Loom Knit a Baby Bunting - a prototype

A friend is having a baby. For a couple weeks, in my head I designed a baby bunting. Not sure how big to make it, I went to another friend who has a grandbaby. She actually had what I was talking about. We traced it onto a piece of newspaper. It was a 6-12 month size and it fit neatly into a folded out newspaper flyer.

As it is my prototype bunting, I took photos as I went. I used the blue loom because the green one has another project on it. Overall, it used about 1+1/4 of 6 oz skeins of "Red Heart Baby Clouds."

Start with S-wrap. I used 26 pegs x2. It turned out a little too wide. You may want to do 24 or 22 long by 2 wide.

The S-wrap will be the bottom of the "baby bag."

Knit one row. After that row, you will do the e-wrap around every peg and knit until you get the desired length. The e-wrap makes it hollow, or bag-like.

Once you reach the desired length, crochet off the front and sides. I worked it a little longer in the back.

Next, I added a second strand of yarn in the same color. I planned to work both straps at the same time and not have to remove either from the loom.

I established 2 straps of 5 loops each. I can't begin to tell you how I managed to start one strap, crochet off the center and start on the other strap. It involved passing one yarn strand over the other. It wasn't pretty, but the bulky and irregular nature of the yarn proved forgiving.

Not knowing how to make buttonholes, even though I read how to do it with the loom, I cheated and crocheted a little loop for each strap. I wanted to use big, safe buttons and they didn't fit through the weave. They say, "Necessity is the mother of invention." They're right. Whoever they are.

And here it is, my baby bunting prototype!