Pamela Murrey, Writer
For 4 days in January, from 01/05/22 – 01/08/22, A Looming Lady is being offered free in e-book on Amazon. A Looming Lady was the first book I ever wrote. It is the tale of a young homeless woman named Kate who enjoys loom knitting. She makes projects for the home she inherits from her aunt, thereby making a place for herself. There are 24 loom knitting projects included.
I wrote A Looming Lady because it was a story I wanted to read. Kate is a naïve woman, raised in a foster home. She met her aunt as an adult and had formed a relationship with her. Kate lives simply. She works some, as much as health issues let her. At the beginning of the story, she lives in her car. Her aunt dies suddenly, and she inherits a house. Loom knitting gives her a chance to work through her grief, to grow up a little, to make warm and pretty things. I tried to match my patterns presented with the tale. I also tried to standardize my patterns. There was little standardization at the time of the terms or regularity of patterns for loom knitting. I created an outline to try to help with that process for round loom knitting. This was in 2012. Download a free copy of A Looming Lady today! After you read it, give it a review. There are 33 reviews on my U.S page. Some good, some not very positive. The latter comments helped me to complete an update with some improvements in 2014. A Looming Lady has made the top 10 of Amazons Best Sellers list of the Knitting category several times. It’s also sometimes in the top 100 of Two-Hour Craft, Hobby & Home Short Reads. Below are some of the patterns presented in this book: For the loom knitter:
Want to try out making your own patterns? You can use the planner below or download a template for your use. I like to use my templates in One Note to keep organized! Check out my download page. The planner includes details on a few basic stiches, written, not illustrated. Loom Knitting Pattern Planner Size: Tools: Gauge: Supplies: Abbreviations and explanations: WY Working yarn E-wrap peg by wrapping around the inside, then the outside of the peg with the working yarn, creating a cursive e with the yarn. K Knit P Purl FS Flat Stitch Row Knit flat across stitches, turn. Round Knit across stitches, continue in circle. Stockinet stitch Knit every row or round. Garter stitch Knit 1 row, purl 1 row or round. Seed stitch Knit 1, purl 1 across. On row or round 2, knit over previous purls, purl over previous knit stitches. Repeat row or round 2. Rib stitch consists of a number of knit stitches followed by a number of purl stitches, repeated in every round or row. For example, knit 2 stitches, purl 1 stitch across. For row or round 2, knit above the knit stiches, purl above the purl stitches across. Repeat row or round 2. Or, knit 3 stitches, purl 2 stitches, repeat across. . For row or round 2, knit above the knit stiches, purl above the purl stitches across. Repeat row or round 2. KSS Knit slip stitch by running working yarn across inside of the peg to skip or slip. Do this by lifting the loop on the peg, running the working yarn across to the next peg, placing the lifted loop back on the peg and continuing to work. PSS Purl slip stitch by running working yarn across the back of peg to skip or slip. On the next row, lift off both loops over new wrap.
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