Thank you so much for your feedback! I always try to pretend I have a person right there with me and do what I would do to teach them how to do whatever it is I'm doing in the video. I'm so happy I covered what you needed. Thank you so much for joining us today!

You're very welcome. I hope I could be helpful. Thank you for watching today!

That is a FABULOUS idea! I am going to do that on my next one! Thank you for the awesome suggestion!

That's so smart omg... Thank you!

Instead of making a cuff on a blanket, can you crochet a border around the whole body of the blanket?

You absolutely could! Thank you for subscribing! Welcome to our channel :)

Best wishes with it! It's a very addicting, but practical hobby :)

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm thank you, he says it's relaxing. I notice he crochets more when he's stressed. My hands and wrists hurt to bad to try but it does look fun.

About 12 years ago my dr made me stop crocheting so I changed over to the loom. I'm sorry your hands and wrists hurt, pain sucks!

What a bargain! Happy looming! And...Happy New Year! Thank you for visiting with us today :)

We are so happy we could be helpful and that you've found a way to continue your passion for yarn art! Thank you so much for your kind words and for visiting with us :)

You can do it! Allow yourself the room for error, go slow, and redo things when/if necessary. Slow and steady wins the race! Let us know how you're doing! Thank you for visiting with us today :)

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm Not only has my first afghan been going great, but I am already nearly halfway done with it after a week! Your video helped me immensely. If you have socials, I will send photos!

That is awesome! I am sooo glad you're having success! It's such a fun and practical skill! I think you might be able to send me pics through the mail system here on youtube (or I think it's my email actually on the about page). :) Congrats on your afghan!

Isn't it though? I love it too. I love that I can do something productive while watching TV. lol. Thank you so much for hanging out with us today! :)

I just got mine the same way I'm starting my first big afghan I'm wanting to make it a kings size but don't know how many skeins of yarn I'll need

@@tinadixon8056 Most afghan looms measure up to 60 inches. King mattress measurements are 76x80, Queen are 60x 80, Full is 60x 80 and Twin measurements are 38x75. There are many variations on these measurements by country and there are also California King, XL mattresses, etc. Do remember that your finished product will be slightly smaller than the loom as well. To get a larger size afghan (such as a King) you would need to loom knit 2 afghans and stitch them together.

Thank you so much for your kind words -- they are so appreciated! And thank you so much for joining us today! :)

Yay! You are going to have SO much fun with this! Happy looming :)

Thank you, Tina. I tend to stick to the "unfancy" and just want to make things useful. I let the colors of the yarn be the "fancy". :) Thank you for watching!

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Yay! I'm so happy I could be helpful! Best of wishes with your loom!

Oh, no! If it helps any, I think we've all made that mistake early on! It's a gut punch, but the good thing is, no yarn wasted as you can unravel and reroll into a ball to reuse. Time consuming, I know! So sorry! That figure 8 can throw people for a loop (no pun intended, lol). Happy re-looming and thank you so much for watching today :)

Thank you so much for subscribing and welcome to our channel! :)

I love this loom. I'm looking for one in wood. Never been a fan of plastic, lol....but you use what you have or can find! Thank you for visiting with us today!

I really appreciate you saying that and I'm happy I could teach :) Thank you for watching today :)

Once you get the hang of the afghan loom, it is so much fun and such a practical skill. The little doll sounds delightful! I keep saying I'm going to make some more doll videos. One of these days, I'll sit down and do it! lol. I would love to see the little dress when you finish it. So much fun! Thank you for visiting with us today :)

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm I would certainly love to watch your doll videos!

Your thumb will grow used to the motions, as will the muscles that you use in your hands/fingers. That's normal. Even after all these years, if I loom knit for an extended period, my thumb might be sore from the plastic nubs at the top of the pegs or where I put pressure on the handle of the hook. If it is too uncomfortable, check Herrschners, Joanns, Home-Sew or a similar fabric/needlework store for silicone finger protectors. They're like a second skin type "thimble" concept. I'm so happy you're giving this skill a go, and I hope you enjoy many years of productive loom knitting. Thank you so much for watching :)

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm Thank you 🙂

Oh, I LOVE hearing this! I hope you have a wonderful time experimenting and looming on your new loom! Happy afghan making! :)

So happy to have helped! Thank YOU for watching :)

Once you get into the routine, you can finish one quite quickly if you have time to consistently work on them. The hardest part is getting people to pay what they are worth. Yarn isn't cheap but people don't understand that. Let us know when you get started! Would love to see what you make :) Thank you for visiting with us today.

