Happy Friday the 13th!
Hopefully everyone has had a good day, despite the paranoia of bad luck! I’ve tended to have good Friday the 13ths, but *knocks on wood* you can never be too sure! So, as usual, don’t walk under ladders or gaze into broken mirrors, but by all means, feel free to pet the heck out of a black cat! We have a tuxedo cat, and he’s adorable. His name is Babadook and he’s the best cat, it’s kind of a requisite to tell him that he’s handsome all the time. Just so he doesn’t forget. I found him hiding in the backyard today:
I’ve been working on this hat on and off while working on other projects and feeling kind of overwhelmed at all of the wedding options (it really is insane, you know) and trying to find a full-time job on top of all of it, so I’m recentering and focusing on some of my projects and I’m glad that I completed this one in time for the 13th! When I started out as a yarn crafter, I did everything in loom knitting. It was the skill set I had the easiest amount of access to, and there were some really terrific resources out there. After a few years, I decided to expand my skill set and now work a lot in crochet, but loom knitting was my first foray into yarn! So when I created this blog, I knew I wanted to have a platform for both of my loves, but hadn’t written up patterns for some of my loom knitting work, partially from record-keeping, but also from a weird self-perception that other people may not be interested in loom knit patterns. I know that that sounds a little ridiculous, since all crafts are wonderful, but I’ve gotten beyond that and really want to start sharing the loom knitting love a little bit more! So this is my first project toward that end and I hope that you enjoy it!
(I’m going to add here that if you’re looking for a cute black cat hat in crochet, I’d suggest looking over at the Black Cat Slouch Hat from Persia Lou)
Materials:
36-peg round loom
1 Ball of Lion Brand Wool Ease Thick and Quick (though I have also used Charisma by Loops and Threads)
A length of contrasting yarn
1 Loom Knitting tool
J or K hook
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Terms Used:
EW = E Wrap
P = Purl
SC = single crochet
Instructions:
Round 1: Starting with a slip knot, place it on the first peg of the loom. E-wrap your second peg once, and then a second time. Take your knitting tool and lift the bottom loop up over the top one. Continue around the loom.
Round 2-15: E-wrap your first peg and lift the bottom loop over the top. Purl your second peg. (If you’re unclear about how to purl, here’s a helpful video from Tuteate!) Alternate EW and P around the loom, finishing with a purl.
Round 16: Take your first row up from the inside of your loom and place the loop on top of your working row, making sure they line up. Pull the bottom loop over your new top loops.
Round 17- 37: E-Wrap all pegs around.
Now here’s where the contrasting yarn comes in. Have a length of yarn that’s about twice the circumference of your loom (just wrap it around twice). Take your tapestry needle and thread it with the contrasting yarn and thread it under each loop on the loom, but don’t remove it yet.
Carefully remove the loops from your loom and don’t lose the end of your contrasting yarn or you might lose your stitches and you’ll be sad.
I’ve done it and I’ve been sad. Don’t be like me hahaha
Turn your open hat inside out, taking the ball of yarn up through it.
Use your J or K hook (because they’re of a similar gauge size to the loom) and hook 2 loops.
Slip stitch them.
Now hook 2 loops (because we’re going for symmetry to create a flat seamed top to the hat) and treat them as one, creating a single crochet. Continue this to the end, hooking 2 loops opposite each other and working them 2 together as a single crochet and bind off with a slip stitch. You can now weave your yarn tail into the single crocheted seam or you can create a knot with the yarn in your corner. Flip the hat right side out and you’re ready!
It’s hard taking pictures of yourself when you want to get the ears in the shot!
I hope you liked this pattern, my first loom knit one!
If you’re interested in some other Halloween/Fall spooky goodness and crafting, here are some other posts of mine:
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Finished items made from this pattern may be personally sold on your Etsy and at craft fairs, but please share the love and credit the pattern back here! And please don’t copy and paste this pattern as your own!
