Skill Level: Beginner
Supplies Required: 13 White, 12 Pink, 12 Orange, 0-8 White for extension, 1 Clip
Description: This pattern gets its name from the shape when placing the elastics onto the loom, which is a rhombus (or lazy square shape). Another name for this pattern is the caterpillar.
1) Single Rhombus
2) 13 White, 12 Pink, 12 Orange, 0-8 White for extension, 1 Clip
3) Position the loom so the arrow is pointing up
4) On the right 2 columns, create a slanted "U" shape with:
- white along the bottom
- orange along the left
- pink along the right
...repeat overlapping the "U" shape
5) Place a white elastic across the top right pegs
6) Double up a white elastic by twisting, and place onto top right peg
7) Turn the loom around so the arrows are pointing down
8) Loop in the following
order:
- white elastic to the right peg
- pink elastic to the upper peg
- orange elastic to the upper peg
... repeat
9) Finish looping with the white elastic to the top center peg
10) Insert the loom tool through all the elastics on the top center peg
11) Place a white elastic onto the hook of the loom tool and pull elastic through and loop onto tool
12) Carefully pull the entire pattern from the loom
13) Turn the loom so the arrow is point up, and place the extension elastics
14) Remove the pattern from the loom tool, and place the loop onto top pegs of the extension
15) Turn loom so arrows are pointing down, and loop the extension
16) Attach the Clip to the top elastics of the extension, then remove extension from the loom
17) Attach the clip to the other end of the pattern
18) Single Rhombus