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm Oh you bet, I will. I think I could do this . I have seen a pen that helps so you do not tire your fingers wrapping on all them pegs. I will even try starting with hats etc loom, so that I can make bunch of them. My hopes I can get one soon. They cannot be that expensive. Do you have a place you feel has a reasonable prices for them?

I would try to get an average price based on your area if you wish to sell them locally. Go to some local craft malls/stores, church sales, etc. If you wish to sell them online, search the Advanced settings on the Ebay search engine for Completed/Sold auctions to get a good idea of the average sale price. This will be different based on design and fiber content of the hat/afghan, etc. I love making a ton of hats to give away to Senior Living Homes and Elementary schools. It's amazing how many kiddos lose or don't show up with hats. Schools are always happy to be able to give a free hat to a kid (I put mine in individual baggies for sanitary reasons for school storage). Have fun! :)

Isn't it? When you first take it out of the box and look at it, it seems so crazy....but it doesn't take long to get into it!

You're going to love it! It's so much fun! Thank you for watching!

Thank you so much for that feedback. That's what I want to do for others. Most of these handicrafts are not difficult, it's just a matter of how you're taught, terms used, etc. I am so happy you gave it a whirl and that you are finding happiness through creative productivity! Thank you for watching :)

Thank you for visiting with us today!

I am SO happy to have given you some encouragement. Loom knitting is such a practical and fun hobby -- so many useful things can be made easily. I hope you finish that afghan :) Thank you so much for visiting with us today :)

Yay! So happy I answered your question so you can begin your afghan adventure lol! Have fun and thank you for joining us today :) (For anyone wondering...you leave it open. A gap is necessary to make an afghan rather than a giant tube :) )

Wow! That sounds really cool. I'd love to see that some day! Our youngest son is Korean. Thank you on the well wishes. :)

just a suggestion, maybe try finding some Koreans who can help you translate it, I'd love to see a pic of it some day

@@IAMdevilwomen She wouldn't even have to do that. There are tons of online translators.

Thank you so much and thank you for hanging out with us today :)

Thank you for joining us today :)

Oh, yes, 2 strands works great too. I've made heavier ones with double strands, or just if I want a sort of tweed look with my colors. Thanks for the tips with the empty mechanical pencil. I'll try that. When I'm sitting in my chair in front of the TV I have yarn bowls I use, but those can't be picked up and taken with me if I need to go somewhere, lol. So happy you enjoyed the videos so far, Thank you for watching!

Years ago, my dr made me quit crocheting. I was having terrible pains in my hands (I have osteoarthritis) and he asked me what NEW things I had been doing. I had recently started crocheting. He told me to stop that. lol. The other skills didn't hurt because I had been doing them since childhood and my muscles, etc were trained to do those things but this new skill threw everything into a tizzy. lol. No harm in trying with the blanket loom! It's bigger so it may be easier to loop! Thank you for visiting with us today :)

I do that a lot...that way nothing is wasted and you have another afghan to toss on the sofa! Thank you for visiting with us today :)

Don't worry! The great thing about loom knitting is if it isn't going well, you can unravel it all and start over! Unless you have a particularly difficult tangle, the unraveling can usually be accomplished by pulling the yarn out of the loops pretty easily. Maybe use some old yarn and practice a few rows first before starting with your planned project? I know you can do it! Don't give up :) Thank you for joining us today!

Awww, thank you so much! Happy loom knitting! Thank you for dropping by :)

Thank you so much for watching, Jodie!

Thank you for joining us Arlena! The E-stitch is so versatile. I learned the E-stitch as the Stockinette stitch back in the 70s. With the exception of the figure 8 stitch for scarves, I only use the E-stitch in all of my projects. :) Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Thank you and thank you for visiting with us today :)

Thank you so much!

