[Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting loom

[blindhands at aol.com]

I spent the entire weekend from Friday until 11 PM tonight trying to knit on
Cindy Wood's new loom that I got Friday afternoon.

I got an oval hat loom with 1/2"  spacing pso I could use worstered weight
yarn].  I was very patient with this.  When I felt a little flustered I
walked away, but I was determined to do this.

I had gotten a self striping yarn that would match my coat.

Friday night and all afternoon Saturday I sat and wwrapped this loom.As soon
as I would start pulling the stitches over I would come across a peg I
missed when wrapping.  So did I say I worked on it Friday night and all
afternoon Saturday?  No I pulled it off the loom all that time.

Saturday night I went back trying.  I would wrap and feel each one, but
still ended up missing one.

I refused to do anything on it before I went out to my son's Easter dinner,
but when I got home...

I started off again.  This timeI wrapped the first row and went back and
felt each one carefully.  That worked and all was well.  So I decided that I
would not wrap the second row all at one time.  I did like 10 stitches at a
time and went back and pulled them over.  I managed to skip only one peg,
but caught it and was able to unwrap and re wrap it over.  Second row done!
So I started the third row going like 10 wraps at a time.  I got up to like
the last 5 stitches on the third row and when I pulled it over, I managed to
pull both of the wraps off the peg.  I Tried picking it up and mean while 2
other stitches came off and I could not pick up one and get it back on the
peg and forget it when the other 2 fell off.
So now tell me you experienced loom folks.  I did give up for tonight.  I am
running a little impatient with this.  First question is how   what do I do
to loosen up the  tightness on the row below?  Once I loosen that first
wrapped peg it does give me a little ease to pull one, but I am still
fighting with sosme of them as they are too tight.  I am stretching this
yarn out doing this as when I got up to the 3rd row, I could feel the fluff
in the yarn.

How do you avoid pulling both stitches off a peg?  Maybe if it was a little
looser I could hold on to the top loop and pull over the bottom loop without
struggling.

Once you do drop a stitch how do you pick it up?  I can't even feel the loop
of the stitch.

I guess my biggest question is how do you loosen up while doing this?  When
you wrap where on the peg do you try to wrap the yarn.  It seems like I am
doing it up near the head and I do pull them down to the bottom before
wrapping the next row.

Tomorrow is another day.

Looking for any advise.  You know I could have knitted this hat by now with
circular needles if my hand was not so numb.  I figured this would be easier
as I seem to be doing a lot with my right hand.

Joyce