How do you losen yarn on a knifty knitter?
Posted on January 14th, 2010 by admin
I’m using a knifty knitter to make leg warmers and the yarn is getting way too tight. How do i make it looser so it’s easier?
There are several ways to keep the yarn loose. Always pull the yarn free from the ball so there is no tension on it when you wrap the loom. Hold the loop on the peg you just wrapped so you don’t pull yarn from that peg when you wrap the current peg. Another option is to wrap a peg, then knit it off, then wrap the next peg and knit it off. You can also use a yarn guide, like a short piece of a plastic straw, to wrap the pegs, so you don’t pull the yarn too tight.
January 14th, 2010 at 2:43 pm
You can’t now. You made it that tight when you were winding on the yarn, so you need to be careful that you are making your stitches the correct way. I think if you review your instructions, you will find that you are to wind the yarn around the posts in a "e" configuration. When you make the stitch on the following row, that extra yarn around the post allows for more elasticity and you will find your knitting then to be much looser. Give that a try. http://cputzier.tripod.com/id3.html
You can also visit your nearest LYS* and ask them how to get your stitches to be looser. But once you have already made the row, it is very hard to make it looser. You need to do that at the time you are creating the stitch.
* – local yarn store
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January 14th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
There are several ways to keep the yarn loose. Always pull the yarn free from the ball so there is no tension on it when you wrap the loom. Hold the loop on the peg you just wrapped so you don’t pull yarn from that peg when you wrap the current peg. Another option is to wrap a peg, then knit it off, then wrap the next peg and knit it off. You can also use a yarn guide, like a short piece of a plastic straw, to wrap the pegs, so you don’t pull the yarn too tight.
References :
http://www.loomknitting.com/faqs.php#Q9