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Your design is incredible! I wasn't even able to knit on a KK loom. It was just too hard on my arthritic fingers. But with my F2, I have no pain at all no matter how long I knit. I haven't been able to knit for years and now I can again. I'm thrilled. I think it's been nearly ten years since I was able to knit so you can probably imagine how excited I am to have this in my life again. - Linda

You guys rock!  I received my loom and keychain today and I have been in heaven. Thank you so much!  The loom is awesome.  I have started a Christmas baby cocoon for the Pine Ridge baby project and it's coming out beautiful!  I love the small gauge.

Thank you again and again and again.  I've said it before and I will say it again, I will never use anything but Kiss ever again.  The product is exceptional and the people behind it are awesome!

...everything is easier and faster using the KISS. - Kendall 

Well guess who was waiting at my door when I got home from work!  That's right, Lil Slim.  I threw dinner in the oven, took care of my mother and starting getting to know him.  I AM IN LOVE!  Geesh, I wish I would have started out with KISS when I was learning.  I wasted so much money on looms that I will not use anymore.  I absolutely love the KISS. - Kendall

I am so in love with my new Kiss loom! I have a couple projects that are almost complete and will post pics soon. So far I have used my Small Gauge Compact Slim 2-Way Adjustable as a double knitting board and a one sided rake. The ability to do a smaller guage has been amazing and I can't wait to do more projects on this loom. Thanks for offering such a versatile product! I may be ordering a second one very soon so that I can have more than one WIP lol!  -- Kim Jones

I'm Julia and a loom knitter for about 5 years. I have used looms like the KK, Markman Farms, DA, and CinWood, and it looks like I saved the best for last. I had seen the KISS loom website a few years ago but didn't think I would be able to use it. However, when I received my first KISS loom a couple months ago, to my surprise, I started a hat in the afternoon and finished it that evening with no problem. Then, I did have some of the minor problems that most beginners have, like multiple loops on a pin preventing fabric to flow. But now I think I've gotten through the learning curve and am ready for more challenging projects. --Julia

It's not my skill, it's the loom - sometimes I like to just sit and look at the fabric that comes out. It is so beautiful! The stitches are so even. The ribbing is so nice too. I've been needle knitting for almost 50 years and I can't do anything that nice. It's amazing. I just love to look at the texture, the consistency ... it's just so pretty. -- Kathi

I always get excited when I talk about the Kiss-Looms made by Cliff because they are a work of art and produce extraordinary pieces. I have been using the Kiss-Looms for a little over a year now and have several modular looms, the sock loom and now several of the 2wayadj looms. Out of the many looms I have the Kiss is my favorite. I have never been able to knit ‘properly’ with two needles so I gave up trying many years ago. When I found looms on the Internet, they worked OK but still seemed like something was missing. It still didn’t quite feel or look quite like “hand knitting”. I had some hand spun yarn that I made and wanted to knit gifts for family and friends with it. Then I found The Kiss-Looms. WOW!! Everything I wanted and more. -- Andrea Kump-Eicher, Central Florida

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My favorite knitting looms are Kiss adjustable knitting looms. I like these looms because they are adjustable and you don't have to buy different looms to get different gauges.  They are well made and very versatile.  Also Cliff and Graciela who is involved in the Kiss loom group are very happy and fast about answering any questions you have. -- Karol, Michigan

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I love my KISS Looms. They are the most versatile looms I have found. Since I got my KISS loom I haven’t used another loom. Compared to other brands the wrapping and knitting off are much faster and easier. Being able to work with different weight yarns on the same loom is great. The looms are easy to assemble. When you purchase a KISS you always get fast, excellent service. –- Angela

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I love my Kiss Looms! There is nothing like them. They are so versatile and useful, that even though I own several different brands of looms, I usually have my projects on my Kiss Looms. I mean, having a Kiss Loom is like having a whole set of interchangeable knitting needles at your fingertips. And since I can use the continuous u-stitch and the continuous purl stitch, I find myself finishing projects much faster than using a regular peg loom. The resulting fabric's stitches are much more even, as well. The design helps you maintain a consistent tension. These are a MUST for any loom knitter! -- Robin McCoy

Here is some information on how our modular adjustable gauge looms work.  Please visit the tutorials page for more information and other great downloads.  On the modular looms the pin board will always have the smaller edge closest to the pegs.

