How to Knit With a One Sided Knitting Loom
Knitting looms are a favorite of both life-long knitters who suffer from joint pain and new knitters who are looking for an easy start into the craft. This is because knitting with a loom will always produce even stitches and does not require the same fine-motor skills as knitting on needles. Just like knitting with needles, the basic stitches to learn before beginning a project are knit stitches and purl stitches. Become familiar with these stitches and learn how to cast-on, or attach the yarn to your particular one-sided knitting loom before beginning a project.
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Instructions
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Knit Stitch
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Place working yarn. Place your working yarn in front of the peg that you are knitting from and extend it upwards. If you are starting your knitting on the right side of the loom the "front" of the peg will be the left side, and if you are starting your knitting from the left it will be the right side of the peg.
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Form a new wrap on the peg. When the yarn is twisted around a peg it is referred to as a "wrap." To form a new wrap, use the knitting tool or crochet hook to pull the existing wrap over the placed yarn. This will cause the placed yarn to become a new wrap.
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Adjust the tension of the new wrap. If the new wrap is extremely tight, you will want to pull on it a bit with the knitting tool or crochet hook. Leaving some play in the wrap will make it easier to knit from that wrap in the next row.
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Repeat. Go to the next peg and repeat this process to form another knit stitch. When you reach the end of your loom, reverse directions to continue knitting and begin a new row.
Purl Stitch
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Place the yarn. Place the strand of working yarn above the peg from behind.
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Form a new wrap. Pull on the existing wrap with the knitting tool or crochet hook and pull it over the placed yarn. This will form a new wrap.
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Adjust the tension of the new wrap. If the new wrap is too tight, pull on it slightly to loosen the yarn.
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Tips & Warnings
Remember that each peg is an individual stitch. When you begin working from patterns you will find that they often call for both knit and purl stitches in the same row.
