May 14, 2007
Knitting board 2: The basic stitches
Stockinette stitch
The stockingnette stitch is worked in the same manner as casting on. Simply wrap every other peg until there are two loops on each peg and knit over. Continue in this manner until your piece reaches its desired length. Both sides of the work will be the same.
Rib stitch
To create ribbing start weaving on the first peg at the bottom of the board, instead of going to the second peg at the top of the board as in stockinette stitch, you will wrap around the third peg on the top of the board
continue weaving every other needle till the end of the row, turned and complete the row wrapping every other peg until you reach the beginning of the row. You will see this as very similar to stockinette stitch, except that the stitches are on an angle. Knit over the loops and repeat until desired length of ribbing is reached.
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April 18, 2007
Board Knitting Take One
Knitting on a knitting board is a fast and easy way to create pieces in double knit. In double knit there is no ‘wrong side’ of the fabric, as both sides are the same. Double knitting on a knitting board produces a nice thick, warm fabric. Knitting boards are well suited for making any kind of garment, from hats to sweaters and anything in between. Here are the basics of knitting on a double sided knitting board.
Casting On
1. Make a slip knot in the end of your yarn leaving a tail that is 3 inches long.
2. Place the loop the on the first peg of the board on the left closest to you which will be referred to as the bottom of the board.
3. Take the working yarn up and around the second peg on the top of the board and then down and around the third peg on the bottom of the board; continue in this manner weaving the yarn around every other page and top and bottom until you have reached the desired amount of pegs to create your piece.
4. On the last peg of the row wrap your yarn up and around the last peg on the top of the board which is directly across from the last peg that you just wrapped.
5. Work your way back to the beginning of the row wrapping the yarn around all the empty pegs working back and forth across the board.
6. Take a piece of waste yarn about twice the length of the row you just wrapped; laid across your stitches between the rows with the ends dangling free at each end. This yarn will aid you in anchoring and setting your stitches as you work along. (see Illustration above)
7. Repeat the process of weaving around every other peg, and turned and weave the yarn around all the pegs.
8. You will now have two wraps on each peg. Take your knitting hook and a lift the bottom loop up and over the top loop and over the top of the peg letting it drop behind the peg to the center of the board.
9. Continue in this manner until all the loops have been knit over, then gently tug on the ends of your anchor yarn to set the stitches in place.
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November 14, 2006
Ruffles!
I got to play with the Ruffles yarn today. It looks pretty good don't you think?
I used my little pink Knifty Knitter knitting board, some Wool Ease worsted weight and some Ruffles yarn.
I will have to write a how to when I get an extra set of hands to take the pictures for me! It was quite easy. The original method I thought of would have put the ruffles yarn on the wrong side of the work! But this method will work on both the knitting boards and looms! So watch for the how to in the next couple of days.
My goal to post here once a day all month has not quite worked out. A cold knocked me for a loop and seriously slowed me down!
If you all have a minute I would love for you to pop over to my charity blog. The House That Knitters Built. I am working to raise funds for a family in Pearlington, MS who lost everything in Katrina. So please pop over and take a peek!
Thank you!
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April 25, 2006
Purl Stitch
Moving right along! Today we have the purl stitch! Yep you can purl on a loom.. This opens up a lot of possibilities, ribbing and textures that you can do! So let's get started!
1. Lay your working yarn across the front of your pegs, just below the wrap.
2. Using your tool, reach down through the wrapped loop on the first peg, and pull the working yarn up and through the loop, forming another loop.
3. Pull the original wrapped loop off the peg, and let it fall behind the peg.
4. Place the newly formed loop on the peg, tug gently on the working yarn to secure the loop on the peg.
5.Move to the next peg and repeat stitch as often as is called for in pattern.
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April 21, 2006
Knitting a flat peice on a round loom
1. Working clockwise around the loom, cast on the desired number of stitches.(for example 20)
2. On the last peg (in this case peg 20) wrap around it twice and bring the working yarn to the center of the loom behind the second peg in from the end.
3.Wrap the working yarn around the second peg in a clockwise direction.
4.Work back to the first stitch on the loom.
5. Knit off all pegs..(Note: the stitch on peg 20 will be loose)
6. Take the working yarn and wrap the second peg in from the end of your row (skipping the first peg) and wrap the remaining pegs for your piece.
7. Knit over all pegs with two loops.
6. Repeat steps 6&7 until your piece reaches the desired length. This will give your piece a nice edge, as you are 'slipping' the first stitch in each row!
Another note: Tina asked where the small looms I used in my mitten sample were from. They are indeed from Provocraft, they are among the new set that was due out in February. I received a preview set from the company. I am told the will be avaialable in stores in May. I do not have any more specific information than that! hope that helps!!
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April 12, 2006
Casting on
Ok..trying again!
I will break it up into one thing per post!
To cast on:
1.Tie a slip knot at the end of your yarn leaving a three inch tail.
Place this knot over the first peg to the left of the holding tack on your loom, and pull to tighten
2. Take your yarn and start wrapping it around the pegs from the inside of the loom.
You will wrap the yarn clockwise around each peg.
3. You will work in a counter clockwise direction around the loom until there are two loops on each peg.
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April 07, 2006
The basics.
Ok. I am going to work on covering the basics of using a knitting loom here. We will start at the bottom.. casting on and E wrap.. move on to the flat wrap, purl and on from there.
So today.. the cast on and the E-wrap..
So sorry.. Half of my post got eaten! I had it all in here! I will try again!
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