[Nfb-krafters-korner] KK long loom, how to wrap?
Ohio Gardener
flowersandherbs at gmail.com
Tue Nov 8 04:12:13 UTC 2011
Hi All,
I am attempting to make a simple scarf using a 24 peg long loom, but boy am
I perplexed on how to do the wrapping!
I have instructions of how to do this task pasted in below, but I just don't
understand.
My question about the step is written after the step.
Step 1:
Wrap the end of the yarn around the peg on the end of the
loom to hold the yarn in place.
this I get, <grin>
Step 2:
Using the illustration as a guide, start with the yarn between
pegs 1 and 3, and wrap the yarn around peg 1. Bring yarn
between pegs 2 and 4 and wrap around peg 2. Then pull the
yarn between pegs 3 and 5, and wrap around peg 3. Continue
in this figure-8 method until you have wrapped the yarn around
enough pegs to match the desired width of your project.
Question: How do I put the yarn between pegs one and three?
Question: am I wrapping counterclockwise around a peg?
Question: are pegs one and two next to one another or across from one
another?
Question: am I supposed to be skipping pegs?
Step 3:
When you get to the last even-numbered peg you want to use, wrap it and
then pull the yarn straight across the loom to the corresponding odd-
numbered peg, as shown.
Question: how am I ever to get to the last even numbered peg if I am only
told to wrap odd numbered pegs?
Step 4:
Wrap the odd-numbered peg (now there will be two loops on it). Wrap the
even-numbered peg that is diagonal to the peg you just wrapped, instead of
wrapping the even-numbered peg across from the peg you just wrapped (a).
Continue wrapping back toward peg 1 in the figure-8 pattern, following the
lines of the previous row. After you have wrapped peg 1, pull the yarn
straight
across between peg 2 and peg 4 (b).
Question: hmm, now I'm completely lost here. I tried wrapping assuming that
pegs one and two were across from one another and came out with a rather
strange looking block of wrap with no center whole. then wrapping with the
assumption that pegs one and two were next to one another, I had odd
numbered pegs wrapped but even numbered pegs with only yarn on each side of
them.
Hmm, please help some one.
Ohio
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