Yay! I'm happy you found us too! There are all sorts of fancier stitches out there, but for me the e-wrap gets the job done and it turns out nice. I wish you well on the new loom. I'm currently trying to destash by making several afghans for the holiday season. lol. Thank you for visiting with us today!

Thank you so much and thank you for your support today! :)

Thank you! I love the bright colors. Thank you for hanging out with us today :)

I only use the E-stitch. I learned it as the Stockinette stitch back in the 70s and haven't found any reason to use anything else lol. Try the E-stitch. It's so much simpler and goes fast. Have fun with your new loom!

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm Thank you and I will try just that stitch along. Did you have problems with curling using just that stitch

No. I do cuffs at the top and bottom and have never had curling issues :)

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm ok I have to finish watching the whole video. I got sleepy and went to bed so I will re watch it over to see that part.

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm my Infinity Loom arrived on Thursday evening and I just could not wait to open it and start working on it. I decided to do my 1st 4 rows in Knit, Purl, Knit , Purl to keep it from Curling. Then after that you do the 1st 4 stitches in Knit, Purl, Knit, Purl and in between do the knit stitch until the last 4 stitches and do the last 4 stitches in knit, Purl, knit, Purl. I will keep you informed as I get more rows in. I am on row 4 at the moment.

The afghan in the demo video measures apprx 60 inches wide by 60 inches long. I used apprx 10 skeins of yarn. The variegated/self striping yarn is Mary Maxim's Baby Lollipop. Product info: Yardage 250 yards(229 meters) Unit weight 100 grams (3.53 ounces) Gauge 15.0 sts = 4 inches Needle size US 7 - 4.5 mm Fibers 100% Manufactured Fibers - Acrylic I used mostly remnant yarn for the solid stripes, so I'm just guessing on those, probably equivalent of a 3.5 ounce skein or a little less. I'm not precise when I make afghans. I usually have a coordinating yarn, such as the Lollipop, that I buy skeins to use, and then I use up remnants in solid coordinating colors and I just loom knit until I am satisfied with the width of the stripe. Your loom sounds a bit bigger than mine, as I did the full loom (knitting board loom) and the widest my loom will make is 60 inches wide (which is 5 feet wide). Length is determined by how long you want it.

Oh, pegs coming out can be so annoying. I use spray Gorilla glue to spray down into the hole and re-insert the pegs. I believe this KB loom is all molded plastic though. Need to pull it out and examine it. You're going to have a lot of fun with this loom! Thank you for the update :)

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm I am sure I will. The Instructions on my Serenity loom said use LocTite Super Glue on the pegs. I was going to get some but I decided to get this loom instead. I already have other KB looms and the Kb Adjustable loom but my side part kept coming a loose. I think KB pegs are better when it comes to staying in over the other ones beside the Cindiwood looms as well. Do you ever use 2 strands held together on this loom or will it be too heavy?

I have used 2 skeins of less than 4 weight together. The 4 weight gives you a throw like weight to the afghan. If you want less "holes" in the weave and a heavier, denser blanket type afghan using 2 strands from 2 skeins is the way to go. It does slow the knitting process down though and the yarn becomes harder to pull over the loops...but that's just a matter of patience. lol.

Awesome! Let us know how it goes! Thank you for hanging out with us today :)

Thank YOU for watching. This loom definitely takes a few practice rounds, but is so much fun once you get it down. I need to start in on my stash and make a few afghans for gifts.

I think afghans are fun. They don't necessarily have to match your decor colors...they can just be whimsical and cheerful!

I find the loom is easier on my hand (arthritis) than crocheting was. I hope you enjoy the loom! Thank you for joining us today :)

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm how many yarn you need to have?

@@yarnworksbylydianannen3396 It's different for every afghan depending on weight of yarn, etc. I think I answered that somewhere in the comment sections for a more "average" type expectation. I have a tendency to make afghans from all my leftover odds and ends to use up my yarn.

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm Thank you when I get it tomorrow Amazon I know that I will be doing

Thank you for watching!

Thank you for visiting with us, Jon!

