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Don’t worry about making anything at first, if you don’t want to. If you’re teaching yourself or children to knit on a loom for the first time, the best thing to do is practice that basic stitch as you go around and around the loom. She set the kids to work on these handmade knitting looms and then moved them onto knitting needles when they were older.

An elderly friend told me that her mother would hammer smooth nails into a wooden board in the correct sequence for her children to knit scarves and socks.

Though the knitting loom was new to me, it is NOT a new concept.

We’ve used crochet hooks, too, but these loom hooks are much better. I think they’re really helpful when you’re starting out.

You can use small hooks to help move the yarn along the loom, or you can simply use your fingers.

The rectangular ones can be used for scarves and blankets – here are some similar to ours.

The round knitting looms can be used for hats and even socks – here’s a set similar to the one we have.

A knitting loom is set up with bunch of pegs on a frame, evenly spaced – onto these you “knit”. There are several different brands and styles of knitting loom, but the basic design is the same. So, you can know that even your manly men with big hands can handle these knitting looms successfully. AND, my super-awesome husband knitted me a hat for my birthday.

My children, from teenagers to four-year-olds, have enjoyed learning to knit on them, too. Even I can knit with these knitting looms! I just don’t seem to have the attention span for it. I know the basic stitches but every time I start knitting something, all loose and soft at the beginning, it turns tight and lumpy by the middle. I’ve tried to learn to knit, really I have.

What is a knitting loom? Why it’s the most fantastical invention ever for lame-o and would-be knitters – even kids can use these with success!