Surfing the Internet I have come across people who claim that loom knitting is FASTER than needle knitting. Usually by people who are trying to sell knitting looms. I don’t believe that is true, and I feel that they are trying to mislead people just to sell there product. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy loom knitting. I enjoy it just as much as I enjoy needle knitting and crochet.
This has been MY experience with loom knitting AND needle knitting. I know how to do both, and I know how to do both well. Loom knitting was MUCH easier for me to learn than needle knitting. Most people (but not all) I’ve talked to who have tried both say that (and I agree) With needle knitting there seamed to be a lot more opportunities to make mistakes when you are first learning. The main one being dropping stitches. That’s something that I didn’t have happen with a knitting loom and in general knitting looms seam to be much more forgiving to someone just starting out. However, now that I’m GOOD at knitting with needles, I actually knit MUCH faster with my needles than I do with my looms. Does that mean I only want to knit with my needles? No, not at all. Both needles and looms have there advantages and I plan on continuing to use BOTH. I just hate it when I feel people are being dishonest, and in this case I can’t see any logical reason for them to be. There are lots of good selling points for looms. There’s no reason to be dishonest.
8 responses to “Loom Knitting Faster Than Needle Knitting?”
midnight mama
July 29th, 2011 at 18:44
Thanks for this. I was curious whether loom knitting was faster or not. Have you ever tried machine knitting? I’ve heard it’s faster but I’ve heard it’s difficult too.
shawnmichelle72
July 29th, 2011 at 21:09
I’m glad I could help. 🙂
No I haven’t tried a knitting machine yet, but I really want to. From what I understand you can do stockinette stitch on them extremely fast, but other stitch patterns take a bit more time.
Katie
May 28th, 2013 at 09:24
I started off loom knitting because I was afraid to try needle knitting. Now that I’ve done both I feel like my needle PROJECTS go faster because I can stick them in my purse. Something that’s harder to do with a loom. I’m just a beginner on both though.
shawnmichelle72
May 28th, 2013 at 10:51
I agree with you about that. The more portable a project is, the more often I’m able to work on it, the faster it gets done. If you want portable loom project, I recommend socks. (Hobby Lobby sells a nice sock loom.) That’s my favorite portable project for knitting needles also. You would think I would have a tun of socks by now, but my family are always begging me to make more socks for them, so I only own a few pair even though I knit them all the time. LOL
Elle
November 27th, 2016 at 14:00
I want to learn how to knit. I look knit pretty well but I have dropped stitches on the loom. I will see how knitting goes. I’ve always wanted to learn.
shawnmichelle72
November 28th, 2016 at 18:24
My favorite place for needle knitting is http://www.knittinghelp.com lots and lots of information there.
Elle
November 28th, 2016 at 18:45
Thanks!!
shawnmichelle72
November 29th, 2016 at 05:21
You’re very welcome 😊