How to Slip Each Stitch Off a Loom Onto Your Waste Yarn

Round objects such as hats can easily be made on a knitting loom.

Loom knitting is a quick and easy way to make long tubes of knitted fabric for hats, sweaters and scarves. Sometimes a pattern may call for some stitches to be held on waste yarn while other stitches remain live for shaping purposes, or to allow for a crochet bind-off or picot edging. In these cases, a little bit of time and effort will see your stitches carried over to the waste yarn.

Things You'll Need

• Loom pick
• Blunt tapestry needle
• Waste yarn, approximately 3 times the length of the stretch of stitches to be held

Instructions

1. Thread your tapestry needle with the waste yarn.

2. Thread the needle through the first stitch to be held on the waste yarn. Don't pull the entire waste yarn strand through the needle; just pull it to the halfway point.

3. Use your loom pick to pull the stitch off its peg. It will now be held on the waste yarn.

4. Repeat the process along the length of stitches you need to put on your waste yarn.

Tips & Warnings

• You can slide your waste yarn through all the stitches you wish to carry before pulling any of them off their pegs; just be careful of pulling the waste yarn too far through the stitches.

• If you feel more secure, you can tie the ends of the waste yarn together in a loop to prevent any stitches from falling off the yarn.

References

• Onehothead.com: Cowl Neck Warmer With Pompoms Pattern: Jun 22, 2010