[Nfb-krafters-korner] Lap Looms

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

Susan;
Can you walk me through the loom before class, maybe this week end.  I finally got the looms.  I am going to listen to cindy's recording again.  I have an idea of what is being done, but I just do not know how to get started.  Sounds neet!

Terry P.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Roe [mailto:dogwoodfarm at verizon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 2:43 PM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Lap Looms

Hello Eleni,

My name is Susan R. and I work the circular, and rectangular lap looms.  The rectangular lap looms were also called knitting rakes back in colonial times.  I also have a set of three looms that my uncle made for my mother in which you weave placemats, hot pads and coasters with yarn.  Using the lap looms is extremely easy and much faster than knitting or crocheting.  I also can help you with your loom instruction before class time if you'd like.

Susan R.
dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eleni Vamvakari" <magkisa83 at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:25 PM
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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