How to Knit a Scarf on the Knifty Knitter Looms - No Wrap Stitch
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How to Make a Scarf on the Knifty Knitter Looms Using the No Wrap Stitch
This scarf features the "no wrap" stitch and can be made on either the pink long or blue round Knifty Knitter loom. True to it's name, the "no wrap" stitch only requires the loom to be wrapped for the first row. After that, there is no wrapping. The result is a dense knit perfect for a scarf to keep a neck warm in the winter.
The photo on the left is a scarf I made myself using the Knifty Knitter pink long loom and one strand of Peaches 'N Creme black cotton worsted weight yarn. It takes a novice loom knitter a few days to make and an experienced loom knitter about 8 hours.
The photo on the left is a scarf I made myself using the Knifty Knitter pink long loom and one strand of Peaches 'N Creme black cotton worsted weight yarn. It takes a novice loom knitter a few days to make and an experienced loom knitter about 8 hours.
Step 1 - Casting on
Prepare the Knifty Knitter loom
The first step to knitting a scarf, or any project, is to "cast on." Casting on involves wrapping the pegs with the yarn. Create a slip knot and secure it to the anchor peg on the side of the loom. (The anchor peg is the one that is perpendicular to the rest of the pegs.)
Once the slip knot is secure, wrap each peg once going around the loom in a clock-wise direction. To "wrap" a peg, circle it with yarn, then move on to the next peg. The yarn wraps around each peg in a pattern that resembles a lowercase cursive letter e. The top of the cursive e should face the outside of the loom and the yarn should cross (the bottom of the e) on the inside of the loom.
When each peg is wrapped once, continue to the next step.
Note: When wrapping a loom, you can use 2 yarns as 1 for heavier knit. However, the scarf in the photo above was made using only one yarn.
Once the slip knot is secure, wrap each peg once going around the loom in a clock-wise direction. To "wrap" a peg, circle it with yarn, then move on to the next peg. The yarn wraps around each peg in a pattern that resembles a lowercase cursive letter e. The top of the cursive e should face the outside of the loom and the yarn should cross (the bottom of the e) on the inside of the loom.
When each peg is wrapped once, continue to the next step.
Note: When wrapping a loom, you can use 2 yarns as 1 for heavier knit. However, the scarf in the photo above was made using only one yarn.
Step 2: Knitting Off
The No Wrap Stitch
With a quick look at the peg, you will notice that it still has one loop of yarn on it. The loop of yarn remaining was the strand of yarn you had stretched across the peg before knitting off.
Continue to work around the loom in a clock-wise direction. Knit off by pulling each loop up and over the working yarn. Knit in this fashion until your scarf reaches the desired length, or approximately 5-6 feet.
Step 3: Bind Off
Binding off is removing the knit from the Knifty Knitter loom. This is a process of taking the remaining row of loops off each peg in a way that will not allow the knit to unravel when it's removed.
The best way to bind off the scarf when using the no wrap stitch is to:
1. Cut the working yarn 2 feet from the knit.
2. Lift each loop of the peg and sew through it with the working yarn threaded through a yarn needle. Begin with the peg closest to the working yarn and sew around the loom.
3. Alternatively, you can slip stitch through each loop as you remove it from the peg with a crochet hook.
The best way to bind off the scarf when using the no wrap stitch is to:
1. Cut the working yarn 2 feet from the knit.
2. Lift each loop of the peg and sew through it with the working yarn threaded through a yarn needle. Begin with the peg closest to the working yarn and sew around the loom.
3. Alternatively, you can slip stitch through each loop as you remove it from the peg with a crochet hook.
Step 4: Adding Fringe to the End of a No Wrap Scarf
Embellishing a Scarf from the Knifty Knitter Loom
1. The fringe is added to the end of the scarf by folding 3 pieces of 12" yarn (cut in the beginning of the project) in half.
2. Insert a crochet hook at the end of the scarf and use the hook to grab the folded part of the yarn and pull it through a stitch at the end of the scarf. Pull the folded pieces of yarn through the stitch just far enough for them to form a loop.
3. Pick up the ends of the yarn and feed all 6 of them through the loop created in the previous step. You now have your first tail of fringe.
4. Repeat steps 1 - 3 eight times at each end of the scarf.
2. Insert a crochet hook at the end of the scarf and use the hook to grab the folded part of the yarn and pull it through a stitch at the end of the scarf. Pull the folded pieces of yarn through the stitch just far enough for them to form a loop.
3. Pick up the ends of the yarn and feed all 6 of them through the loop created in the previous step. You now have your first tail of fringe.
4. Repeat steps 1 - 3 eight times at each end of the scarf.
More Photos of the No Wrap Scarf
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This is a photo of the no wrap stitch in progress. In the picture the hook is being used to knit off the pink loom, as the yarn is stretched just above it across the peg. I hold the working yarn with my left hand as I knit off with my right.
No Wrap Stitch
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Here is the no wrap stitch video I made for YouTube if you are still having trouble mastering the stitch.
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The no wrap scarf done on the pink loom in black yarn
The pink Knifty Knitter long loom is perfect for knitting scarves.
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Nancy B.
Apr 23, 2012 @ 10:25 pm | delete
- I've just completed knitting a scarf on my knifty knitter. I would like to lengthen the scarf but I don't know how to latch on to the scarf since it is binded off.
Can you instruct me. If at all possible, with a short visual.
Thanks so much.
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howtosewadress
Dec 31, 2011 @ 2:35 am | delete
- I love your lens, you should add an RSS feed feature so I can get automatic notifications of new blogs. If you set one up please email me! i will bookmark you for now. Again Excellent Blog!
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jadehorseshoe
Dec 26, 2011 @ 11:12 pm | delete
- TOTALLY Nifty Lens!
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curious0927
Dec 26, 2011 @ 7:19 pm | delete
- I'm still trying to get this right. Thanks for the GREAT directions! The little books that come with the looms are very hard to follow! Liked and Bookmarked.
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scarlettohairy Dec 21, 2011 @ 5:24 pm | delete
- I love the look of this scarf! Simple but so pretty.
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