How to Knit Sideways on a Straight Knitting Loom
A rake or straight knitting loom is a long board with a single row of pegs. Knitting is accomplished by wrapping the yarn around the loops twice and then pulling the lower loops over the top of the upper loops then re-wrapping and moving the loops again. Knitting sideways is a trend in knitting where a pattern knits the fabric for the finished piece from the side. Knit a scarf from the side length rather than from the end, for example. In order to accomplish this on a loom, the loom must have at least enough pegs to equal the number of rows of the project.
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Instructions
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Tie a slipknot on one of the end pegs to cast the yarn on the loom. Make sure the knot is loose so that you can pull another loop of yarn through the knot's loop.
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Pull a loop of yarn through the slipknot and place it on the next peg using the crochet hook. Repeat until every peg has a loop of yarn on it. If the pattern calls for less rows than the number of pegs on the loom, then only put loops on the number of pegs needed.
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Loop the yarn around each peg counterclockwise until you reach the slipknot at the end of the board. This should leave two loops of yarn on each peg.
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Pull the bottom loop on each peg over the top loop and off the peg with a crochet hook.
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Repeat steps two through four until you have pulled the loops over on another enough times to equal the number of stitches along the width of the project.
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Transfer the first two loops of yarn on pegs to your crochet hook to cast off the project. Put a new loop of yarn on the crochet hook. Pull it through the loops you pulled off the pegs and drop those loops, leaving only one new loop on the crochet hook. Pull the loop off the next peg then put a new loop on the hook. Pull it through those two loops, repeating until all loops are off the loom.
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