Loop Yarn Heart Pillow

Have you ever worked with loop yarn? It’s almost like finger knitting in that you don’t need needles, and almost like crochet in that you are kind of hooking loops into each other.

I wrote a post about the basics of working with loop yarn over on Our Daily Craft last month, and I’ve been on the lookout for different ways to use the yarn since.

This heart pillow using loop yarn is an original design by a member of Needlepointers.com’s staff. She enjoys knitting with loop yarn because it requires no knitting needles. Since Valentine’s day is fast approaching she wanted to make a heart pillow and this is the design and technique she came up with using loop yarn.

It’s not much more difficult to add a second color to a loop yarn knitting project, and the post includes a video tutorial to make it even easier.

If you have used loop yarn I’d love to know what you made with it!

[Photo: Needlepointers.com.]

Looking for more Heart shaped Knitting Patterns? Check these out on Etsy.

Not too long ago I did a test knit for another designer that was for a cabled cardigan. It’s really cozy and nice but it just about broke me in a ton of different ways. I couldn’t get gauge, which I suppose is my own problem, but mainly I was somehow both bored and forced to pay attention at the same time.

Because it used the same cable all over, I always had to know what row I was on, but nine out of ten of those rows, nothing in particular was going on. So I couldn’t stop paying attention, but what I needed to attend to was boring.

It may have ruined me for knitting cabled sweaters, but maybe I just need something that’s more engaging. Like this Modern Aran Cardigan pattern from Lion Brand Yarn.

This is a reworking of an old pattern from their archives, and you can tell that form the classic look of the cables and the oversized feel (nothing cropped about this one!). It has allover cables, but like a classic Aran sweater it’s not the same cable, so you’ll have to pay attention to what row you’re on and what cable turns happen for which cables on that row.

Because of this, it’s considered an intermediate knitting pattern, but if you’re comfortable working from multiple charts at once it shouldn’t be a problem for you. There are three different charts and seven different cable moves.

Also because the pattern is so big and boxy there are only two sizes available, with a finished chest measurement of either 49 or 63 inches (that’s 124.5 or 160 cm). It’s up to you to decide how much ease you would like and whether that will work for your body.

The pattern uses worsted weight yarn (and calls for another classic, Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool). It calls for six buttons and includes pockets to make it extra cozy.

This one looks like a great winter project to make and to wear if you’re up for a bit of a challenge. You can grab the free pattern or buy a kit with the yarn needed direct from Lion Brand Yarn.

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]

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