[Nfb-krafters-korner] loom knitting tip!

[Terrence van Ettinger]

So would you use the tape to also anchor the yarn then?

On 4/9/12, Blindhands at aol.com <Blindhands at aol.com> wrote:
> 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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