Mermaid tail blankets seem to one of the latest yarn-craft crazes this year. Since so many of us loom knitters have been desperately wanting to make one, I decided to take on the challenge of creating a loom knit mermaid tail pattern for this wildly coveted mermaid tail blanket! Now your little one can channel their inner mermaid while snuggling up with this cozy cocoon. While it is tedious, anyone who can e-wrap, purl and count to 8 can make this beautiful loom knit mermaid tail blanket!

When writing the Loom Knit Mermaid Tail pattern, I vowed to make it a free pattern so it would be available to everyone. While I have kept true to my word (a free version is available online), I have decided to make a downloadable PDF version available for convenient offline use. All I am asking for the PDF pattern is a small donation of $2.99. This donation will be going to a three-year-old little boy’s college fund. In July 2015, his mother, who was also my best friend, was murdered the evening of her 23rd birthday, orphaning her son. 100% of the money earned from this pattern will go straight to the college fund that was established after his mother’s passing. Thank you! Love, Chloe

Size:
Toddler - Size written for toddler size loom knit mermaid blanket, could be sized up or down. Material quantity and loom size/ peg count reflect Toddler size.

Gauge:
Scale – 4 sts per 1 inch/ 6 rows per 1 inch E-wrap
Flipper – 28 sts per 4 in x 24 rows per 4 in. (rib stitch)

Materials:
• 1,740 yards #4 worsted weight yarn; Mary Maxim Prism used in sample; 6 skeins.
• Martha Stewart Loom Kit - Parts needed:
◦ BODY: two curved pieces and four 12-hole pieces configured into an oval; 103 blue pegs & 1 grey peg; total 104 pegs - for larger or smaller sizes you’ll need a multiple of 8 for peg count.
◦ TAIL: two 36-hole pieces and 68 pegs. Here you’ll need 34 blue and 34 grey pegs).
• OPTIONAL: 300 yards of yarn for liner; Bernat Pipsqueak used in sample.

Notions:
• Loom hook
• Plastic needle
• Scissors
• 1 hard plastic stitch marker; removable
• 2 soft flexible stitch markers (preferably different colors)
Stylus (Optional but highly recommended for this smaller gauge set-up)

Notes:
• The body of this mermaid tail blanket uses the crocodile stitch. The crocodile stitch is actually a crochet stitch.
• The yarn I used in for this particular blanket is Mary Maxim Prism. I chose this yarn for the long color changes amongst the scales. The liner is Bernat Pipsqueak & is optional.
• The Body of the loom knit mermaid tail is made separate from the Flipper or “Mermaid Tail”. Directions are written separate.
If alternate loom is used - Loom should knit in round 104 pegs at 3/8” or Small Gauge. 2nd loom knits in flat panel at 68 pegs; use same alt loom and work in flat panel.