[Nfb-krafters-korner] KK long loom, how to wrap?

[Zimmer, Cindy]

They are using one row of pegs as even pegs and the other as odd pegs.  So two pegs next to each other are pegs 1 and 3 so you are putting the yarn between the two pegs and wrapping around the first peg.  Then you go across the loom to the other side and wrap between pegs 2 and 4 wrapping peg 2.  Then back to the first side of the loom and between pegs 3 and 5 wrapping peg 3.  This is a figure 8 pattern.  Good Luck!

Cindy Z.

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Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:12 PM
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] KK long loom, how to wrap?

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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