Flower looms are so much fun to play with. You can make a wide variety of flowers to add to any project! One of Stoney Meadows Alpacas and Stone Mountain Looms newer looms is the flower loom. This tutorial is for the Stoney Meadows Alpacas and Stone Mountain Looms' Flower Loom.
*I am using my plastic flower loom to demonstrate the beautiful wooden Stoney Meadows Alpacas and Stone Mountain Looms' Flower Loom.
Starting Your Flower Loom
Step 1: Start with the color yarn you'd like to be the big 'pedals' by dropping the yarn through the center of your loom. Make a slip knot and secure it to the nail located on the edge of your loom. This is so you can pull and tug on your working yarn without fear of pulling to hard and having to start over again. *Suggestion: Don't make the slip knot really tight. It's ok if it's a little loose and may come in handy later.*
Step 2: Now you're ready to begin making your flower. Start by picking an outside nail to start on. This flower loom I am working on is numbered. The Stoney Meadows Alpacas and Stone Mountain Looms' Flower Loom is not numbered. I suggest you start on the nail opposite from the nail you just secured your slip knot to. You're going to take your yarn to the left side of the nail and wrap around it going clockwise.
Step 3: Now you are going to bring your yarn straight down to the opposite nail. This time you'll be on the right side of the nail, but you will still wrap the yarn clockwise around the nail.
Step 4: Take your yarn back across the center. This time you are going to wrap your yarn, still clockwise, around the nail to the right of the last nail you wrapped your yarn around.
Step 5: Bring your yarn straight down and once again wrap it around the nail to the left of the last night you used.
Step 6: Repeat steps 2 to 5 until you have wrapped 2 'pedals' around each nail. *You can do one 'pedal' if you want or even 3. Play around with how many pedals you'd like. I prefer 2.
Step 7: When you are on the last nail, cut your yarn. With a tapestry needle, bring the end of the yarn through the center. *If you cannot get your slip knot off, you can always cut the yarn as close to the slip knot as possible so you still have enough yarn to tie a knot with.
Step 8: Remove your slip knot from the nail and tie the two ends together.
Adding a Second Row
Step 1: I personally like to change up my color yarn, but you do not have to. If you'd like to keep going with the first color then do not cut your yarn and tie it yet. You can keep going. If you are changing colors, then thread your new color yarn on a tapestry needle and bring your yarn through the center.
Step 2: Create a slip knot and once again put it on the nail on the outside. *I still suggest a loose slip knot.
Step 3: Let's start our small pedal's. I suggest you use the same nail to start on as you started your large pedals. Bring your yarn to the left side and wrap around going clockwise. This time you are wrapping around the nail closer to the center.
Step 4: Bring the yarn straight down, like you did with the large pedals, and wrap around the nail closer to the center.
Step 5: Bring your yarn up to the nail on the right of your first nail and wrap around clockwise.
Step 6: Repeat steps 3-5 until you have wrapped 2 small pedals around the nails closets to the center. *Again you can do 1 or more pedals, it is up to you. I just like being consistent with 2 large and 2 small.
Step 7: Cut your yarn, thread the end with a tapestry needle and bring the yarn through the center. Take your slip knot off the side nail and tie the two ends together.
Finishing Your Flower
Now there are many different ways to finish off your flower. I am going to show you my favorite way, but it is by no means the only way of doing it.
Step 1: Pick whatever color yarn you'd like your center to be. I'm going with the same color as my larger pedals. Cut about 14"-16", or more if you feel like that will not be enough. Thread the yarn on your tapestry needle. Make a slip knot and secure it to the side nail.
Step 2: Start by coming from the back of the loom. Go in-between two of your pedals. Pull your yarn all the way through.
Step 3: Sew down in-between the next to pedals on the right.
If should look like the picture with a single piece of yarn over the pedals.
Step 4: Do it again. More over one pedal, pulling your needle up from the back and then down over the next pedal. *YES you skipped a pedal! Do not worry about it, we will take care of it later.
Step 5: Repeat step 2-4 all the way around until you get to where you started sewing. You're going to sew from the back to the front where you first started. Instead of going right again, you're going to reverse it and go left, filling in the pedals you skipped earlier.
Step 6: Almost there! If you stop now, your flower will fall apart. We still haven't secured all the pedals. We are going to fix that. Now that you are back to where you began, instead of bringing your needle up in-between the pedals, you are going to bring your needle up in the center of the pedal.
Step 7: Since you were going left, you can continue to go left around the flower. Sew in the middle of the pedals
Step 8: Keep sewing in the middle of the pedals until you reach the beginning. As you did before, you are going to reverse it and go to the right now, filling in all the pedals you skipped.
Step 9: Once you return to the beginning, do not bring your needle back up. Leave it on the back side. Flip your loom over, pull your slip knot off the nail and tie the two ends together.
Step 10: YOU DID IT!!!!! Now all that is left is for you to carefully slide your pedals up and off the nails, pulling your pretty flower off the loom! You can sew in all your ends, or leave them to use to sew the flower to another project.
Thank you for reading my first tutorial! I hope it was helpful and you understand! If not, please feel free to ask questions! I'd love to chat with you and help you anyway I can!
*You may reproduce this pattern as a finished product to sell. We do ask that you share your finished projects and pricing with us on our facebook group: Stoney Meadows & Stone Mountain Looms
**You may not claim this tutorial as yours. Do not sell this tutorial as yours. Only finished projects may be sold. Thank you.
