ijccce,
I found another cast on method that works more like the cast on for needle knitting for the knitting boards. This method can also be used for the round looms.
This method uses a long tail method and gets rid of that first row loopy effect. I like it quite well.
Here is the link to this one:
http://www15.brinkster.com/lyricalarmy/castingon.htm/castingon1.htm It takes a little practice to get it but it sure gives a nicer edging for the bottom then any of the other cast on's that I have tried so far.
I also decided I didn't like the chain method of removing the piece from the loom so tried something else. I don't know if you crochet but I do and this method is somewhat like single crochet.
What I did was the following (taken from a post I did for some of the knitting board groups, my own post):
"""First I took a stitch from the peg on the opposite side and placed it on the corresponding peg on the side near me and worked off the
stitch already there. This is the basic move every stitch to one side and then work off till you only have one stitch on the peg, but I did the work off as I moved each stitch. Since I am right handed I wanted the yarn coming from the ball to be on my right, I started working from the left hand side of the board. Do not cut the yarn when finishing your last knitted row, I used the yarn to do my bind off.
So I have all the stitches down to one stitch on one side of the board. I started by using a crochet hook and picking up the first stitch where the yarn from the ball is coming from. With that first stitch on the crochet hook, I inserted the crochet hook under the long strand between stitches and grabbed the yarn to pull up a second
loop. I now have two loops on the crochet hook, grab the yarn again (this is a yarn over or yo for short) and pull it through both loops
on the hook. One single crochet done, one loop on the hook.
Now take the next loop off the next peg, two loops on the hook, yo and pull through both loops.
Again reach under the next long strand in between peg pull up a loop, yo and pull through both loops. Continue in this method across the piece making single crochets in between stitches and with the stitches as above."""
I hope you can understand this, it is really easy if you crochet. It gave a nicer edge to the baby ghan. So the top and bottom looked much better. Then I edged the rest of the ghan in single crochets and two rounds of chain stitches just to make a little fancier edge.
MaryJeanne
