[Nfb-krafters-korner] loom knitting tip!

[Blindhands at aol.com]

If you don't have an anchor  peg place a piece of masking tape or duck  
tape on your loom to mark the beginning.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 4/9/2012 7:02:08 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Terry.Powers at nih.gov writes:

If you  knit off the last stitch that you e-wrapped, it will lock in your 
e-wrapps and  your tention is even and you can stop at any time.  On my 
knitting in the  round I can not tell where my anker peg was.  

Terry  P.



-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy  [mailto:flowersandherbs at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 12:05  AM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] loom knitting tip!

Hi all,



Quite  awhile back during a loom knit class the question came up as to 
whether it was  best to eWrap all pegs then knit them off, or eWrap and knit off 
each peg  individually. At the time, it was suggested that ewrapping all 
pegs was  easiest, so that is what I have been doing.



However, I have  begun reading a book called "loom knitting primer," by 
Phelps. She suggests  that ewrapping and knitting each peg off individually has 
a number of  advantages. First, it prevents the laddering effect between 
the first and last  peg in knitting in the round. (Joyce had been trying to 
figure out how to  resolve this problem I remember.) next ewrapping 
individually helps lessen the  spiraling effect around the item. the other advantages 
are that the stitches  are less likely to get too tight or inadvertently 
come off the  loom.



This is a wonderful book, I have only read 20 pages and  can't put it down 
and am already learning things I didn't yet know.

It  is in three different formats on bookshare and although there are 
pictures,  the text is all that is  needed.

Cathy





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