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Knifty Knitter
Q: What size hat can be made on the different size looms?

a) The blue (small) loom makes baby hats. You can get good results with one strand of knitting worsted or 2 strands of baby yarn. Another good combination you can try is blending a sports weight (3 ply) with baby yarn. A preemie hat can be made by using 2 strands of knitting worsted weight yarn (4 ply).

b) The red (medium) loom makes child-sized hats. The standard of one strand bulky yarn or 2 strands of knitting worsted (4 ply) is recommended. You may also want to try one strand of knitting worsted and one strand of sports weight.

c) Green (large) loom: This size is for adults. Try using 2 strands of knitting worsted (4 ply) yarn. Bulky yarns are also fun to knit with, using a single strand. With this larger loom, you can also try using one strand of the knitting worsted and one strand of Fun Fur.

d) Yellow (extra-large) loom: This is a larger adult size. We suggest trying a bulky yarn or 2 strands of knitting worsted (4 ply). If you make the brim on the hat twice as long, then fold the excess brim over to double it up, you'll end up with a very warm hat that is excellent for snowmobiling or skiing.

Q: How to make a flat piece and how to take it off the looms?

A: Flat pieces of knitting can be done on any of the round hat looms. If you are making a project like a sweater, always use the same size loom for the different parts of the project. There are slight variations in peg size from loom to loom. Switching looms in a project may cause distortions and errors in your finished piece.

Q: Wrapping

A: When you are wrapping the yarn and you come to the peg that I call the turning peg, take the yarn to the out side of the loom and wrap around the turning peg. (between the last peg and the turning peg) This way of wrapping is something new that we learned after the Knitting with the Knifty Knitter had been printed. Your knitted piece will lay a bit flatter. You can also wet the yarn when you are done and lay flat to dry, this will block the knitted piece. I have a dry cleaner that lays my knitted piece flat and then forced steam up through it to block. A good dry cleaner is priceless.

Q: To finish off a flat piece of knitting

A: Use a large crochet and take first loop off on to the crochet hook and single crochet using the yarn that you are knitting with. Keep it very loose. Continue on to the next loop and single crochet through the two loops on the hook and continue around the loom.

If this is too tight do a single crochet stitch in the bar between the knit stitches.

If you want to take the knitted piece off the loom with out single crochet you can start opposite the yarn end and take off 2 loops. You can take them off on a crochet hook and pull the second loop through the first loop. Continue to the end and pull the yarn through the last loop to tie off.

Q: How do you increase and decrease?

A: Increase: To increase a stitch you can wrap the pegs and when you want another stitch you just wrap the turning peg (the one you have been using) and wrap the next peg, (use it for the turn around peg). You can add more than one stitch at a time.

A: Decrease: To take stitches off, it is helpful to use a crochet hook, take the last stitch knitted, put it on the crochet hook and do a single crochet in this stitch. Take the next loops from the peg and single crochet through the two loops on the crochet hook. Continue until you have taken off as many as needed. Keep this crochet stitch very loose.

FYI

Flat pieces of knitting can be done on any of the round hat looms.

If you are making a project like a sweater, always use the same size loom for the different parts of the project. There are slight variations in peg size from loom to loom. Switching looms in a project may cause distortions and errors in your finished piece.

If you are making a project like a sweater, always use the same size loom for the different parts of the project. There are slight variations in peg size from loom to loom. Switching looms in a project may cause distortions and errors in your finished piece.

Regarding the panel knitting explanation on page 5 of the Knitting with the Knifty Knitter booklet: If you look closely at the second picture of the loom, you will see a yellow yarn that does not show up very well. You wrap around as many pegs as you would like to make the width of the knitting. Think of the end pegs as a turning peg, turning to go back and forth. The end peg has only one loop on it for the first two rows, but when you wrap back on the third row and wrap around the end or turning peg you can now knit the bottom loop over. You will be knitting every other row on the end pegs. It works.

Regarding the Ribbed Stitch: When knitted flat, pull the bottom loop over the top when you have 3 loops on the end pegs.

Regarding Long Looms: When wrapping the purple loom, wrap the yarn not too tight, but not loose. The knitting will be very loose looking, but you need to knit 5 or 6 rows to get a clear idea of what it will really look like. Once you have wrapped 2 rows and you are starting to knit the loops over, you can knit the yarn over the pegs in any order you would like. (Down one side and up the other; back and forth between pegs; whatever is comfortable for you.)

The last peg on each end is the turning peg and you will be knitting it every other row. When you have wrapped the figure 8 pattern on, follow the pattern of the first row, back with the second row of yarn.

The long loom is great for the new fashion scarves, because the knitting looks the same on both sides and lays flat.

You do not have to use all of the pegs when knitting with the loom. Experiment using half of the pegs for a fun and loose style.




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