I'm so happy I was able to make it make sense for you! Happy looming! Thank you for watching :)

Thank you for watching :)

It's doable as a first loom project, just a little more complicated than starting with a hat. :) Thank you for watching!

me too

Thank you for the positive feedback and for visiting with us today! Best of wishes with your loom knitting project :) Have fun!

@@CanterburyTrailsFarmdo you knit every single peg or do you leave one peg

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm i love your blanket you made

Thank you so much! Happy Holidays!

Thank you, Wendy. I love this loom. I love using up all my odds and ends yarn to make "leftover" afghans! Nothing goes to waste. Thank you for watching :)

Thank you, Bobbie. And, thank you for visiting with us today :)

Thank you for hanging out with us today, Angela :)

No need to do anything to the sides. They form themselves as you knit. The finishing of the ends (top and bottom) is discussed in the video. Thank you so much for joining us today!

Thank you! I don't ever get curl on the edges, but good to know! Thank you for watching, Tanks and Critters!

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm yeah with a hem you will avoid it. I was just sharing how I avoid it without a hem. I'm making a blanket now and I'm planning a hem on this one.

Oh, I see what you mean now. I refer to the sides as the right and left sides of the blanket and the ends as the top and bottom of the blanket. So no curling on the sides, and the ends, you are correct, I avoid curling by having a cuff and a hem. I like the hems for their aesthetic value as well. I think it makes the blanket/afghan look more "finished", but that might just be a personal "like". Thank you for sharing! I love the helpfulness of our YT community :)

You should give it a try. It's a lot easier than it looks! :) Thank you for watching, Robin!

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm With the arthritic and the problems with my hands it's just to painful I did do crafts and sewing ect. Just can't anymore. Would love to have a pastel afghan.

Cat toys are important :) Find your bliss and follow it! Thank you so much for watching today! :)

Thank you for the offer, and I'm sure you can find her a good home. I only collect composition 1930s Shirley Temple dolls. The best place to sell your doll would be Ebay. You can search Advanced, Sold 1960s vinyl Shirley Temple Doll to find the market value of your doll. Thank you for hanging out with us today!

Hello! Thank you for watching today. Yes. I only use the E-wrap stitch in ALL of my loom knitting videos. I learned it as the stockinet stitch in the 70s, but it is the same stitch as the E-wrap.

I am SO happy I could be helpful! My eyes aren't what they used to be either. I bought one of those super bright craft lights that my family refers to as my "dentist light" lol. That's the only way I can see things these days! Thank you so much for visiting with us today :)

It will be 60 inches wide if you loom the entire width. The length will be determined by you. I tend to knit longer than wide and I usually tailor it to fit the person I am knitting it for -- or I aim for around 6 feet because for the most part we grow'em tall in our family, lol. Thank you so much for watching today!

When you get that loom and give it a go, let us know how you did! Thank you so much for watching today :)

You just have to keep moving it around. I sit in a lazy boy chair at night and work on mine, so I sort of spread the blanket out on my lap. It is challenging moving it around, but you just get used to working with it. I hope that helps :) I'm a quilter too, so I'm used to working with larger projects.

Yes! I have used this loom to make narrower lap throws and baby blankets. You can just use less pegs to get a narrower product. So happy you're feeling confident in your looming! Loom on! :) Thank you for joining us today.

For a light throw, I use a weight of 4 and 1 strand. For a heavier afghan, I tend to use 2 or 3 strands depending on the weight of my yarn. thank you for joining us today :)

How many balls/yards of 4 weight please?

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I knit a cuff on the beginning of the afghan, and then at the end, I turn it over and sew a cuff -- so there is a cuff on each end. I answer how many skeins I used somewhere in the comments a couple of times. It's usually different every time depending on the yarn used, etc. Thank you so much for visiting with us today!

I think the afghan loom is as big as you can buy as a "standard" loom. Other sizes and materials (wood/metal) are available but you have to really dig online to find craftspeople producing them. In the past, I've loomed 2 afghans and stitched them together to create bigger sizes. Use a busier yarn and it's not that detectable. Best of wishes with your search/project :) Thank you for watching today.

