[Nfb-krafters-korner] FW: Knitting loom

Mon Mar 28 18:53:43 UTC 2016

Joyce;

How many pegs are on this loom.  I am trying to determine how it compairs to the KK and others.

When you e-wrap and knit, where is your left hand?    If you e-wrap and lift the loops off, with your right hand, you can guide with your left hand.  This will allow you to hold a stitch, when necessary and also, hopefully, know if you have skipped a peg.  I never had trouble with skipping of pegs on the larger looms, but I have not moved to a smaller loom.
I would try e-wrapping and knitting, 1 peg at a time, until you get used to the smaller loom.  
Be sure to separate the 2 loops before you knit the bottom loop over the top.  Knit it  with your loom tool.  
Terry P.

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Joyce,
I have seen some wrap one, knit one, wrap one, knit one.  You could try this method.  

I like to move my first stitch on peg, down to the bottom of the loom before I wrap my second row on.  This helps keep a space between my first and second rows.  Have you tried using your tool?  This might help so you do not pick two off at the same time.

Cindy

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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Knitting loom

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

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