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How to Assemble Your Kiss Loom
by Robin McCoy
Thank you for the purchase of the Kiss Loom! You are about to
embark on a wonderful journey that could possibly cause you to give
away or sell all your other looms.
So, WHAT IS ALL THIS STUFF?!
Take a deep breath and relax as I explain what each item is for.
*Front-pegs and back-pins: You will use these together on everything
except for when you have assembled a board. The pegs always sit
in front of the pins and by adjusting the distance between them by
using washers you will achieve different gauges.
*Screws: You will use these to hold the front-pegs and back-pins
together. The 2“ screws are for the wood blocks when assembling
the board. The 1” screws are for board assembly.
*Hex nuts: These are put onto the screw as the very last step to hold your loom
together. IMPORTANT: when using the hex nuts you must have all 10 washers
on the screw. So whatever you aren’t using for gauge, put it on the head of the
screw.
*Washers: These are used to space the front-pegs and back-pins
apart to obtain the gauge you want.
*Straight and corner brackets: You will use the straight brackets if
you are assembling more than one set of pegs and pins together in a
straight line. The corner brackets are used when assembling your
loom into a modular which is just like knitting on a round loom.
*Wood blocks: These are used when assembling a board. They give
the right amount of distance between the two sides of pegs so that
your knitting will fall neatly through the center.
*Pick tool: Every loom knitter’s constant companion. They come in
all shapes and sizes, but they all do the same thing.
Ok, now that you have familiarized yourself with the components,
how about we discuss the settings of the Kiss Loom?
This setting is really good with light weight yarns. Weight #1, #2, #3
and some finer #4 yarns are good on this setting.
This setting is good for medium weight yarns, such as worsted
weight. Weight #4 and #5 are good on this setting.
This setting is good for super bulky yarns or if you want to use two strands of
worsted weight yarn together. It is good with weight #6. ***This setting will NOT
work when loom is assembled as a modular, but you can use the second setting
with all the washers placed between the peg and pin boards.
Now that you know what the settings are, you are probably curious
about how to put it together. Have no fear because you are about to
learn.
Assembly of a Kiss Loom modular using hex nuts
This is what your end product will look like. It is exactly like using a
round knitting loom.
Let’s see what you will need:
Assembly of Kiss Loom as a knitting board
Y
our Kiss Loom was sent to you with parts to make it into a double sided
knitting board! How cool is that?! Here is what you need to gather:
And you can assemble it for 3 different gauge settings.
Now, let’s assemble!
If you need to assemble more than one flat piece together to achieve
the number of pegs needed on each side, do that first, then go on to step one.