Once upon a time there were three little bells: Papa Bell, Mama Bell and wee little Baby Bell. A couple of weeks ago I knitted some bells using the Knifty Knitter flower loom. Recently, Kansas, another loomer, posted some mini bells on her blogspot that she created using her 8-peg thumb loom. Someone on the Knifty Knitter Yahoo Group asked where they could get a thumb loom like the one Kansas used to create her mini bells, so I decided to see if the Knifty Knitter spool loom would work for this project since I had one on hand. The Knifty Knitter spool loom is a dual loom. On one end there are 8 regular sized pegs spaced ¾ inch from center to center of each peg. The other end features 5 small pegs spaced at approximately ⅝ inch from center to center of each peg. Since I was testing the 8-peg end of the spooler, I decided to try the 5-peg end, too. Here’s what I did:
Papa Bell
The “Papa Bell” was made on the 12-peg KK flower loom following the directions in My Pattern Box on the right for Knifty Christmas Bells.
Mama Bell
The “Mama Bell” was made similar to Kansas’s mini bell with a little variation at the top of the bell. Using 2 strands held as one on the 8-peg end of the KK spool loom, I did e-wraps and knit for 8 rows. On row 9 I did a flat knit stitch. On row 10 I decreased every other peg by combining the loops on pegs 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 & 7-8 (this leaves double sets of loops on pegs 2,4,6 & 8); and then did a flat knit stitch on the remaining 4 pegs. I did a gather bind off and finished the bell using the same method outlined in the instructions for the Knifty Christmas Bells.
Baby Bell
“Baby Bell” was done on the 5-peg end of the KK spool loom using one strand of yarn, e-wrap and knit for 6 rows. Rows 7 & 8 were done in a flat knit stitch. Finally, I decreased the pegs by placing the loop from peg one onto peg 2, then placing the loop from peg 3 onto peg 4 and leaving peg 5 as is. I used a gather bind off and finished similar to the instructions for the Knifty Christmas Bells, except I was working with only one strand of yarn instead of two.
The picture of the three bells shows the outcome and comparison in size of the bells. Height measurements are approximately as follows: Papa Bell – 3 inches, Mama Bell – 2¼ inches, and Baby Bell – 1¼ inches.
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Oh that little one is a cutie Brenda! Great job and thanks for posting your patterns and sharing with us :)
Hello there, for someone who is new to bloging, you sure are doing a great job. KEEP UP THE GOODWORK! I love the bells. I will be doing some tonight (knock on wood) if i can shake this things that's trying to take over my body.
I just love your blog! Seeing your scarf made on the purple KK got me all excited, too, as my very first ever knitting project is a scarf made with the suede yarn. Nice to see what mine will look like when I finish it and your picture helps me see how long it needs to be.
Hiya,
Wow thanks for posting this. I'm curious though... you have the mama bell hanging from the large end of the spool loom... but that wasn't the loom you used to make it?
Also did you make a hat brim while knitting the bells for the bottom edge or did you do that afterward? I've tried making them with no brim and folding afterward, but it doesn't stay and I haven't been able to make the edge nice.
Thanks SOO much!
I'm Cynsofdm on yahoo groups.
PS. I'm not sure if you got my message about the spyder web hat... but it is one of the cutest things I've ever seen. Have you shared how you made it?
Thanks for all the encouragement and special thanks to Paolina whose confusion led me to correct a mistake in which looms are used to create the 3 bells. Papa bell was created on the 12-peg KK flower loom; Mama bell on the 8-peg end of the KK spool loom; and Baby bell on the 5-peg end of the KK spool loom.
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