Learn to Knit the Easy Way

Have you tried and failed at knitting with needles? I did, many times. I don't know if it was my left handedness or what that made me completely unable to learn knitting by looking at photos or drawings in books or on websites. I tried at least a dozen times, using as many different books and sets of instructions as I could, but I never succeeded in making anything but a mess.

My travels through fabric stores always included a wistful look at the yarns accompanied with a big sigh. It was very disheartening to want to work with yarn but to not be able to teach myself to use it.
Then the beautiful day dawned when I heard about loom knitting.

I wondered if this might be a way for me to finally learn to knit. I thought about it too long (as I am prone to do), and finally decided it had to be easier to wrap those pegs than it was for me to understand what to do with the needles and yarn. I had to give it a try.

Well, Glory Day it was when my new looms arrived, because that was the day I became a knitter. Knitting on a loom is so easy that a child could do it as play. A loom is like a hand knitting machine, because your project feeds through the bottom, evenly and quickly, like something professionally made.

The day after I first put my hands on my new loom, I had already worked through three gorgeous skeins of yarn and made myself a roomy new purse which has become my new favorite. I get compliments on this bag almost every time I stand in line. I knit it in the first day of having my looms and have since then conceived, created, and completed many more knit projects. Anyone could; looms are a great way to finally learn knitting.

I learned lots of stitches and techniques quickly and loom knitting quickly became a new favorite hobby for me. It is very relaxing to use your hands to wrap the yarn and easy enough that it can be done while watching TV. An added bonus for me was that after using the looms for a little while, I was able to understand knitting enough to also figure out how to use needles. However, loom knitting goes MUCH faster and I really can't imagine using needles to knit something like a baby blanket, which could be finished in just a few days on the looms.

If you have wanted to knit but found yourself lost, try knitting on a loom. It is definitely the easiest way to learn this new skill.

Please visit my blog, sewing and growing for more information on loom knitting.

Please visit my blog, Sewing and Growing, at http://www.sew-and-grow.blogspot.com
Here you will find more information on loom knitting, as well as projects, ideas, and tutorials to inspire you.

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