Hat Loom

This circular loom is perfect for knitting hats! I have one just like it that I bough on a whim from Tchibo and that I haven't put down since. Even there are already a few on Thingiverse, none of them are very good for the kind of hats that I like to make, so I thought I would share this ingenious little design with you guys. I changed a couple things from the original to make it printable without supports.

Print the loom and then the hook and needle.

Knitting instructions:

Take some wool and tie a loose knot around the base. Then, moving in an anticlockwise direction from one peg to the other, wrap the wool around the next peg in a clockwise loop. Do this to the next one and the next until you have a single row of loops. Push the loops down a little and then make a second row above the first. Then, using the hook, pull the first/lower loop on each peg, over the second/higher loop and over the head of the peg. Then let it drop and move onto the next peg. Once you only have only one row of loops on all the pegs, put down the hook/hold it between your teeth/stick it behind your ear and use your hand to make another wool row. Repeat until you have a long enough tube. Remember, you probably want to fold back the first few rows once you put it on your head to form a cute little fold, so make sure to account for that (10 extra rows is usually sufficient).

Once you are sure you have the desired length, cut about 1m of the wool, thread it through the needle and go through the last row of loops "doubled-up", simply allowing the loop to slide up over the needle, onto the tread and off the peg. Tighten.

Sow on a pom pom and voila!