Removing a Potholder From a Loom
This is a public service post for all the people who find me by Googling something like: “taking potholder off loom” and for the one or two people who have left comments asking me how to take it off. It is really quite easy:
You will need the hook that came with the loom or a crochet hook.
Start at a corner and pull the second loop in the row, through the first loop. Then you pull the third loop through the second, the fourth through the third, etc. etc. all the way around the pot holder. It will be kind of a linked chain around the edge like in the photo.
You will eventually end up with only one final loop. That is the loop that you can use to hang the potholder on a hook.
If you have any other questions about it, feel free to comment or email me (my email is in the right sidebar).
Hope this helps!
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Hi… I am having difficulty removing the loops off the loom. I’m okay till I get to the last side, then all the loops jump off the pegs, making it impossible to continue because it becomes unraveled. Help! Thanks.
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I am useing nylon loops . Is their any way to make them as large as cotton potholders ? They are shrinking when I remove them from the loom.
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Very helpful
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Thank you! I was going crazy trying to figure out this pot holder. It’s nice to know I’m not the only mom that couldn’t figure this out without the directions!!!!
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imagine getting all the way to the end and you just don;t remember how to remove the yarn from the loom! I promised my granddaughter that I’d have the answer soon. The problem is that I still can’t figure it out based on these illustrations. Would you please show a detailed one which shows the hook going into a few of the loops? Thankyou so much.
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I don’t get it! I’ll try again.
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I’ve got it now!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you for this tutorial! My daughter has been working on a potholder and I couldn’t remember how to finish it off.
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Thank you! This was a huge help! My daughter finished her potholder and I knew you put loop through loop but couldn’t remember how to get started.
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Mom Unplugged Reply:
September 28th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Oh I am so glad! I hope the potholder turned out nicely. Thanks very much for the comment!
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Have lost my postholder hook. Where can I purchase just the hook. Thanks.
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Mom Unplugged Reply:
January 4th, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Hi Nan, I would suggest contacting the manufacturer of your loom to see if they have hooks available for purchase. Harrisville Designs seems to be one of the more common loom manufacturers if you don’t know who made yours. Their contact info is here: http://www.harrisville.com/contact-us.htm
If you are feeling adventurous, you could also trying making one yourself by bending a wire coat hanger. Good luck!
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I too am having trouble doing the last row. I don’t see the answer to this question. Thank you. Rhona
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