Thank you for watching today!

I'll be sure to include an update in a new video :) I finished her arm and all the painting and she's now been restrung...I'm on to working on her new clothes.

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm love it!!!

Yes, I've done that before, you really have no choice unless you want to unravel to that point. It sometimes will look a bit chunky or irregular where you do the double line, but it will work. Thank you for joining us today :)

I usually stop and just sew the hole closed at that point if I can't hook the dropped loop and loom it in. Thank you so much for joining us today :)

Thank you for watching today :)

All of the terms don't concern me. I just do a simple wrap stitch and it works. I do what is simple and functional and looks good.

I was thinking the same thing. Everyone is telling me NOT to do the EWrap cast on it’s been preventing me from even starting a project on this. I don’t even mind a curling..

I'm happy you found what works best for you! That is the important thing :) Thank you so much for watching today, Ruth!

Oh, then I bet loom knitting will seem super easy for you! Thank you so much for watching :)

Looks like your afghan is coming along nicely!

It's all about tension as you go around. Once you get to the end of the second row, you must begin hooking/looping it over. It won't stay by itself. Thank you for joining us today!

Ok thx

So you have to hold it as you knit over it?

@@Bruiser89 I think your hands just do that naturally. Watch my hands as I go around. I think it just becomes "instinct" to hold the previous loop as you wrap the next one, and so forth. I show you how to do it in the video.

I finally figured it out! Thanks for the help everyone!

I would recommend a scarf loom for a scarf, but if you want to use the larger afghan loom, first you must remember that the type and weight of your yarn will change the thickness and loop size. Using a 198 peg KB afghan loom (60 inches wide loom) and a weight of 4 yarn my finished afghans turn out to be around 63 inches wide. They shrink or stretch out depending on how soon they've been washed and dried. How I normally figure it is, I determine how wide I want the item to be and then I typically add 2-4 pegs on each side of that measurement. There are math formulas online to figure it precisely but I don't use them.

Thank you so much and show us what you make if you get a loom :)

You should check ebay or etsy. You can probably find original shoes/socks to replace the missing ones. :)

I only use e-wrap on all of my projects. My side edges don't roll. Thank you so much for visiting with us today :)

It would be nearly impossible to transfer the afghan from one loom to the other. Not impossible, but very difficult. You would have to align the loom pegs and transfer each loop to the other loom's pegs. It could be done, but extremely tedious. To fix a peg, I pick up looms at thrift stores to use as "spare parts". If you have a plastic or wood loom that has pegs inserted into holes, you can carefully pry a peg of the same size from another loom and insert it into the hole where the other peg broke or fell out (if there is a portion of the peg still in the loom, you will have to pry it out or pull it out with pliers, etc). Sometimes a little dab of super glue will help hold loose pegs in if you have one that pops out often. If you have a molded loom (all plastic with no inserted pegs), glue aside, I'm not sure there's a way to repair that peg short of drilling out the space where the peg was and inserting/gluing in a new peg. Thank you so much for joining us today!

If it were me, I would take it off and start over. I know. Groan. You *could* cut and sew just the places where you connected, but there is a HUGE risk of unraveling and, if even if you get to it and sew it before it unravels, those spots are going to be forever weak and most probably the first time you stretch the afghan just a little too much or wash it, you're going to get holes. DO NOT feel dumb! The old saying, "practice makes perfect" REALLY is true. Consider this a learning experience. You will forever be mindful not to connect your two sides. I'm so sorry ....but you totally can do this! Unravel back to the first connect and then start over. You can do this! Let me know how it goes! Thank you for visiting with us today :)

By joined twice, do you mean you continued around the loom instead of stopping at the end pegs and reversing? Sadly, once you've done that, the only way to correct it is to unravel the knitting back to the point where you kept on trucking around the pegs. I use something sharp to carve notches into the plastic beside the 2 end pegs so I know not to keep going. Other viewers have suggested nail polish (red and bright) or permanent markers to draw a line beside the 2 end pegs to indicate the stop and turn point. There's no real way to cut the yarn or anything like that without the rest of your work unraveling -- so, going back and undoing all the knitting and then beginning anew is the only way to fix it. If this isn't what you mean, I'm sorry I misunderstood and I'll try to answer your next question better! :)

I knit a cuff at the start and sew a cuff at the end, so there is no curling. Thank you for joining us today!

