The Knifty Knitter Circle Sweater was inspired by the “Loom Knitting Pattern Book” and love it. The first thing I made was the Pi Coat, which is the coat on the front of the book. It was difficult at the time (I was still new to trickier things) and was way too big. It had 9 wedges, and I did it with 51 pegs (smallest is 49)
I finished the body of the coat, but never bothered with sleeves. It’s just too big. Very heavy. I also used cheap acrylic yarn. Yuck.
So I tried again.
I used a 41 peg Boye (or something like it, your standard round loom) loom for this, equivalent to the Knifty Knitter 41 peg, with 5/8″ space between each peg. I made 7 wedges, and made the armholes further apart. It turned out nicely. It’s warm and cozy, and I love it.
The pattern is below the pics.
Here are some project pics.
Here’s the beginning. One wedge, two wedges. You basically make a big circle with armholes.
Here is what it looks like after putting in the armholes.
The body is finished and drapes nicely!
Now, for the good part. Completed sleeves.
I LOVE IT!
Knifty Knitter Circle Sweater Pattern
Okay, you need a 5/8″ loom with at least 41 pegs. I’m small, 5’3 and 130lbs, but the armholes can be adjusted to any size, the circle will fit anyone.
You can use a 1/2″ loom as well,. If you want more, just add more wedges.
So, let’s gooo.
What you need:
Crochet hook or knitting tool to crochet cast on or double e-wrap cast on
- 5/8″ gauge knitting loom with 41 or more pegs
- A lot of yarn (sorry, not sure of yardage but I’d estimate over 1000 yards)
- A couple stitch markers.
Definitions
Knit: E-wrap knit
Purl: Take the hook at the end of the knitting tool and put it down the loop from the top, catch the working yarn, pull it up and through so a loop comes up, bring it up, bring the existing loop up and off of the peg, and replace it with the loop you just made and tighten.
Wrap and Turn: You just knit to the stitch marker, wrap the peg beside it, but do not knit it over, and then turn and purl the opposite way back to the first peg you came from. The next time you come to that peg, knit or purl the 2 loops on it as if it were one This stops holes in the fabric.
Increase: Knit or purl (as described) to the peg, wrap it twice, take the bottom loop over the top loop and it creates a new stitch on the peg.
Put a stitch marker on peg 5 from the beginning. This is because the first 5 stitches are in garter stitch (knit one row purl one row) to avoid curling.
Row 1: Knit to the marker.
Row 2: Wrap and Turn, and purl back to peg 1.
Row 3: Knit to the marker, increase 1.
Row 4: Purl back to peg 1.
Repeat rows 1-4 until all 41 pegs are cast on, but do not join in the round. This is the first wedge.
Repeat this twice, starting from the beginning of the wedge (knit to the marker, turn and go back, knit to the marker, increase 1, purl back to peg 1). As it goes, it connects into a circle.
After you’ve done that, you’ll have 3 wedges made. On the fourth wedge, you’ll create the armholes.
So, after there are 20 pegs increased on the 4th wedge, put a marker on peg 20, and knit to peg 20, turn, purl back to peg 1, and do this until you have a large hole. After you’ve sized it up for yourself, start knitting straight across again, increasing by 1 as you go, and the armhole is done.
Knit 2 more wedges and then do another wedge with an armhole.
Then knit 1 more wedge. 7 wedges complete.
Cast off using the crochet cast off, or youur favourite, and you have a vest!
The armholes can be made on a loom in the flat or a 31 peg loom in the round if you want one size.