[Nfb-krafters-korner] Making A Weighted Blanket

Tue Oct 31 15:06:39 UTC 2017

Think of it like this.  You can not learn to dive into the swimming pool and  not get hurt, until you learn to float, swim and brethe, with your head under the water.  We all had to take our crafts, one step at a time or else we might fale and get discouraged.

Terry Powers
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I have to take a moment here to comment on your replies. I know you are new to the list serve and are not familiar with how this go here. We appreciate all your questions and welcome them. It is difficult to help with some patterns and instructions as we do not know how these patterns are used.
Also, if as you state, you have little to no experience on the loom, we would have to start by showing you the basis stitches to go farther. This is why Krafters offers beginner classes to learn from step one. Please take a moment to go to our website, www.krafterskorner.org and see how classes and things go here and you will understand fully. We hope you will join and learn all you can and get all the assistance you need to do things in the correct order. It is not possible for an entire craft to be taught to one person on a list serve. We teach and learn from each other and all your questions get answered. We have other members from Canada and if there are different situation that need to be explored we will help with that also. I certainly hope you understand if this blanket is something you would like to do it is worth doing correctly with help along the way. Hope you do become a member and sign up for that starter loom class in November, I know Henry will do everything to assist you even if it is at the first Free Try It class, he is a great loom teachers with others to help also.

Terry Knox
Membership
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Hi Daniella, I too encourage you to sign up for my Basic Loom Knitted Scarf class that Courtney just mentioned. I will give very descriptive directions on the stitches, and Terry P and Courtney will be there to assist me if necessary.
If you haven't become a paid member yet, then you can take my class as your Free Trial class.
Henry Loom Team Member and Instructor

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Daniella,

Let me encourage you to sign up for our next loom knit class that will be held on Tuesday, November 28 & December 5.  In our classes, you will get detailed instructions on how to complete stitches & the benefit of talking with the instructor.

Unfortunately, due to copyright laws, we cannot give out specific directions on the list.

Again, please consider signing up for our loom knit class & becoming a member of Krafters Korner.

Courtney Smith
Loom Team Member

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Hello all,
I am sorry for asking so many questions about a weighted blanket. I was wondering, how can I make little pockets to put the weighted glass beeds I found in? I am not sure how to do this, I have a loom that has pieces that you can snap together, a rectangular loom, and four circle looms of different sizes. I am not experienced, so super descriptive instructions and simple stitches would be awesome! Also, if this works, would anyone be interested in me making a video on how to make a weighted blanket?
Thank you all again
Daniella

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Hello everyone,

Thank you for your help. I am new to looming, what is the wrip stitch? How do I make a double sided pannel? I do not have a website for looming instructions, but ifyou google how to make a weighted blanket, sewing instructions, will come up. A weighted blanket is anywhere from 5-20 pounds, and it's used for people with anxiety to help calm them down. They also have weighted vests. I know this is off topic, but how do I find out information about the 2018 NFB convention?
Daniella

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From: Daniella Roccasalvo <daniellaroccasalvo at hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2017 9:11:38 AM
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Subject: Making A Weighted Blanket

Hello all,
I have just started subscribing to this list, so I am not sure how this works. If this is not the right place for my question, sorry about that.
                I have just started looming, and so far I really like it. I wanted to make a weighted blanket, but the only things I can find on the internet are things you need to sew, and I don't know how to do that. Does anyone know if I could loom tight enough stitches so that stuff wouldn't fall out of it? I am thinking of using glass gems that you can buy from like Walmart, or the dollar store, or Polly Pellets like the internet suggests, if they are not too expensive. Does anyone know what else I could use as well?
                Thank you all for your help!

Daniella
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