Photos & Samples Of Open Braid Stitch In A Long Knitting Loom !

Hello to the knit loomers all over the world!

Have you start thinking of your autumn and winter projects? 

I am thinking of loom knitting scarves and cowls for me and my friends (are my favourite winter accessories) and some cover pillows to refresh my living room!

One stitch that you can use for impressive loom knits is the open braid stitch. 

Below you can have a close look of the stitch!

The sample is loom knitted with medium worsted acrylic yarn using 14 pegs of a long knitting loom!

The width of the final loom knitted piece is 19cm.

Below we can see how we start loom knitting the open braid stitch from peg A1 to B4 and so on. 

Here is the complete row and

this pink "mess" is how a complete row (after hooking over) looks like from the top.

Loom knitting continues 

Until the next tutorial, start loom knitting for those you love!

Tutorial: Open Braid Stitch Using A Long Knitting Loom!

Hello Loomers!

If you are among the lucky ones who are still enjoying the Summer holidays, have you remembered to fit your knitting looms and yarn in your suitcase?

If yes, I have something really nice for you. The Open Braid stitch. This stitch looks a bit difficult but after the third or fourth row you will see for yourself that it's pretty easy to do.

I have loom knitted an envelope bag using the open braid stitch, but you can also loom knit a shrug, a cover pillow using a lining in a contrast colour, a baby blanket and whatever you like!

Here is my bag! 

And here you can see how the open braid stitch looks like.

Get your knitting looms, choose your favourite yarn and let's learn loom knitting the new stitch!
Below are the steps for one row.

First we start by casting on using the anchor yarn.

Then we follow the steps indicated above. We start knitting from peg A1 (blue yarn) to peg B4 and we wrap every other peg on both rows of pegs except for B10, B11 and B12 that they would be wrapped consecutive. We turn back with the red yarn wrapping the rest pegs and we also wrap consecutive B3, B2 and B1. We secure our yarn to the external peg and we hook over so every peg has one loop.

This is the Open Braid Stitch !

I look forward to seeing photos of your projects!

Bye, bye...

Τί Είναι το Knitting Loom; / What is a Knitting Loom?

Το knitting loom είναι ένα εργαλείο πλεξίματος που μας επιτρέπει να υφαίνουμε και να πλέκουμε χωρίς βελόνες ή βελονάκια.

Υπάρχουν διαφόρων ειδών knitting looms: πλαστικά, ξύλινα, χειροποίητα, μακρόστενα και κυκλικά σε διάφορα μεγέθη, σχήματος "S" για μεγάλα projects κ.ά.

Τι μπορούμε να πλέξουμε;

·         κασκόλ για παιδιά ή ενήλικες,

·         καπέλα και σκούφους,

·         πουλόβερ, ζακέτες, μπολερό,

·         χαλάκια και διακοσμητικά για το σπίτι,

·         κουβέρτες,

·         κάλυμμα για μαξιλάρια,

·         παιχνίδια, κούκλες και ζωάκια για τα παιδιά,

·         τσάντες

και ό,τι άλλο βάλει ο νους μας.

Γιατί να χρησιμοποιούμε τα knittinglooms;;;

·         είναι πολύ εύκολο να το μάθουν όλοι (από μικρά παιδιά μέχρι … μεγάλα παιδιά),

·         είναι λιγότερο κουραστικό για τα χέρια και τους καρπούς (που συνήθως όλοι λίγο-πολύ έχουμε πονάκια πλέκοντας με τις βελόνες),

·         είναι σχεδόν απίθανο να σου φύγει πόντος καθώς το πλεκτό "κάθεται" πάνω στο knitting loom,

·         και οι 2 όψεις του πλεκτού είναι καλές (δεν υπάρχει ανάποδη πλευρά),

·         το πλεκτό παραμένει ίσιο χωρίς να γυρίζουν οι 2 άκρες πράγμα που μας διευκολύνει στην ένωση δύο διαφορετικών κομματιών όταν πλέκουμε π.χ. ένα πουλόβερ ή φτιάχνουμε μία κουβέρτα ενώνοντας τα μοτίβα σαν patchwork.

Πώς πλέκουμε με το knitting loom;  
Αυτό θα το μάθουμε αναλυτικά στην ενότητα"Πλέξεις - Πώς;"

The knitting loom is a tool with which we can weave and knit without needles or crochet hooks.

There are many kinds of knitting looms: plastic, wooden, handmade, rectangular and round in different sizes, shaped “S” for big projects etc.

What can we knit?

·         scarfs for children or adults,

·         hats,   

·         sweaters, jackets, boleros,

·         rugs and decoratives for the house,

·         blankets,

·         pillow covers,

·         toys, dolls and animal toys for children,

·         bags

and anything else you could think of.

Why to use knitting looms?

·         it’s very easy to be learnt by everyone (from children to … older “children”),

·         it’s less tiring for our hands and wrists (usually all, more or less, suffer from wrist pains when knitting with needles),

·         it’s almost unlikely to have a stitch dropped as the knitting “sits” on the loom,

·         both sides of the knitting are right (there isn’t wrong side),

·         the knitting remains flat without curling on the edges. So it’s easier to join two pieces when we knit a sweater or a blanket in a patchwork motif.

How do we knit with knitting loom? Let’s learn it in the tab “Stitches – How?”