[Nfb-krafters-korner] purchasing large looms

[Barb Roland]

Lillie, the large round afghan loom from cindwoodcrafts, has 120 pegs and is $52.00, it is about the size of a child size hula hoop, I have the one with 1/2 inch spacing.
When doing a flat panel on a round loom you are not working in a circle, rather you are going back and forth around the curve of the loom, so if working 120 pegs, you would knit from peg 1 to peg 120 and then backwards to peg 1.
Or maybe this will help you visualize better, lets say you are using the 120 peg loom, but only using 100 pegs, you will knit from peg 1 to 100 then turn around and go back in the other direction back to peg 1, this is creating a flat panel even thought you are using a round loom, you are not connecting the two ends, so when you remove from the loom it will lay flat.

How to bind off or remove the loops from the pegs will be covered in the beginners class.
  hope that helps you visualize it.
Barb
On Jan 21, 2014, at 7:10 PM, Lillie Pennington <lilliepennington at fuse.net> wrote:

> Hello All, 
> 
> 
> 
> I am pondering the possibility of purchasing a larger loom to work on the
> purl heart afghan class pattern, among other things once I get a bit more
> experience under my belt. In terms of a loom this size (120 pegs or more),
> what is a good estimate of what they cost?
> 
> Also, I was wondering how exactly anything could be created with these. I
> know that there are round and oval looms, and probably others as well. I
> don't get where the loops go once they are pulled off the pegs, and how this
> could make a long, flat item. Could someone explain this? I guess I'm not
> good at the visual spacing of picturing how this could be done.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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