A friend of mine recently had a baby girl and I wanted to create something for her. Blankets take FOREVER so while searching through pinterest for loom knitting ideas, I came across a loom knit animal. I then did a youtube search and came across the video link below.
How to loom knit a teddy bear
The video has decent instructions but the camera angles are difficult to follow.Overall I am greatful to Scarlett Royal on youtube because without this video I don't think I would have been able to create this ADORABLE teddy bear.
I wrote down all my steps as I went and my transcript is below.
Looms: 12 peg orange flower looom (for the arms)
24 peg green loom (for the head, body and legs)
Yarn: I doubled up the strands of yarn.
Time: approx 8hrs over 2 evenings.
Steps:
Bear Head
1. E-wrap cast on 24 pegs. Work around the loom like you are making a flat panel (do not connect the 1st and 24th pegs)
2. E-wrap back from peg 24 to peg 1 and knit over.
3. repeat this 8x for a total of 9 rows.
4. To begin the ears, e-wrap 5 pegs and knit them over.
5. e-wrap the next 4 pegs (6-9) and knit over. Repeat this 3x for a total of 4 rows.
6. To decrease the ears, skip a peg and e-wrap then knit over 2 pegs. 2x.
7. e-wrap all four pegs and knit over 4x.
8. Your yarn should be back at peg 6. E-wrap over to peg 15 then stop and knit over.
9. Repeat steps 4-7 on pegs 16-19 to make the second ear.
10. E-wrap then knit over to peg 24.
11. E-wrap then knit 6 more rows.
12. Now for the decrease for the bears nose- move peg 1 to peg 2. e-wrap and knit the bottom 2 pegs over.
13. repeat around the loom moving odd number pegs to the next even number peg until the end.
14. move each peg over so they are on 12 consecutive pegs.
15. tighten the loops by pulling on the end away from the loose yarn strand. Pull each loop tight until you get to the loos strand.
16. e-wrap knit 6 more rows and cast off using the crochet hook to complete the bear.
17. Complete the ears by sewing the sides of each ear together.
Bear Body
1. E-wrap cast on 24 pegs. This time work in a circle like making a beanie.
2. E-wrap knit 19 rows. I decided to alternate colors (ivory and coral) every two rows.
3. For the tail, e-wrap and knit over 10 pegs.
4. For pegs 11-14 e-wrap and knit over 8x then continue e-wrap and knit to the 24th peg.
5. E-wrap knit all the way around the loom 8x again alternating between ivory and coral every 2 rows.
6. Cast off like you are casting off the top of a beanie. This will be the bears bottom.
Bear Arms
1. E-wrap cast on the 12 peg loom working circular like a beanie.
2. E-wrap knit 12x.
3. Drawstring cast off (like for a beanie)
4. Repeat steps 1-3 for second arm.
Bear Legs
1. Working in a flat pannel, e-wrap cast on 16 pegs on the 24 peg loom.
2. E-wrap knit 6 rows
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