I make the cuff on the top and sew a cuff on the bottom as shown in the video and I don't have roll problems. Thank you for visiting with us today :)

No, you have to sew the last cuff. The first cuff can be loomed on the loom because you continue to knit the blanket, but the last cuff you are finished so there is nothing more to fold over and knit -- you would end up with a row of loops that would unravel. Thank you for hanging out with us today!

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm thank you!!

Yes, you reverse at the last peg. Don't join the last and first peg or you'll end up with a giant tube instead of an afghan. Thank you for visiting with us today :)

Yes?? Or no?

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Ok got it now. Thank you

I think I answered that in another reply to a comment awhile ago, I think it might have been 4.

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm thank you! I'm eager to start you are an awesome teacher ❤️

@@michelemarie180 Thank you, that's so sweet of you to say! Thank you for visiting with us today as well :)

It's the KB Afghan Loom KB8000. Amazon has them, as well as Joann's I believe. Thank you so very much for joining us today!

That's a common thing when first starting out. It takes a bit of practice to arrive at "just the right" loopage -- not too tight, but not too loose. I know it's a pain, but unless you can wiggle each loop over each peg slowly and carefully so the yarn doesn't break, the best thing to do is unravel and start over. Keep trying -- you'll get it :)

I just use it as a loop that I loop in. Sometimes if a loom has a "holder peg", I start with that loop and eventually flip it into the knitting and knit it in. Sometimes I tie it in or sew it in later if I feel it looks "sketchy". Usually though, it's just the first loop in the project. I tie a little circle and that's the first loop. I hope that makes sense and helps! Best wishes on your project, and thank you so much for joining us today! :)

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm thank you so much!!

Yarn is super pricey. I tend to buy large lots on ebay, keep the word out to everyone in my personal circle that I'll always take free yarn, lol(and fabric), shop garage sales, thrift stores. I also like buying Mary Maxim's Yarn surprise boxes. Theirs are better than most company's yarn surprise boxes. Mary Maxim has sales quite often and I stock up then. I also shop Walmart for yarn. Usually the more natural and closer to the farm the yarn is, the more $ it will be. I save the expensive stuff for super special projects (and smaller in nature). I use my surprise box/garage sale/ebay finds for the larger projects so I tend to plan projects around what I have in my yarn bins and not the other way around. On how much I used for the afghan, here's info I posted earlier...I hope it answers your question. I generally don't keep track as I just craft from my yarn stash (couple big storage bins): The afghan in the demo video measures apprx 60 inches wide by 60 inches long. I used apprx 10 skeins of yarn. The variegated/self striping yarn is Mary Maxim's Baby Lollipop. Product info: Yardage 250 yards(229 meters) Unit weight 100 grams (3.53 ounces) Gauge 15.0 sts = 4 inches Needle size US 7 - 4.5 mm Fibers 100% Manufactured Fibers - Acrylic I used mostly remnant yarn for the solid stripes, so I'm just guessing on those, probably equivalent of a 3.5 ounce skein or a little less. I'm not precise when I make afghans. I usually have a coordinating yarn, such as the Lollipop, that I buy skeins to use, and then I use up remnants in solid coordinating colors and I just loom knit until I am satisfied with the width of the stripe. Your loom sounds a bit bigger than mine, as I did the full loom (knitting board loom) and the widest my loom will make is 60 inches wide (which is 5 feet wide). Length is determined by how long you want it.

@@CanterburyTrailsFarm great info thanks! I don't have my first loom yet! But the info i was going by was just a Google search 😊😊 so basically while I am saving my $$ for looms I should be starting a a yarn stash as well 💛💛🌻🌻 ...is dollar store an option I was going to peak around there and Wal-Mart as we are heading for one of our trips to the city tomorrow!!! 💛💛 as I have 2 kiddos graduating Jr High and High school so they need some fancy duds😉!! 😀😀💖