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12-24-2009, 06:35 PM
#41
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Originally Posted by wtexpricklypear
Have any of you tried to use those plastic looms for knitting? They are great once you get the hang of it -- I taught myself to knit the basic stitches which knitting needles. The site I went to said that the continental method was faster and more efficient than the English style so I learned the continental. Well, it turns out that I am one of the few that use that method and it's hard for me to get any one to help me when I get stuck! I enrolled for a sock knitting class because it said that all I needed to know were the basic stitches...I didn't know that I would also need to use 5 needles at the same time --- arrrgggh! By the time the 2nd part of the class rolled around I still couldn't get the needles straight and so that was a flop. Then a group is knitting hats and scarves for the soldiers and suggested the looms. And yeah! It didn't take long to get the hang of it and I didn't feel like a total failure! I try to spend most of my time quilting but dh likes for me to be with him watching tv and I need to concentrate on what I am working on and so the loom knitting is a compromise!
How do the looms work? Do you use something like a crochet hook to transfer stitches? (When I was a kid, someone made me a small "loom" out of an empty thread spool and 4 small nails. I made acres of that stuff! Is the same thing?)
12-24-2009, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by sewjoyce
Originally Posted by wtexpricklypear
Have any of you tried to use those plastic looms for knitting? They are great once you get the hang of it -- I taught myself to knit the basic stitches which knitting needles. The site I went to said that the continental method was faster and more efficient than the English style so I learned the continental. Well, it turns out that I am one of the few that use that method and it's hard for me to get any one to help me when I get stuck! I enrolled for a sock knitting class because it said that all I needed to know were the basic stitches...I didn't know that I would also need to use 5 needles at the same time --- arrrgggh! By the time the 2nd part of the class rolled around I still couldn't get the needles straight and so that was a flop. Then a group is knitting hats and scarves for the soldiers and suggested the looms. And yeah! It didn't take long to get the hang of it and I didn't feel like a total failure! I try to spend most of my time quilting but dh likes for me to be with him watching tv and I need to concentrate on what I am working on and so the loom knitting is a compromise!
How do the looms work? Do you use something like a crochet hook to transfer stitches? (When I was a kid, someone made me a small "loom" out of an empty thread spool and 4 small nails. I made acres of that stuff! Is the same thing?)
I am left-handed, and have discovered that most of the problems I have had learning was being aware that I am left-handed ... since I learned as a child, I have never been sure who was the most concerned, my teacher or me, but I did have a hard time learning how to knit right handed.
Funniest thing - - my left handed daughter could not learn how to knit or crochet from me!
I do the loom left-handed, simply because I relaxed and did with my left hand what I was watching done by the right-handed person, though I may be a bit ambidexturous, so who knows? I just know that I have managed to do a lot of things with my left hand when I just relaxed and reversed what I was seeing.
I lost all of my favorites when my computer grounded me in September, and have had no reason to bookmark any of the websites that I learned so much from about loom knitting ... but, it is a great form of creativity. <wave>
12-24-2009, 09:00 PM
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Have you checked with your local Extension Office. They usually have people who know how to knit and crochet on file. I learned to knit in the 5th or 6th grade through 4-H, and my mother taught me how to crochet. Don't do too much any more because I am too busy quilting now!
12-24-2009, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by bjdemir
Have you checked with your local Extension Office. They usually have people who know how to knit and crochet on file. I learned to knit in the 5th or 6th grade through 4-H, and my mother taught me how to crochet. Don't do too much any more because I am too busy quilting now!
12-25-2009, 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by omak
Originally Posted by sewjoyce
Originally Posted by wtexpricklypear
Have any of you tried to use those plastic looms for knitting? They are great once you get the hang of it -- I taught myself to knit the basic stitches which knitting needles. The site I went to said that the continental method was faster and more efficient than the English style so I learned the continental. Well, it turns out that I am one of the few that use that method and it's hard for me to get any one to help me when I get stuck! I enrolled for a sock knitting class because it said that all I needed to know were the basic stitches...I didn't know that I would also need to use 5 needles at the same time --- arrrgggh! By the time the 2nd part of the class rolled around I still couldn't get the needles straight and so that was a flop. Then a group is knitting hats and scarves for the soldiers and suggested the looms. And yeah! It didn't take long to get the hang of it and I didn't feel like a total failure! I try to spend most of my time quilting but dh likes for me to be with him watching tv and I need to concentrate on what I am working on and so the loom knitting is a compromise!
How do the looms work? Do you use something like a crochet hook to transfer stitches? (When I was a kid, someone made me a small "loom" out of an empty thread spool and 4 small nails. I made acres of that stuff! Is the same thing?)
I am left-handed, and have discovered that most of the problems I have had learning was being aware that I am left-handed ... since I learned as a child, I have never been sure who was the most concerned, my teacher or me, but I did have a hard time learning how to knit right handed.
Funniest thing - - my left handed daughter could not learn how to knit or crochet from me!
