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Making knitting looms turns into a business
By Samuel Phelps
May 5, 2005 | When I decided to start
a business I never thought I would be selling and making
knitting looms, after all I had higher ambitions than
knitting looms.
Now almost three years later I am making knitting
looms and knitting boards for a living. In fact every
time I mention to someone I make knitting looms for
a living they get this funny look on their face and
ask, "you mean those big things with lots of string
on them?"
Most people think of knitting looms as the big weaving
looms used to make fabric. Knitting looms are much different.
They are small simple instruments that have made it
possible for those that cannot knit with two needles
to knit items and get the satisfaction of having knit
something without using two needles.
Many people have tried knitting with two needles and
have failed. For these people the knitting looms are
a great escape from the needles. Not only can they make
beautiful knitted items but, they can do it with ease.
One person benefiting from knitting without needles
is Carol Siegal. Carol is blind and has enjoyed knitting
on the looms. Carol has now knitted hats, scarves, afghans,
and even a queen sized bedspread.
Another person that has enjoyed the knitting looms
is Anna a nine year old girl. She has been knitting
with her grandmother on the looms and has proudly made
hats for each of her dolls.
When Provo Craft in Provo, Utah began selling plastic
knitting looms in the large craft stores, the craft
of knitting on the knitting looms took off. Immediately
people took up the craft and started searching for more
looms that would make items that looked closer to needle
knitting.
One such loom knitter, Laticia said "I had the Provo
Craft looms and wanted a loom that could be used to
make items that were finer knit than what the Provo
Craft looms offered. I searched on the web and found
theDA site
which has a large selection of looms and I was over
whelmed. They had everything I could ever want so ordered
10 looms right then."
Many of the people that knit on the looms, do it for
charity. Hats are the most popular item to donate to
charity. Other loom knitted items donated to charity
include leprosy bandages, baby booties, and scarves.
No matter what a person does with the knitted item
they will always feel the satisfaction of having knitted
an item all on their own.
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