Παρασκευή 20 Ιουνίου 2014

Photos & Samples Of Stockinette Stitch In A Long Knitting Loom !

Hello my Knit-Loom friends!

I hope you are doing well and have some free time for relaxation and loom knitting! 
Although for me these two words have the same meaning!

A couple of days ago I took some pictures of the stockinette stitch so that you can see how the stitch looks like. 

I used a medium worsted acrylic yarn, a yarn that is very cheap and affordable and you can find it anywhere and at any colour you wish. 


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Here you can see how the stockinette stitch looks like. I used 14 pegs of the knitting loom and an acrylic yarn. I removed the stitches of the loom and then I have to bind off the anchor yarn.




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Now I' m loom knitting the stockinette stitch using again 14 pegs but now I'm using two acrylic yarns. In that case, you loom knit holding the two yarns as one. 

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Above you can see how the stockinette stitch looks like knitted using two yarns together.


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Here is the bind off from the loom.



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Here is the bind off from the loom using two yarns together.




I wish my current post would be helpful for all of you, Loom Knitters!!!

I'm waiting your comments, questions or anything you want, here or at my facebook page: www.facebook.com/knittingloom.gr

See you again in a few days!

Τρίτη 10 Ιουνίου 2014

Τί Είναι το Knitting Loom; / What is a Knitting Loom?

Το knitting loom είναι ένα εργαλείο πλεξίματος που μας επιτρέπει να υφαίνουμε και να πλέκουμε χωρίς βελόνες ή βελονάκια.

Υπάρχουν διαφόρων ειδών knitting looms: πλαστικά, ξύλινα, χειροποίητα, μακρόστενα και κυκλικά σε διάφορα μεγέθη, σχήματος "S" για μεγάλα projects κ.ά.

Τι μπορούμε να πλέξουμε;
·         κασκόλ για παιδιά ή ενήλικες,
·         καπέλα και σκούφους,
·         πουλόβερ, ζακέτες, μπολερό,
·         χαλάκια και διακοσμητικά για το σπίτι,
·         κουβέρτες,
·         κάλυμμα για μαξιλάρια,
·         παιχνίδια, κούκλες και ζωάκια για τα παιδιά,
·         τσάντες
και ό,τι άλλο βάλει ο νους μας.

Γιατί να χρησιμοποιούμε τα knittinglooms;;;
·         είναι πολύ εύκολο να το μάθουν όλοι (από μικρά παιδιά μέχρι … μεγάλα παιδιά),
·         είναι λιγότερο κουραστικό για τα χέρια και τους καρπούς (που συνήθως όλοι λίγο-πολύ έχουμε πονάκια πλέκοντας με τις βελόνες),
·         είναι σχεδόν απίθανο να σου φύγει πόντος καθώς το πλεκτό "κάθεται" πάνω στο knitting loom,
·         και οι 2 όψεις του πλεκτού είναι καλές (δεν υπάρχει ανάποδη πλευρά),
·         το πλεκτό παραμένει ίσιο χωρίς να γυρίζουν οι 2 άκρες πράγμα που μας διευκολύνει στην ένωση δύο διαφορετικών κομματιών όταν πλέκουμε π.χ. ένα πουλόβερ ή φτιάχνουμε μία κουβέρτα ενώνοντας τα μοτίβα σαν patchwork.

Πώς πλέκουμε με το knitting loom;  
Αυτό θα το μάθουμε αναλυτικά στην ενότητα"Πλέξεις - Πώς;"



The knitting loom is a tool with which we can weave and knit without needles or crochet hooks.

There are many kinds of knitting looms: plastic, wooden, handmade, rectangular and round in different sizes, shaped “S” for big projects etc.




What can we knit?
·         scarfs for children or adults,
·         hats,   
·         sweaters, jackets, boleros,
·         rugs and decoratives for the house,
·         blankets,
·         pillow covers,
·         toys, dolls and animal toys for children,
·         bags
and anything else you could think of.


Why to use knitting looms?
·         it’s very easy to be learnt by everyone (from children to … older “children”),
·         it’s less tiring for our hands and wrists (usually all, more or less, suffer from wrist pains when knitting with needles),
·         it’s almost unlikely to have a stitch dropped as the knitting “sits” on the loom,
·         both sides of the knitting are right (there isn’t wrong side),
·         the knitting remains flat without curling on the edges. So it’s easier to join two pieces when we knit a sweater or a blanket in a patchwork motif.

How do we knit with knitting loom? Let’s learn it in the tab “Stitches – How?”

Tutorial: Cast On, Bind Off and Stockinette Stitch Using A Long Knitting Loom!

Hello my friends!

How are you?

I think that it's our time for creation, joy and relaxation! I think that it's the time to start Loom Knitting!

Let's start by learning how to cast on and bind off and of course a very easy and beautiful stitch, the stockinette stitch in a long rectangular knitting loom.

* I would advise you for the first time to use the smaller knitting loom, the one with 12 pegs, and a cheap acrylic yarn as it will be more easy to work with, especially at the beginning!

The first step for loom knitting is the Cast on. 
Below you can see the steps for casting on one by one.









Now we will learn the Stockinette stitch. It's a very easy stitch with which you can loom knit many many things as scarves, sweaters, bags, pillows and whatever you want!

Below you can see how this stitch looks like using a medium worsted acrylic yarn. When we will bind off, the edgings would not be curly as shown at the photo but straight.







 Finally, we have to bind off. Let's see how!

In a few days I will post photos of bind off too. 


Please don' t hesitate to ask me whatever you think it's complicated to you!