I do the loom left-handed, simply because I relaxed and did with my left hand what I was watching done by the right-handed person, though I may be a bit ambidexturous, so who knows? I just know that I have managed to do a lot of things with my left hand when I just relaxed and reversed what I was seeing.
I lost all of my favorites when my computer grounded me in September, and have had no reason to bookmark any of the websites that I learned so much from about loom knitting ... but, it is a great form of creativity. <wave>
Omak -- Thanks so much!! Now I definitely will have to get a set of the looms!! ;)
12-25-2009, 04:36 PM
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I had a Senior in high school select Operation Stork for her community service project. When she came to me, she was trying to knit, very frustrated, going very slow ...
well, you know? some of the reason people don't appreciate knitting is because they don't understand the concept of what is happening to make the stitches.
Well, I wanted her to succeed at something, succeed at something quickly, and I wanted to encourage her in her knitting by showing her in a different way the knitting concept.
Knitting Looms!
That girl went from making a little hat to making shawls, blankets, a ducky hooded blanket, and LOTS of hats! And, now, she is in Idaho at Job Training, took her looms with her and has TAUGHT a BUNCH of friends to knit with looms ...
talk about making a difference in someone's life! Those knitting looms surely have
She is a great testament to their ease of use and continuous challenge!
well, you know? some of the reason people don't appreciate knitting is because they don't understand the concept of what is happening to make the stitches.
Well, I wanted her to succeed at something, succeed at something quickly, and I wanted to encourage her in her knitting by showing her in a different way the knitting concept.
Knitting Looms!
That girl went from making a little hat to making shawls, blankets, a ducky hooded blanket, and LOTS of hats! And, now, she is in Idaho at Job Training, took her looms with her and has TAUGHT a BUNCH of friends to knit with looms ...
talk about making a difference in someone's life! Those knitting looms surely have
She is a great testament to their ease of use and continuous challenge!
12-26-2009, 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by omak
I had a Senior in high school select Operation Stork for her community service project. When she came to me, she was trying to knit, very frustrated, going very slow ...
well, you know? some of the reason people don't appreciate knitting is because they don't understand the concept of what is happening to make the stitches.
Well, I wanted her to succeed at something, succeed at something quickly, and I wanted to encourage her in her knitting by showing her in a different way the knitting concept.
Knitting Looms!
That girl went from making a little hat to making shawls, blankets, a ducky hooded blanket, and LOTS of hats! And, now, she is in Idaho at Job Training, took her looms with her and has TAUGHT a BUNCH of friends to knit with looms ...
talk about making a difference in someone's life! Those knitting looms surely have
She is a great testament to their ease of use and continuous challenge!
well, you know? some of the reason people don't appreciate knitting is because they don't understand the concept of what is happening to make the stitches.
Well, I wanted her to succeed at something, succeed at something quickly, and I wanted to encourage her in her knitting by showing her in a different way the knitting concept.
Knitting Looms!
That girl went from making a little hat to making shawls, blankets, a ducky hooded blanket, and LOTS of hats! And, now, she is in Idaho at Job Training, took her looms with her and has TAUGHT a BUNCH of friends to knit with looms ...
talk about making a difference in someone's life! Those knitting looms surely have
She is a great testament to their ease of use and continuous challenge!
OK, I was looking at looms online. Do I need round looms, oblong looms, pattern books?????? :D
12-26-2009, 04:23 PM
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Originally Posted by sewjoyce
Originally Posted by omak
I had a Senior in high school select Operation Stork for her community service project. When she came to me, she was trying to knit, very frustrated, going very slow ...
well, you know? some of the reason people don't appreciate knitting is because they don't understand the concept of what is happening to make the stitches.
Well, I wanted her to succeed at something, succeed at something quickly, and I wanted to encourage her in her knitting by showing her in a different way the knitting concept.
Knitting Looms!
That girl went from making a little hat to making shawls, blankets, a ducky hooded blanket, and LOTS of hats! And, now, she is in Idaho at Job Training, took her looms with her and has TAUGHT a BUNCH of friends to knit with looms ...
talk about making a difference in someone's life! Those knitting looms surely have
She is a great testament to their ease of use and continuous challenge!
well, you know? some of the reason people don't appreciate knitting is because they don't understand the concept of what is happening to make the stitches.
Well, I wanted her to succeed at something, succeed at something quickly, and I wanted to encourage her in her knitting by showing her in a different way the knitting concept.
Knitting Looms!
That girl went from making a little hat to making shawls, blankets, a ducky hooded blanket, and LOTS of hats! And, now, she is in Idaho at Job Training, took her looms with her and has TAUGHT a BUNCH of friends to knit with looms ...
talk about making a difference in someone's life! Those knitting looms surely have
She is a great testament to their ease of use and continuous challenge!
OK, I was looking at looms online. Do I need round looms, oblong looms, pattern books?????? :D
I will go look for some of the websites that I frequented.
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