[Nfb-krafters-korner] converting needle knit patterns to loom knitpatterns

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Meg,
 
I am not sure how much you know regarding loom stitching, but Tonya will be 
 teaching a class in around 2 weeks.  We are planning on having a Monday  
Night Chat on the topic of moving stitches on a loom to create these stitch  
designs, so please do join us and sign up for the class.
 
You can do that and check upcoming chat topics on our website on the  
calendar there.
 
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.KraftersKorner.org) 
 
The website address is below my name onall of my emails.
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 5/30/2012 5:48:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
megmiller at earthlink.net writes:

Now my  question is how do you do a peral stitch on a loom? Do you turn the 
peg  around or do you rap it the other way. I have never done a peral 
stitch  
before. Thanks for everyones help.
Meg

-----Original  Message----- 
From: Cathy
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:41 PM
To:  'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner]  converting needle knit patterns to loom 
knitpatterns

I copied some  information into a file for myself awhile back. it was from 
an
email from  another list I believe. I have pasted in the info below for
anyone  interested. Btw, I have not tried this myself  yet.



Cathy



In order to translate a needle knit  pattern to a loom
knit pattern, you should understand how the  knit
stitch works on both needles and looms.

When you knit (needle  or loom), knit is one side of
the stitch and purl is the other side of the  same
stitch. So if you make a knit stitch, look on the
other side -  there's purl stitch. If you make a purl
stitch, the other side is  automatically a knit stitch.

In needle knitting, if knitter wants all  knit stitches
on the right side (outside) of the garment, the
pattern  would be knit a row, purl a row, knit a row,
purl a row, etc. This is  because when a knitter
finishes a row, the needles change hands and  the
knitted piece turns around.

But a loom knitter always has the  same side of the
knitted piece facing them. So if loom knitter wants
all  knit stitches on the right side (outside), each
peg is knitted.

When  you translate a needle knitted pattern to a loom
knitted pattern, you have  to know which row(s) are the
right side of the garment (pattern should tell  you
that). Once you know that, you can determine if you
do a knit or a  purl on stitches/pegs/rows.

So if needle pattern says row is a right  side, then
you do not change anything - since when you loom knit,
the  right side of the garment faces you when loom
knitting.

If row is a  wrong side, you will do the opposite on
each stitch for loom knitting -  (purl when it says
knit, knit when it says purl) because on the loom,  the
right side of the garment is still facing you but the
needle knitter  has the wrong side of the garment
facing them.

What you  asked:
<<When a needle knit pattern says this:
- purl  across>>
IF this row is a wrong side row, the pattern wants  the
knit stitch to be on the outside of the garment.
Therefore you  should loom knit this row.

IF this row is a right side row, the pattern  wants the
purl stitch to be on the outside of the garment.
Therefore you  should purl this row.

This also applies to the last purl across row  you
asked about.

<<- knit across>>
IF this row is a  wrong side row, the pattern wants the
purl stitch to be on the outside of  the garment.
Therefore you should purl every peg.

IF this row is a  right side row, the pattern wants the
knit stitch to be on the outside of  the garment.
Therefore you should knit every peg.

Also keep in mind  that e-wrap results in twisted knit
stitch - which can make a difference in  the needle
knitted pattern as needle knitting knit stitch is  not
twisted. But that's another topic entirely.



Convert the  wrong side rows if K4, p16 k4 change p4 k16 p4.

If you don't know which  is the right or wrong side orow, convert only the
odd or even rows, your  choice, Tanya always converts even rows.



Write out the pattern  in detail, then once that is completed, do the
converting of the even  rows.







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