Tuesday, June 9, 2015

How to Loom Knit a Dolphin





Dolphin

Items:
15 peg or 12 peg loom
Super Bulky Yarn
Looming Hook
Crafters Needle
Polyfil
2 Rhinestones for eyes or buttons

Terms:
CO: Cast On
EW: E-Wrap
D: Decrease
I: Increase
COF: Cast Off
BOLB: Bring Original Loop Back


Body: Circular: 15 pegs:
EWCO 15 pegs
Row 1: EW2, (work short rows going back and forth) EW4 13rows BOLB end pegs only EW 17pegs.
Row 2-14: EW
Row 15: D1 EW1, EW11, D1 EW1 (13)
Row 16: D1 EW1, EW9, D1 EW1 (11)
Row 17: D1 EW1, EW7, D1 EW1 (9)
Row 18: D1 EW1, EW5, D1 EW1 (7)
Row 19: D1 EW1, EW3, D1 EW1 (5)
Row 20: EW
Row 21: D1 EW1, EW1, D1 EW1 (3)
Row 22-23: EW
Row 24: I3, EW6, I3
Row 25-26: EW9
Row 27: I1, EW9
Row 28: I1, EW10
Row 29-32: EW11
Row 33: D1 EW1, EW7, D1 EW1 (9)
Row 34-35: EW9
BOLB from the Increase section.
COF
Sew you nose, gather rest of head sew to base of nose, stuff, then sew up tail fin and tail.

Fin: Flat: 5 pegs:
EWCO 5 pegs
Row 1-3: EW
Row 4-5: EW4
Row 6-7: EW3
Row 8-9: EW2
Row 10-11: EW3
Row 12-13: EW4
Row 14-16: EW5
BOLB and Cast Off
Make 3 sew up and sew on sides and one on top of dolphin. Hot glue your eyes in at the base of the nose on the sides.


12 Peg Loom

Body: Circular: 12 pegs:
EWCO 12 pegs
Row 1: EW2, (work short rows going back and forth) EW4 13rows BOLB end pegs only EW 14pegs.
Row 2-14: EW
Row 15: D1 EW1, EW8, D1 EW1 (10)
Row 16: D1 EW1, EW6, D1 EW1 (8)
Row 17: D1 EW1, EW4, D1 EW1 (6)
Row 18: D1 EW1, EW2, D1 EW1 (4)
Row 19-21: EW
Row 22: I2, EW6, I2
Row 23-24: EW8
Row 25: I1, EW8
Row 26: I1, EW9
Row 27-29: EW10
Row 30: D1 EW1, EW6, D1 EW1 (8)
Row 31-32: EW8
BOLB from the Increase section.
COF
Sew you nose, gather rest of head sew to base of nose, stuff, then sew up tail fin and tail.

Fin: Flat: 4 pegs:
EWCO 4 pegs
Row 1-3: EW
Row 4-5: EW3
Row 6-7: EW2
Row 8-9: EW3
Row 10-12: EW
BOLB and Cast Off
Make 3 sew up and sew on sides and one on top of dolphin. Hot glue your eyes in at the base of the nose on the sides.

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