Look at the 2 pieces, and you will see one board has pegs, the ones with the inverted u shape; the other board has pins, or rods. The pins and pegs are not on the center of the boards.  By assembling the boards facing a different way we will obtain 2 basic gauges.
 

If we assemble it, with the 2 sides with the smallest edges facing each other, we obtain gauge 1:
This gauge works great with light weight yarns.

By assembling the larger peg edge against the smaller pin edge we obtain the second setting:
Gauge 2 works good with medium weight yarn, like Red Heart medium.

Adding washers between the 2 boards, on any one of the settings, will give another gauge.

 So, get your yarn, play around and find the gauge that suits your needs.

Anne Bipes has some posts on her blog about the Kiss loom. They are very informative. Find them here: http://loomknittingblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/first-kiss.html
http://loomknittingblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/extreme-kiss.html

Robin McCoy's site - rockintheloom.wordpress.com/

There is a Yahoo group about the loom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kiss-looms Please join us for loom knitting discussion.

Visit Angela Philipps' site for the Bee Stitch Cloth pattern featured on the right - angelphilipp.wordpress.com/

Graciela Worth's DVD, Kiss Loom The Basics can be ordered here.  Visit http://gracielandcrafts.typepad.com for more great information and videos

Visit Kelly Jones at Kelly Knits.  www.kellyknits.com for patterns using the Kiss Looms.

In 2007 Cliff Roush picked up his first Knifty Knitter loom and started learning how to knit.  He soon began searching the Internet for more information and joined several of the yahoo groups dedicated to loom knitting.  His inquisitive mind kept thinking there was a better way to change gauge then by using several different looms with different peg spacing.  He came up with the idea of adding a pin to change the gauge rather than spacing the pegs further apart.  The idea behind the Kiss Loom is that gauge is changed by adjusting the length of the traveling yarn between pegs.  The movement of the pin board allows you to increase and decrease this length...changing the gauge of your knitted fabric. 

Soon Cliff was buying wood and the first Kiss Loom was born in August 2007 using nails and wooden boards, and then soon was upgraded to the brass pegs and pins used in the looms today. 

In July 2009 Kelly Jones became involved in the business through the construction of a new website. After seeing and testing the product she became a believer that Kiss Looms are the best looms on the market. As time went on Kelly became more and more involved in the business beyond the website, writing patterns, answering questions, teaching online and at a local retreat.

After some health concerns in early 2010 Cliff and Kelly formulated a plan for the business when Cliff would not be able to make the looms. At this time Bill Guthridge, Kelly's father, was brought into the business. In August 2010 Kelly's family and parents went to Oklahoma to visit with Cliff and talk about the business and loom making. Bill spent the next year or so learning how to make the looms and getting his own Kiss Loom shop set up.

For the past year (2012) Kiss Looms has been in a state of transition with some of the looms being made by Cliff and some by Bill. We feel that we have achieved a seamless transition in quality and production time.

Serious health problems in Nov 2012 made Cliff go ahead and turn the loom making over to Kelly and Bill. He sent along this message:

“I know the business is in good hands. I appreciate how the last 5 years have gone and the many great friends I have made.” - Cliff 2012

We are sad to let you know that Cliff passed away on Christmas Eve 2012.  He will be greatly missed by his family, the loom knitting community and the many that called him a dear friend.  Kelly is now fully running Kiss Looms along with her dad Bill. We would like to thank you for your great support of Kiss Looms over these past 5 1/2 years.

We feel we have a great product and will make sure it continues into the next generation of loomers. We plan to keep making the same high quality looms as before. Kelly will stock the looms in IL and ship the orders as they come in. Out of stock items will be shipped as soon as possible. Usually within a week. We still have several new products that Cliff has been developing in the works and hope that we can bring those out as they are completed.

We look forward to working with you and continuing to make Kiss Looms a great success.

I want to thank you for your interest in kiss looms. If you would like more info or have any questions you may email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..  We hope you enjoy your Kiss Looms.

