Loom Knitting Newsletter Showers bring Picot Flowers

Greetings!

Can you believe May will be here soon?! It seems like just yesterday it was the New Year. I'm looking forward to more flowers, fresh fruits and veggies with the season. Take a look at the newsletter to get FRESH, too!... But don't forget about your mama! Mother's Day is just around the corner here so be sure to plan ahead.

I love to see what others are up to as they inspire me as well! Come visit our Loom Knit and Craft Club Facebook page and chat with others around the world and tell us what your current project will be!

UPDATE on my own loom Picot Petal flowers & Cowl-lick pattern for needles & loom: Videos links are in this newsletter for the Picot Star and Picot Petals. These are not public links yet so get the first exclusive peek at the picot loom alongs! The Cowl-lick pattern is now available in my ETSY store as a digital download. Read on in newsletter for all links.

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Spring Breeze Slouchy Hat

Spring Hat Fever!

Keep Cool in this slouchy cap. This new free pattern works up fast and coordinates with GoodKnitKisses' Spring Vine Infinity Scarf.

Design by Luisa of Joy4Crafts. Check out her Loom Along video with pattern (uses the Knifty knitter 36 peg loom).

Strawberry or as a Rose bud

Strawberry Delight

Can you believe this was loomed? This super cute and clever strawberry was made on a special flower loom and i just adore it.

I hope you try it out. Designed by Sarah Bradberry and made in a polyester ribbon or paper straw instead of yarn. You can also turn upside down for a flower bud, how cool!

Loom Knitting: Picot Star - 6 pointed flower

Picot Star

Picot Star - Flower

The much awaited Loom Along video and pattern for the loom knit flower is now ready for you!

The Picot Bind Off has now been perfected and during the process we discovered the REAL true Cable Cast On. It looks like a needle cast on and this picot bind off actually uses it throughout. There is a bonus section on the cable cast-on with swatches at the end of the video, along with yarn suggestions for the flower, so stay tuned!

Watermelon Quick Can Koozie

Melon crazy!

How cute is this Koozie?! Growing up every spring and summer we would pullout this watermelon shaped and painted bowl from the 70's. Watermelons are so yummy but there is something fun about them, too!

Take a water break from your gardening duties and knit up this super cute version of Brenda Myer's Quick Can Koozie.

KIP Kristen at Goodknitkisses knitting in public

Kristen Knitting in Public!

KIP!

Did you KIP (Knit in Public) last month? Send us your photos of you Knitting in Public and we'll feature the craziest one next month! Send to gkkcontests@gmail.com with the Subject line KIP photo. We may even post on our Flicker for all to join in the fun.

Handy Graph Paper Maker!

Make your own stitch graph!

Courtesty of the tata-tatao

Stash buster alert!

Brenda Myers has a great stash busting pattern that you'll want to have handy year round. Build up a stock pile of these geopuffs from your project leftovers and make a Beekeeper's knit quilt!

Brenda even has video tutorials to help you along.

*****Perfect for on-the-go!*****

Picot Petals - Large Flower

Loom Knitting: Picot Petals - 12 point flower

Made to go with the Picot Star, the Picot Petal design can be used to make a large double flower or stand along as a flower granny round with perfect picots. This is made on the 24 peg Knifty Knitter round loom and uses a reduced drawstring cast on as a new cast-on method. This method may become a way to cast on hats top-down! Watch our loom along video and try the free pattern.

Floral Nosegay

Flower SUPER Blog-worth a repost!

Bethany Dailey, of Gettin' it Pegged has done yet another fabulous thing. She made a SUPER-BLOG talking about how she used different designers patterns to great this gorgeous floral nosegay.

Please read her blog and try the pattern links within.

You'll want to bookmark this newsletter and her blog to come back to as it's chock full of loomy goodness. Thanks Bethany as well to Brenda Myers for her pattern that inspired it all. The pattern is called Felted Roses.

We hope you enjoyed our loom knit newsletter. Please hit subscribe, if this was viewed on the web or sent by a friend, so you can get the next edition. If you have things you'd like to see included please let us know. As always we hope you learn something and get inspired today! Be sure to join us on Facebook to post your projects and find the loomy love!

Happy Crafting,

Kristen Mangus
GoodKnit Kisses

A special thank you goes out to my volunteer assistant Niki Schertz. She helps with the newsletter, giveaways, Flickr, Pinterest, GoodKnitKisses Facebook page and more as well as our group admin.

Spring Vine Infinity Scarf as a Cowl on Long Blue KK loom

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We'll also keep you up to date on new books, tools & patterns from a variety of vendors & designers that catch our eye! The main focus for the GoodKnit Kisses Newsletter will be for loom knitting but we may feature needle, crochet, yarn or other fibre arts related inspiration occasionally. Have fun & Happy Looming!

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Cowl-lick loom & Needle pattern

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