Review: 30 Amazing Loom Knits: Patterns for Scarves, Hats, Mittens, Bags & Shawls * Cables, Colorwork & Lace * Plus All the Basics

30 Amazing Loom Knits: Patterns for Scarves, Hats, Mittens, Bags & Shawls * Cables, Colorwork & Lace * Plus All the Basics by Nicole F Cox
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Many thanks to NetGalley, Rowman & Littlefield, and Nicole F. Cox for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. My opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving an advance copy.

I have always wanted to learn how to do loom knitting. For some reason I can’t wrap my brain around it. It seems like it should be easy. You have the pegs, the yarn, the crochet hook to lift the yarn up and around. I can knit and crochet and understand the way the yarn works to create the different stitches, but somehow when it comes to the pegs, I just can’t do it.

I was hoping that this book might do the trick. I thought maybe I might be able to get a handle on loom knitting. This book includes many, if not all, beginner patterns, made up of accessories. I found lots of great hats, wristers, and one really cool wrap that is made from three triangles. The patterns include lots of techniques like brioche, multicolour, argyle, fair isle, lace and others that make them interesting and unique. There are lots of beautiful pictures of the finished products, but be prepared. The patterns don’t include anything other than instructions that assume you know how to use the loom. There is a section in the back that does include instructions for loom knitting with illustrations. It shows casting on, binding off, the stitches themselves and there is another section for any special skills that you might need that are included in the patterns. But I still couldn’t make head nor tails from it. I had hoped that the pattern would include illustration of how to use the loom for that pattern and hopefully I could make my way from the easier ones to the harder ones. No such luck!

I haven’t given up. I think if I watch some You Tube videos of how to do loom knitting, I might get the hang of it. Once I get the hang of how to make a rectangle, or a tube, then I will be able to go back and maybe make some of these lovely patterns. Good luck to those loom knitters out there. I think there is lots to enjoy in this book, but I’m not ready for it. Yet!

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