Knitting Loom Tension Issues

by Irene
(Northern Michigan)




I am a beginner on the knitting loom. I purchased a 10" wooden loom. . ."the authentic knitting board by Kb". . .and have started making the scarf using the stockinette stitch. It's really quite simple and easy. However, I am noticing that the starting edge stitch on the right side is much tighter than the return edge stitch on the left side of the scarf. Why is this? It doesn't seem like I am wrapping the pins with any different tension from one side to the other, but it does appear to be a tension problem. I can not seem to tighten the loose end stitches so they match the tighter ones, or vice versa. Any suggestions will be helpful and appreciated. Thanks.




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Mar 14, 2011
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by: Jen

The one thing I saw on a blog - (sorry, don't remember which) - was that one needs to remember to pull out/loosen the new wrap on every stitch just made- because of the tightness tension factor .

this was in regards to stockinette on looms specifically - do the stitch, loosen the wrap, do the stitch, loosen the wrap - the yarn not being as stretchy in a single layer - and will pull from BOTH sides. This evens the tension out over the long run.

I started pulling out/loosening (at least twice) quite a bit on the first stitch in a row especially, and it handled my tightness factor, evened out the whole row- Hope this helps!

Jen

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