Knitting Looms part 2

Perhaps the best thing about using knitting looms is that they are much easier than using needles. Even people who have knitted with needles for years will find that you just can't knit for hours on end. Your fingers get fatigued and stitches begin to slip. A loom is much easier to control and handle for longer periods of time. Besides that, a loom is also far easier to learn and can be used by both the very young, as well as the very old. Arthritis and lack of dexterity using needles is no problem with a knitting loom.

Knitting looms can be had for as little as twenty bucks all the way up to around one hundred dollars or more, although most of the very expensive ones will be specialty looms for very large projects. You should be able to find a really good loom for around fifty dollars, and a top of the line knitting loom for seventy five bucks. If you've never knitted on a loom, or are new to knitting in the first place, you might want to start with one of the cheap loom kits (such as nifty knitter for about $20) just to see if you like loom knitting at all. If you do find that you like it you'll want to upgrade to a wooden loom instead of one of the cheaper plastic varieties which have a tendency to lose pegs rather frequently.

Loom knitting is much faster than needle knitting and you can make almost anything on one. Flat or round, large or small, you can do it on a loom. And we're not talking about one of those big monsters people make rugs on, most looms are smaller than you might think, from just a few inches to about 18. You can get adjustable looms that will work for everything. The only thing you will need to figure out is how to use a loom.

And there are lots of good online resources out there for learning to knit on a loom. Everything from instructions to video tutorials can walk you through everything you need to know to begin and also to master knitting looms. You'll learn how to translate patterns written for needle knitting onto your loom, and from there the sky is the limit.