Loom Knitting- Child Hats- Part 1
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It is time to get back into the classroom, have fun and learn a new craft. Loom Knitting is fun and easy. A project can be completed in a few hours. If you are running out of ideas of what to give family and friends as holiday gifts, this might be the answer. Maybe you want to get back to giving gifts that are filled with a personal touch of love or as a donation to a local charity. In this class we will knit a child’s hat that will keep them just a little bit warmer in the cold weather. You can be creative with your choice of colored yarn – same color, opposite color, favorite colors, school colors, family colors or variegated colors. There are two sessions to this class. In the first session, the basics will be discussed, and you will begin your child’s hat. You will complete your hat, learn a new stitch and other projects that may be made with the round looms during the second session.
Regina (Reggie) Lawrence Knight, B.S. M.T. (A.S.C.P.), B.A., B.S.is retired and enjoys reading, knitting and has been taking classes at R.I.S.E. since 2003. Her degrees are in Clinical Sciences, English, and Industrial Engineering. Even when she was working, she took a great variety of classes at community colleges at night; everything from Dead Sea Scrolls to Automotive Mechanics where she was not only the only woman in the class, but also the oldest. Professionally, she worked in Immunohematology for a Division of Baxter International in Florida. In California, she was a Proposal Analyst for a civil engineering firm and retired from a non-profit foundation. Reggie and her husband bought a diesel pusher and moved to Sun City West. Every summer for 17 years, they traveled 5,000 to 10,000 miles in that same RV. It was on these trips that she taught herself to needle and loom knit. She knits hats and baby blankets on the loom and scarves and shawls with needles and gives 95% of her items to charities.
Supplies needed:
Round loom kit – Kit contains 4 looms, hook and needle.
Two (2) skeins of acrylic yarn, medium weight #4 (Look at band around yarn for number)
Scissors
Tape measure