use wood pins, you will need a bit exactly their size (and you could buy 3/16 dowel and use the bit above.) Drill bits can be plain or have a hex base (like electric screw driver bits.) If you do not own any sort of drill or electric screw driver and don't want to buy one, if you have or get a screwdriver handled hex bit holder, you can fit the hex based drill bit in it and turn by hand to drill the holes.
You need to mark the locations for the pins and drill for them. Insert the pins or nails using glue with the pins. Tap each pin or nail to set them. You also need to 3/16" drill holes at each end about 1/2" from the end, drill one and use it to line up the holes in the other exactly.
Put the bolts through one board and run a nut down on the bolt against the wood. Run another nut on the bolts and put the second piece on the bolts and put a nut on the other side. Adjust the inside nuts for the size you want, then tighten the outside nuts to hold the gap.
You can revise the width of the gap when you wish and use longer bolts if you want a gap bigger than the approximate inch 2" bolts give (depending on wood length.)

Answer 3

you could. I have considered some fairly wonderful minidresses made for Barbie dolls with the round loom. It replaced into the smallest one, almost a huge spool loom, although. truly, knit a cylinder or tube the dimensions her dress should be. in case you know a thanks to make armholes, tremendous. If no longer, use leftover yarn to make shoulder straps somewhat. in the experience that your loom is merely too enormous, discover the instructions for knitting something flat on it. Knit a chunk enormous only adequate to bypass round barbie, and lengthy adequate to make a dress. at the same time as that is finished, stitch it at the same time and slide it on. If Barbie is merely too small on your tape degree, decrease a skinny strip of ribbon or paper, use it like a measuring tape, and mark it with the perfect length. Us ethat as your preparation guide. if you could do a crocheted chain stitch, that can make an outstanding belt. in case you won't be able to do this, try braiding with 3 communities of two or 3 strands of the yarn. That makes tremendous Barbie belts, too.

Answer 4

I made looms for a girls scout troop using 1x3 boards which I had Home Depot cut into 12" lengths.
I then had my brother-in-law cut a hole in the center -about an inch wide - in the center.
The scouts sanded the wood and we hammered finishing nails at 1/2 inch and 1 inch widths on both sides of the hole.