Kelly, Cliff and Bill 

Biographies

  Kelly Jones 

Kelly has been loom knitting since 2007. She started on the Knifty Knitter round looms and advanced into a double knitting board soon after. Kelly was delighted to be contacted by Cliff in 2009 and very excited to try out the Kiss Looms. She believes that “once you have a Kiss in your hands you'll never go back!”.

Kelly held a loom knitting retreat in 2010 in her home town where she got to meet Cliff in person. She has taught loom knitting at the local college in the continuing education department as well as several private lessons.

In 2011 Cliff and Kelly set up at a fiber festival in Indiana. In 2012 they were vendors at fiber festivals in Indiana and Oklahoma where Kelly taught classes. Kelly is a big part of the online looming community as well. She helps run the LoomClass, LoomersBreakroom, and Kiss yahoo groups. She lives in Illinois with her two beautiful children and a husband who is the love of her life.

Bill & Donna Guthridge

Bill has been a woodworking hobbyist for many years. Now that he is retired from being a construction and mining equipment mechanic, he was looking forward to spending more time with woodworking.

In 2010 when Cliff and Kelly (Bill’s daughter) asked him to consider being a part of the Kiss loom family, he was delighted and made a trip from Indiana to Oklahoma to meet Cliff and learn the business of making looms.

With advice from Cliff and Kelly, Bill and his wife Donna set up a loom building workshop and since 2011 have been making looms to share the load with Cliff.

For those who are joining us for the first time be sure to check out our facebook and ravelry groups too: https://www.facebook.com/groups/kissloomknittingclub/

http://www.ravelry.com/groups/kiss-looms 

We are so glad you are interested in finding out more about the Kiss Looms! We welcome you to join our Facebook club or Ravelry group to ask questions and learn more about the wonderful world of loom knitting.

Want to learn more about how Kiss Looms work?  This is a great demo video that explains how our peg and pin system works.  The loom shown is the 30 peg Small Gauge Short Loom with 7 Peg End Pairs.

New Products: Check out our new Heirloom Edition Looms!

 Introducing our newest Kiss Loom 2015 product release.   

Fixed 1 16 peg end pair and 59 peg sides

Fixed 2 16 peg end pair and 59 peg sides

New Kiss Gear!
Kiss Me Keychain
Keep Calm & Kiss Me Peg Marker Set
Hugs & Kisses Peg Marker Set
Kiss Tote Bag

Heirloom Edition
Wenge Regular Short Slim

Fixed Large Gauge Loom
the Dragon

Please take a look at our 2014 Kiss Looms Around the World Heirloom introduction video. 

For more detailed information on each of our looms take a look at this pdf.

Take a look at this video on how to adjust the gauge of your loom and also read below for more information.

We know the Kiss Looms are very different from other looms on the market, so we want to take this opportunity to help explain them so that you will know what loom is best for you.

First let's talk about what makes our looms different. Most of our looms (excluding the fine gauge fixed looms and the double rakes) are gauge adjustable. In other words – by using the included washers you can set your loom up so that you can knit in several different gauges!

It has long been thought that the only way to change the gauge of a single side loom was to change the spacing of the pegs. The Kiss loom has changed that! The gauge of a loom should only be referred to by the stitches it produces, not by how it is made. Gauge should be referenced by the number of stitches and rows per inch on the knitted fabric.

Our looms were designed with the Kiss principal in mind. Keep it simple! Our looms allow you to change your gauge for any project, while still using the same loom.

Gauge is set by changing how much yarn is used for each stitch. With regular looms this is done by changing the distance between pegs. The Kiss Loom starts out with a small gauge then uses gauge pins to increase the distance the yarn travels between pegs.  The gauge is determined by this traveling yarn and by changing the settings on our looms you increase the amount of traveling yarn - and therefore change the knitted gauge. 

There are 3 basic settings that can be obtained just by changing the way the boards are assembled. Anything between the basic settings can be obtained using the supplied washers. The screws, nuts, and washers are made of industrial grade nylon. They are smooth, and lightweight. The screw heads have a large slot so a coin can be used as a screw driver.

You can see from this chart the ave number of stitches per 1" that you can get by changing the peg style of the loom or simply by changing the number of washers between the boards.

