[Nfb-krafters-korner] loom question

[Blindhands at aol.com]

Cathy,
 
Listening to your description brings up a question in my mind.  Do you  
wrap and knit one stitch at a time?
or 
Do you wrap the entire round or row and then go back and worrk off  
stitches?
 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 10/9/2012 12:49:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
flowersandherbs at gmail.com writes:

Hi  Tracy,

So glad to hear that you are beginning to learn how to knit on  the loom. it
is one of the crafts of choice around here these days. There  are several
knit stitches, none of them called the plain knit stitch, so I  am not
certain which one you know. there is one called the eWrap or twisted  knit
stitch, another called the flat knit stitch, a third called the u-wrap  knit
stitch. A forth is called the true knit stitch. I thought I'd describe  the
true knit stitch for you because it is the exact opposite of the  purl
stitch, and you may as well know them both.  

The true  knit stitch is called "true knit" because when knitted, it looks
just like  a stitch made on needles. It is done by placing the working yarn
above the  existing loop on the peg, then taking your hook below the 
existing
loop and  pulling the working yarn down through that loop, hold that new 
loop
in your  fingers or on the hook, and at the same time, take the existing 
loop
off of  the peg and replace it with the new loop. This will cause the first
loop to  drop inside the loom to form a stitch. I have found it helpful to
pull the  existing loop slightly away from the peg to enable me to more
easily insert  my hook to grasp the working yarn. 

Now the purl stitch is the exact  opposite to the true knit stitch. In this
case you place the working yarn  below, instead of above the existing loop 
on
the peg. You use your hook to  reach down between the existing loop and the
peg to grasp the working yarn  and pull it up above the existing loop to 
form
a new loop. . Hold that new  loop with your fingers or the hook and at the
same time pull the existing  loop off of the peg and let it fall inside the
loom creating a stitch, and  replace that loop with the new loop. 
Another hint worth mentioning is that  it is important to keep your stitches
loose so that you can easily move  loops on and off the pegs. This takes
practice. I find that I can  create  looser stitches by actually setting 
down
my working yarn while  I an pulling it through a stitch, and after creating 
a
stitch I check the  new loop to be certain it is not tight. Giving it a
little tug will loosen  it.

Have fun  looming.

Cathy



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