[Nfb-krafters-korner] Have stitch and u-wrap

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Barb,

Thank you for explaining these stitches. I have seen them in my reading 
about looms, but did not know what they were.

Greg

-----Original Message----- 
From: Barb Roland via Nfb-krafters-korner
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 12:48 AM
To: Krafters Korner Korner
Cc: Barb Roland
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Have stitch and u-wrap

The half stitch is generally done on the last peg of a row on a flat panel, 
sometimes called the turning peg. When you have done your chosen stitch on 
the next to the last peg, you will take your working yarn around the back of 
the last peg, coming around to the front of that peg, then knit the bottom 
loop over the top loop. You are now ready to start your next row. This gives 
your project a nice smooth edge.
If you were to do a e wrap or purl stitch on the last peg you would have a 
bumpy edge.

The U wrap or u stitch is a type of knit stitch, looser than the flat knit, 
but tighter than the plain knit aka reverse purl stitch. This stitch can be 
done on either flat panel or in the round, to do this stitch, lay your 
working yarn in front of the peg and in between that peg and the next one, 
so that your working yarn is toward the center of the loom, do not pull 
tight on the working yarn, now knit bottom loop over top loop.
This stitch will give you a tighter, less lacy/holey fabric.
While it does take less yarn to make the stitch, it will take more yarn to 
make your project, but it does make a really nice fabric.

Hope this helps, let me know if I can help any further.
Barb
> On Sep 7, 2015, at 11:18 PM, Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC via 
> Nfb-krafters-korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Can someone explain how to do the half stitch and the U-wrap on the loom? 
> Why would one use these over a regular old evE-wrap?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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