[Nfb-krafters-korner] triangle looming patterns

Mon Oct 28 23:28:23 UTC 2013

Clarifying question, but first ...

Why eat when you can loom?

Anyways, this is something I was never clear on. If you put the slip
knot on peg one, do you wrap peg one or avoid it altogether? For
scarves and hats, I've been wrapping the peg above the slip knot and
being careful not to knit it off when casting on. I do knit it off
when knitting off the loops on row one. In fact, I often take the tail
of the slip knot and wrap it with my working yarn so I weave it in as
I go.

LM

On 10/28/13, Barb Roland <barbwire59 at gmail.com> wrote:
> There are different ways to increase, but for the purpose of a triangle
> shawl where we simply want to add new stitches at the end, this is what we'd
> do
>
> Ok, for increasing for a triangle, lets do this in garter stitch but you
> could use any stitch patters
> you want and you would increase on the knit rows
>   cast on a certain number of pegs, lets say 3
> slip knot on peg 1, wrap peg 2, turn on peg 3
> Going back the other way, peg 3 is now considered peg 1, don't do anything
> else to it
> purl peg 2 and turn on peg 3 and knit off
> Next row we will increase  by 1
> slip peg 1, wrap peg 2 and 3, turn on peg 4. ( you just increased by 1 peg)
> now purl back the other direction, just don't purl that last peg, just turn
> on it.
>
> Got to eat, will try to explain the decrease in a bit.
> Barb
> On Oct 28, 2013, at 5:29 PM, Lisamaria Martinez <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm right there with Melanie. I want to do more things like shawls and
>> blankets and all kinds of bigger projects that are not scarves and
>> hats and socks.
>>
>> I'm finding that written loom patterns are really scarce. There are
>> tons of stuff on YouTube and lots of pictures. That's why I was
>> contemplating a triangle shawl of my own creation. I just need to
>> remind myself of how to decrease and increase.
>>
>> Thanks for any help down the road.
>>
>> On 10/28/13, Barb Roland <barbwire59 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ok, first suggestion for patterns is to check out ravelry.com do a
>>> search
>>> for loom knit patterns than just browse and dream and add to your
>>> project
>>> list, lol some of the patterns are free, some have to be paid for. Have
>>> fun.
>>> Barb
>>>
>>> On Oct 28, 2013, at 4:55 PM, "Melanie Peskoe" <melaniepeskoe at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Barb,
>>>> Yes, I can see pictures some. I would love to get my hands on some neat
>>>> patterns. Thanks so much, Barb!
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
>>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Barb Roland
>>>> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 5:49 PM
>>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] triangle looming patterns
>>>>
>>>> yes there are some different ways, the problem is having looms with
>>>> enough
>>>> pegs to make a shawl big enough depending on the size you want. I did
>>>> one
>>>> a
>>>> few months ago and it was actually smaller than I personally wanted, so
>>>> give
>>>> me some time to do a little looking around and I'll find something.
>>>>
>>>> Mel, can you see pictures at all?? There are tons of loom knit patterns
>>>> online, let me know what your looking for and  I'll see what I can find
>>>> for
>>>> you.
>>>> Barb
>>>> On Oct 28, 2013, at 4:23 PM, "Melanie Peskoe" <melaniepeskoe at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>> I'd love to know how to increase and decrease on the loom as well. The
>>>>> only looms I have right now are the KK looms, but I'd like to do a
>>>>> triangle shawl on one if that's possible. I'm also wondering if there
>>>>> will be an intermediate level needle knitting class any time soon? I
>>>>> have learned the very basics of needle knitting and find that I enjoy
>>>>> it but all I can make so far is a face cloth! Last question... how can
>>>>> I find some good, easy loom patterns that look nice. Right now the
>>>>> only things I can make are hats and scarves (which is great since it's
>>>>> getting cold here, but I'd like to do
>>>>> more!) I really want to make a shawl or wrap.
>>>>> Melanie
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Nfb-krafters-korner
>>>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria
>>>>> Martinez
>>>>> Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 4:32 PM
>>>>> To: nfb-krafters-korner
>>>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] triangle looming patterns
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any good instructions or websites they can share
>>>>> concerning triangle patterns on the loom?
>>>>>
>>>>> Or, instructions on how to decrease and increase on a loom. I'm pretty
>>>>> certain I can figure out how to do both, but I'd rather read something
>>>>> more official than my ideas. If I can decrease, I think I can create
>>>>> my own pattern for a triangle shawl.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> LM
>>>>>
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