Loom Knitting Primer: A Beginner's Guide to Knitting on a Loom, with over 30 Fun Projects by Isela Phelps
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Book Reviews of Loom Knitting Primer: A Beginner's Guide to Knitting on a Loom, with over 30 Fun Projects
Book Review: For Beginners of Loom Knitting
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently purchased knitting looms at a shop near my home and realized that the booklet that came with it did not provide enough information. The Loom Knitting Primer: A Beginner's Guide to Knitting on a Loom provides details that I had been searching for. These details include: the descriptions of knitting boards as well as circular looms, a glossary, as well as tips on buying a loom. This Primer also has directions for 30 projects that include a simple hat, a garter stitch hat, I-cord hot pad, purple trendy scarf, etc. I would say that for anyone beginning to learn how to knit with a loom, this Primer is a good start.Book Review: Looming techniques and patterns
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is great. Isela has put together many techniques new to the looming community. She shows you how to loom knit and make it look as if you have needle knitted the item and why it turns out that way. I had never known before this how to do a true knit or purl stitch on a loom.How can you do cables? How do you increases or decreases?Socks? All of this is in there. Only the e-wrap was ever explained before. She gives you all the tools you need here to translate regular knitting patterns and gives looming terminology. If you want to learn to knit by using these looms or other looms on the market pick up this book.
This looming craft is knitting in the round but it can also be used to make flat panals for making other items. She explains that with pictures in this book. This also was her first publication. Book number 2 is about to be released with even more patterns.(May 2008) It is a primer that gets your imagination flowing, she has spawned a whole group of non knitters to try to knit and do it successfully and some are even going further with chart reading and becoming pattern writers themselves. Caution: looming is addictive once you learn these basics.The sky is the limit.I highly recommend this book to new and old loomers out there.
Book Review: Good for the "next steps"
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched someone on a loom at my local craft store and I picked up a set for myself. I made a few scarves and hats. When you're ready to make the next step into how to use your looms to make things a little more complicated but not overwhelming, this is a good book for that step. I'm very pleased with this book. I would recommend it to a friend.Book Review: excellent book for beginners!
Summary: 5 Stars
I only had made hats and scarves on my knifty knitter until I bought this book. This book is very comprehensive. It gives you a little history of loom knitting, the different types of looms, different types and gauges of yarn, and gives you a list of tools you need and tells specifically what they are used for. It has instructions for starting and finishing your knitted projects, picking up a dropped stitch, joining flat panels together, adding stitches, decreasing stitches, and pretty much anything else you might need to know to create things on your looms. I love the variety of patterns! And all the instructions are very easy to follow... with lots of pictures and drawn diagrams. I recommend this book to anyone who is stuck just making scarves and hats on their knifty knitter!Book Review: If you are buying a loom... GET THIS BOOK!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has a lot of great proyects on diferent types of looms.
You really have to get it! :)
From shals and scarfs, to hats and socks to wear on everyday. :)
Great book!