A few weekends ago I found myself in HEMA (a Dutch interiors, snacks, and household shop) picking up a few things and I spied a cushion cover for a fiver that I liked the look of. I’d been meaning to make myself a project bag for my sock loom and various supplies for a while now, and I saw the potential! I was also too excited to get a Before photo but it’s up online and now I see it’s only £2! Figures!
The cushion cover featured a loosely woven fabric on one side (which I used as the bag exterior) plus a plain canvas on the other (which became the bag lining) and a matching zip so it was excellent value considering the zipper alone would’ve cost me around £3.50!
I wanted a lining pocket to store all the little bits I need for loom knitting (pick, crochet hook, scissors & yarn needle) so I added a patch pocket with a fancy Prym lace-look zipper from my stash. This inner zipper and some interfacing were the only supplies I added to the original cushion cover so it was a great bit of opportunistic recycling on my part!
And this is much nicer than the taped-together plastic bag I was using before, ha! 
I didn’t use a pattern here but I did refer to StacySews’ Box Bag tutorial to get the ends right (which, if you recall, was the same tutorial I used for James’s Tour de France washbag a few years ago).
This bag was a quick little project, but it makes it so much easier to just grab my sock loom and be able to loom knit on the go without having a big ball of yarn hanging out in a second bag or the plastic yarn needle getting lost in the cracks.
When I was over in Denver filming my Craftsy class I stopped in at Fancy Tiger Crafts and bought some variegated green merino wool that was hand-dyed in Colorado, and between the flights, downtime in my hotel room, and hospital visits once I got back home, I managed to finish my fastest socks yet – just under 3 weeks from start to finish!
I really like the checkerboard pattern on these and I think they look way more complicated than just the knit and purl stitches I used to achieve it. I used the Kb Sock Loom 2 for these, which I find a bit more versatile than the Prym loom I learned on last spring.
Has anyone else started loom knitting since I started posting about it last Spring? I’ve got a little “Sock Cult” group in my office but I still get SO many stares and questions from people (even traditional knitters!) when I’m out in public!
I bought a regular Kb knitting loom several years ago. I want to make sweaters. I also want to make knitted fabric to felt. However the thing sits in a corner gathering dust. I love your socks and want to knit my own. I wonder if I buy the sock loom would I actually use it?
Only one way to find out!!
Hi Melissa, YES your Prym socks post caught my imagination so I was then bought the loom as an Xmas gift having gone on about it to my best friend; did 3 pairs, joined Ravelry Loom Knitters group and now have a collection of looms.
I have all 3 KB sock looms, the SL2 is by far the easiest so would recommend that as the starter using aran or DK, the Orig SL for DK or 4 ply and the EFG loom for very fine socks-I have not used that one yet.
Ravelry Loom Knitters group is really friendly and full of help so can highly recommend it, and its all free.
Wow, you’ve got even more looms than I do!! Good to know I picked an easy one.