[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting loom was RE: Need Help with a Knitting/Crocheting Device

[slery]

Eleni,

I changed the subject line in an attempt to get you the answer you need.

What you have is called a knitting loom or knitting board. We have some
members on here that are very proficient and hopefully with the subject
change they will give you the answers that you need.

Basically, in order to start a project you should have a side peg or hook
that you place a slip knot on to hold your yarn. Then you "wrap" the pegs in
a certain direction to form your cast on row. After the first row, you will
hold your yarn against the peg above or below the loop depending on if it is
a knit or purl stitch and lift the existing loop over the peg and let it
drop off the inside of your loom. The hook needle is what you use to grab
the loop and slip it over the peg. (I think you lift the yarn over your held
yarn for a knit stitch and pull the yarn up through the loop for a purl
stitch (pull the yarn up through the loop with the hook, hold that loop with
your finger, use the hook to pull loop up over the peg, then place the loop
in your finger onto the peg)).

I did not enjoy using the loom so that is as detailed as I can get with
directions. But now that you know what it is called, you can do a search
online for various directions.

Cindy S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org 
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Eleni Vamvakari
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 11:25 PM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Need Help with a 
> Knitting/Crocheting Device
> 
> 
>   Okay, I figured I'd better get back to crafts here. *smile* 
> Seriously, though, my friend lent me a strange device for 
> knitting or something that I can't figure out.  I've worked 
> on a lap loomb and on a larger loomb that goes on a desk (not 
> a floor one) but have never knitted or sewn anything.  In any 
> case, this thing is small, round and has pegs on it.  You're 
> supposed to get the yarn through the pegs and go all around 
> to make various items.  But I don't know how to get it 
> started, even though she showed me and I can't figure out 
> what I'm supposed to do even once she started it.  It also 
> came with a hooked needle that you're supposed to use.  Can 
> anyone please explain this in a way that I can understand?  
> It looks interesting and I'd like to try it before I need to 
> give it back.  I tried crocheting once, and though I'm 
> usually a quick learner, it took a few days for me to learn 
> how to make a chain and that's about as far as I went.
> 
> Thanks,
> Eleni
> 
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