potholder loops from yarn

Potholder looms are great fun and a good introduction to weaving, but
have the frustration that they are dependent on loops and not easily
used with yarn.

I have been wondering if using a round knitting loom with just a few
rounds of thin yarn might make usable loops.

Anyone have any experience with this?


--
Alan Winston
Seattle

Alan Winston wrote:
Potholder looms are great fun and a good introduction to weaving, but
have the frustration that they are dependent on loops and not easily
used with yarn.

I have been wondering if using a round knitting loom with just a few
rounds of thin yarn might make usable loops.

Anyone have any experience with this?

Not I, Alan. Why don't you give it a shot? You never know, you might invent
something new!

Katherine

Hi, Alan -

Check out these tutorial pages from Noreen Crone-Findlay's website.

She shows how to weave on a square loom w/yarn - 'don't know why this
wouldn't work on the metal or plastic ones as well. I must confess I
haven't yet tried it, although I printed out the tutorial some time ago to
try out.

If you try it and it works, ... let us know how it goes. :-)

- Lynne D.

"Alan Winston" wrote in message
...
Potholder looms are great fun and a good introduction to weaving, but
have the frustration that they are dependent on loops and not easily
used with yarn.

I have been wondering if using a round knitting loom with just a few
rounds of thin yarn might make usable loops.

Anyone have any experience with this?


--
Alan Winston
Seattle

On Mon, 24 May 2004 12:20:58 -0500, Lynne wrote:

Hi, Alan -

Check out these tutorial pages from Noreen Crone-Findlay's website.

She shows how to weave on a square loom w/yarn - 'don't know why this
wouldn't work on the metal or plastic ones as well. I must confess I
haven't yet tried it, although I printed out the tutorial some time ago to
try out.

If you try it and it works, ... let us know how it goes. :-)

- Lynne D.


Lynne, sweetie, you forgot the links!!!
LOL, I thought this only happened to *me*
Noreen

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Well, for garden seed, LOL!!!

Here 'comes:

http://www.crone-findlay.com/phtutorial.html

The sad thing, Noreen, is that all I had to do was click "paste" and it was
there. I had already copied, ... just too danged old to remember to follow
through and paste.

That's what I get for having a job and trying to divide my mind between job
and fun at the same time. ;-)

Sorry, ...

- Lynne D.

"Noreen's Knit*che" wrote in message
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On Mon, 24 May 2004 12:20:58 -0500, Lynne wrote:

Hi, Alan -

Check out these tutorial pages from Noreen Crone-Findlay's website.

She shows how to weave on a square loom w/yarn - 'don't know why this
wouldn't work on the metal or plastic ones as well. I must confess I
haven't yet tried it, although I printed out the tutorial some time ago
to
try out.

If you try it and it works, ... let us know how it goes. :-)

- Lynne D.


Lynne, sweetie, you forgot the links!!!
LOL, I thought this only happened to *me*
Noreen

--
http://noreensknitche.weblogs.us/
http://noreensknitche.ceejaycee.net
http://www.mblog.com/noreens_knitche
~ ~ ~
http://mail2office.tripod.com/noreensknitche
~ ~ ~
change n e t to c o m to email me.

On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:53:10 -0500, Lynne wrote:

Well, for garden seed, LOL!!!

Here 'comes:

http://www.crone-findlay.com/phtutorial.html

The sad thing, Noreen, is that all I had to do was click "paste" and it was
there. I had already copied, ... just too danged old to remember to follow
through and paste.

That's what I get for having a job and trying to divide my mind between job
and fun at the same time. ;-)

Sorry, ...

- Lynne D.

LOL, and as an *aside* notation, *I* am not *that* Noreen!
Hugs,
Noreen J.
Noreen's Knit*che

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http://noreensknitche.ceejaycee.net
http://www.mblog.com/noreens_knitche
~ ~ ~
http://mail2office.tripod.com/noreensknitche
~ ~ ~
change n e t to c o m to email me.

I have been wondering if using a round knitting loom with just a few
rounds of thin yarn might make usable loops.

Anyone have any experience with this?

Not I, Alan. Why don't you give it a shot? You never know, you might
invent something new!

I was hoping someone with a little knowledge and experience might lead
the way.

There seem to be several sizes of round knitting looms, with at least
one vendor offering different peg pitches. What should I use to create a
loop that is a bit stretchy at 7" pin-to-pin across the potholder loom?

Between that and figuring out what yarn to use ...

I suspect most of you have much larger collections of yarn than the two
skeins I bought the other day, and know more about the characteristics
than I ever will.

If I am not in fact reinventing the wheel, I'll plunge in on my own, but
I'll need to build up a little more gumption first.



Alan

Check out these tutorial pages from Noreen Crone-Findlay's website.

It turns out the link you provided is one I printed out a couple of days
ago.

I'll give it a try eventually, but it really doesn't substitute for
making loops that I can mix and match with loops I've bought.

I'm having a fine old time making color mixes and color patterns with
the selection of loops I've accumulated, but am frequently wishing I
could mix in just a loop or three of some color I don't have

[snip]

If you try it and it works, ... let us know how it goes. :-)

Ja, I certainly will.


Alan

I have heard of people making loopers on their sock machines for this
purpose, so I think this could work out for you.

| On Mon, 24 May 2004 13:05:43 -0700, "Alan Winston" wrote:

I have been wondering if using a round knitting loom with just a few
rounds of thin yarn might make usable loops.

Anyone have any experience with this?

Not I, Alan. Why don't you give it a shot? You never know, you might
invent something new!

I was hoping someone with a little knowledge and experience might lead
the way.

There seem to be several sizes of round knitting looms, with at least
one vendor offering different peg pitches. What should I use to create a
loop that is a bit stretchy at 7" pin-to-pin across the potholder loom?

Between that and figuring out what yarn to use ...

I suspect most of you have much larger collections of yarn than the two
skeins I bought the other day, and know more about the characteristics
than I ever will.

If I am not in fact reinventing the wheel, I'll plunge in on my own, but
I'll need to build up a little more gumption first.



Alan


Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist
http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/
Balticon Art Program Coordinator http://www.balticon.org

I have heard of people making loopers on their sock machines for this
purpose, so I think this could work out for you.

Ahhhhhhhhh!

Commercial loops were formerly all toe cutoffs from commercial sock
manufacture, and many still are. The custom made loops are probably made
on the same sort of machinery.

So we are probably on the right track.

Thank you for the new lead for more research.


Alan