What makes a Kiss Loom different?
Kiss Looms are the only true gauge adjustable loom on the market.  We use a peg and pin system to make it adjustable.  Pegs are on one board and pins on another - you simply add washers between the boards to make the gauge larger.  You can knit with no washers for the smallest gauge or add up to the 7 included washers to equal the KK gauge.  The great thing about the pins is that they have a side effect of making nice even stitches and you can wrap the whole row with a u-wrap stitch before knitting off.

What is a U-Wrap?
A u-wrap is a knit stitch that forms the traditional v-shaped stitches of a stockinette fabric (all knit stitches).  The difference is that with the pin system you can wrap the entire row then knit off.  This is similar to the technique of the e-wrap on the KK's EXCEPT that you get the nice v-shaped stitch.  An e-wrap is also called a twisted knit stitch because it is literally twisted.  It forms a y-shaped stitch.

What is a 2-Way Adjustable?
The looms are adjustable in 2 different ways.  One way is the adjustable gauge by adding or subtracting washers.  The other way it is adjustable is by number of pegs to knit in the round.  Our end pieces, whether a single peg slider or the larger ends can be be moved back and forth across the sides to change the number of pegs to knit.  With the 1 peg sliders you can move it all the way down to one end to knit a 4 peg i-cord in the round. 

What is a Modular Loom?
A modular loom also has the gauge adjustable feature as most of our looms but is a fixed number of pegs for knitting in the round.  The great thing about the modular looms is that you can build a larger loom using the straight and corner brackets.  Simply attach the modulars together into any number of pegs you need whether you are knitting a flat panel or knitting in the round.  Want to knit a king size blanket in one panel?  This is the loom for you. 

What is a Fixed Loom?
The fixed looms are the only ones that are not gauge adjustable.  In order to get the small gauge needed for sock yarns the pegs and pins must be on the same board.  Remember, the pin system is what makes for a nice even stitch and allows you to wrap the whole row before knitting off.  There are three types of fixed looms - fixed 0, fixed 1 and fixed 2.  The fixed 0 is the smallest gauge you can get on a Kiss Loom.  It is 3/16" center to center peg distance and only has pegs - NO PINS.  The fixed 1 is slightly larger and has our typical peg/pin system.  The F1 averages 6 stitches per 1".  The fixed 2 is a slightly larger gauge and bridges the gap between the fixed 1 and small gauge looms. 

For more detailed information on each of our looms take a look at this pdf.

Click the links to view the pdf tutorials in your browser or right click and select "save link as" to download them. Scroll toward the bottom of the page for videos.

Kiss Loom Manual - a great place to start to get a good idea on how the looms work and what is available.

How to Use the Kiss Loom - instructions on stitches and how to knit them on the Kiss.

How to Assemble the Kiss Modular Looms

Getting to Know your Modular Loom Settings

How to Cast On and E-Wrap on Your Loom

Non-Loopy/Double E-Wrap Cast On

Basic Bind Off on the Kiss Loom

Purl Stitch Instructions

How to do Bobbles on the Kiss Loom

Cables on the Kiss Loom

SSK and K2tog

yo, ssk and k2tog, yo (alternate method for when slant doesn’t matter)

KFB Increase (Knit into the front and back of stitch)

Skipped Peg Short Rows

Sock Loom Instructions

Sock Loom Worksheet with Negative Ease

Please join us on our Facebook Group for loom knitting discussion!

Video Instructions

Introduction and Assembly

How to Assemble the Kiss

Kiss 2-Way ADJ and the Purling Tool

Cast On's

E-Wrap Cast On and u-Stitch

Double E-Wrap Cast On (non-loopy) and U-Stitch

Long Tail Cast On

Tubular Cast On

Crochet Cast On

E-Wrap Cast On on the Sock Loom

General Stitches

E-Wrap Cast On

Knitting and Purling on the SG Slim

Increasing and Decreasing in the Round

Make 1 (M1) Increase

Mock Crochet Stitch

Tuck Ribbing

1x1 cables

Bind Off's

Super Stretchy Bind Off by Kelly

Basic Bind Off for the Kiss Loom

Other Techniques

Basic Hat Knit a Long on the Kiss Modular Loom

Kiss Looms and Heels - Short Rowing a Heel and Toe

Tips: The Fabric Doesn't Flow Down