[Nfb-krafters-korner] looming perfecting questions

[Blindhands at aol.com]

The best way I like to get rid of ends are by putting it on a yarn needle,  
weave it into your work going in 1 direction and then back in the other  
direction, pull it a little before you cut the yarn and once you cut it just 
run  your finger over the knit work to relax the pucker from pulling the yarn 
 tight.  It pulls the yarn end back into the work.  You will have to  play 
with how tight to pull the yarn.  You don't want to pull it real tight  as 
you might pull it out of the woven part and it will stick out after you  
smooth it out.
 
Joyce  Kane
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In a message dated 4/25/2013 9:11:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lmartinez217 at gmail.com writes:

So, I  took Cathy's awesome mitered square scarf class. I love the
design and have  been getting many compliments from people watching me
loom on the train or  at work.

I've been noticing some problems I've been having while  looming
though. I did find out, however, that part of my problem, a  biggest
part, was my 2-year-old son. On BART, I've noticed I have  been
dropping stitches. I've fixed most of them but they are causing  ugly
spots in this beautiful scarf. My son has been fascinated with  my
projects lately and wants to yarn with mama. so, he usually is  tugging
on the yarn (which shouldn't necessarily drop a stitch on the  loom).
But today ... I caught his little hand in time to feel him  actually
pulling the loops off the pegs ... which I'm sure is the reason  why
all the squares knitted on BART are all the squares with ugly  spots.

He got very upset when I got upset at him and told him he  couldn't do
that anymore. When I asked why he was doing that, he said, "I  count
mama." Which is pretty much what I tell him when he asks me what  I'm
doing while I'm crocheting or knitting. I  tell him, hold on, mama  is
counting.

Anyways ... to my loom questions about perfecting  technique ...

Some stitch patterns  on the loom make a very open  weave. What's the
best way to weave in a tail for something so open? Cathy  suggested a
technique, but I am not certain I am doing it right. basically,  I pull
the tail through several loops like I'm purling, but without  lifting
loops on and off. It seems to work, but when I cut remaining  yarn
there is a little bit of the tail that just won't tuck in  anywhere.

Also ... any suggestions on what to do when you drop  stitches? I feel
like I've gotten better at fixing a mistake, but only if I  catch it on
the row it happened. Do you wrap the pegs back like the  original
pattern called for?

Lastly, I am placing my slip knot on  peg one and also starting my
first stitch on peg one. I don't think I  should knit off the slip knot
with the first stitch that needs knitting off  because when I do that,
it looks ugly. But, what does one do with the slip  knot? I use to
place it around the anchor peg but I feel like that causes  me to
tangle my yarn. Any ideas on what I can do?

Many  thanks,
LM

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