Loom Knitting Pattern Book: 38 Easy, No-Needle Designs for All Loom Knitters

by Isela Phelps

For all those who have struggled to knit with needles, loom knitting is an easy craft to master---in only a few hours even the novice knitter can create fabulous accessories, clothes, bags, afghans, and more. Loom knitting is a revolutionary way of knitting that uses a circular or rectangular loom, or a knitting board, consisting of a frame with pegs. Looms are fun and easy to use, even for those with no knitting experience.

In her follow-up to the successful LOOM KNITTING PRIMER, Isela offers over 32 projects ranging from simple to advanced, each with illustrations and crystal clear, easy-to-follow instructions. Learn how to make more original, beautiful, and practical items quickly and easily. An essential resource for both the novice loom-knitter and the experienced knitter hungry for new patterns.

 

Genres: Nonfiction, Knitting, Crafts

144 pages, Paperback

First published May 13, 2008

Reviews

[Toby · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is NOT a book that you should use to learn about loom knitting. It is exactly what it says it is, a pattern book. So that's fine, while I might have approached it thinking the wrong things, it does what it says it will do. It is not a funky, out of date version of a pattern book, which you will often see when getting books from the library as I did for this. And yet, I saw very few patterns in the book that appealed to me. There were a lot of ugly things and a number of impractical projects for which you'd be better off picking up crochet or knitting. It's selling an approach that you'll only want to take if you definitely can't or won't take up one of the others. I personally like the idea of loom knitting for those projects where it might be faster or better than other approaches.

I don't rate this one very highly, but I did like Loom Knitting Primer: A Beginner's Guide to Knitting on a Loom with Over 35 Fun Projectsby the same author. See my review of that at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show....

[Anna Marie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Despite the title, these patterns are typically not written FOR the knitting loom at all - they are conversion of needle knitting patterns, which are poorly done at best. Explanations are incomplete, terms are not consistent with what the loom-knitting community use at large. Many patterns are hard to follow because of being so poorly written.

[Janet · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is just as nice as Isela's first book, Loom Knitting Primer. I own that one and plan on buying this one as well. Her instructions are very clear and easy to understand. The only problem for me is that a majority of the patterns call for the use of a Decor Accents loom. As far as I can tell, they don't sell those here in the U.S. However, I can purchase one online, but they do seem a bit pricey.

[Stefanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Plenty of patterns, however most of it is baby and children patterns. I would have preferred to see less of that, as there are plenty of crafting books dedicated solely to babies and young children.

[Annlouise Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is actually 38 projects but still awesome as all of Isela Phelps are.