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| bambi55033 |
Posted - Jan 10 2006 : 09:40:39 AM
Back in the 70's, I made an afghan with yarn on a home made wooden frame that was about 3 feet long and it had nails on both sides. Can't remember how I did the yarn around the nails, but ended up with a beautiful afghan. Does anyone remember using this frame or making an afghan?? Would love to do it again and teach my grandchildren.
Mary in Minnesota
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| mustbeteatime |
Posted - Jan 13 2006 : 3:41:02 PM
Bridge - Thanks for the link to the knitting board site. Their photos show the yarn wrapped around the nails in a much simpler way. My memory was not serving me correctly and I was making it much more difficult. Mary, do check out the site Bridge listed, it shows great pictures. I just pulled my boards out and found out that there are no longer any works in progress on them. Now my four-year old is begging to give it a try! - Colette
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| Bridge |
Posted - Jan 10 2006 : 2:20:21 PM
You might do a google search on knitting board, or knitting loom.
This has been brought back to "New" with the new knifty knitting looms.
There are tons of sites with patterns and such.
This is a general how to
http://www.knittingboard.com/site/howto1.asp
I tried the loom method but I prefer to use the needles. But if you didn't know how to knit with needles I could see where the loom would be great!! |
| mustbeteatime |
Posted - Jan 10 2006 : 1:51:50 PM
Mary,
I have a "knitting board" (that's what we always called it) that still has an unfinished scarf from when I was a girl. Mine is shorter than 3 feet, about the perfect width for a scarf. If I remember correctly, tie a slip knot to put over the first nail on the top or bottom row - whichever one has the furthest left nail. Then wrap the yarn around the first nail of the opposite row so that it goes around the nail the long way around - pull it to the right of the nail, around the nail, then onto the next nail in the opposite row, always wrapping it from right to left (the long way around) working from the left side of the board across to the right. When you get to the end, push the yarn down next to the board at the base of the nail (the back side of a nut pick works good for this). Then wrap the yarn around the nails working back across the board from right to left, this time wraping the yarn around the nails from left to right (again, the long way around). I think (I will have to go look at my board later today to verify this) that at either end there is a tack on which the yarn is wound around to anchor it while "knitting." Then you use a nut pick or I would think a small crochet hook would work too, to lift the lower loop of yarn over the top loop and off the nail. After lifting the loops across the board, then you push the remaining (top) loops down to the bottom of the nail and wrap the yarn around the nails (leaving the loops near the top of the nail) and work across lifting the lower loops and keep repeating this cycle of wrapping and lifting the loops.
I hope this isn't too confusing and helps you. I will look at my knitting board later to make sure what I've explained is correct - thank goodness there is still a work in progress on it! Stay warm - I grew up in MN and have a friend who just moved from North Mpls to Hastings. :)
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